====== Notepad++ ======
**Notepad++** was my go-to [[microsoft_windows|Windows]] [[text_editor|text editor]]. It can open multiple files in tabs, has syntax highlighting, remembers and loads last session, and has lots of plug-in support.

===== Plug-ins =====
==== Plugin Manager ====
  * [[github>bruderstein/nppPluginManager|nppPluginManager]]
Firstly, it's useful to install [[https://bruderste.in/npp/pm/|Plugin Manager]]. It's in the form of a .DLL that goes into the standard ''plugins'' directory, and an .EXE that goes into the ''updater'' directory.

==== Markdown ====
  * [[github>nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus|MarkdownViewerPlusPlus]]
  * [[github>Hyzual/markdown_npp|markdown_npp]]
MarkdownViewerPlusPlus provides a preview pane that renders your [[markdown]] file (though not so prettily.
Markdown_npp provides syntax highlighting.

===== Tricks =====
==== Column Selection ====
You can select by columns! Either with ''Alt + Ctrl + arrow keys'' or ''Alt + leftmouse + drag''.

===== See Also=====

  * [[https://notepad-plus-plus.org/|notepad-plus-plus.org]]
  * [[wp>Notepad++]] on Wikipedia
  * [[choco>notepadplusplus|Notepad++]] Chocolatey package

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