Metapad: fast, tiny and powerful Windows notepad replacement

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metapad by Alexander Davidson “Metapad is a great choice for those who like their text editors small, fast, and free.” - ZDNet Downloads Metapad is a small, fast and completely free text editor for Windows (95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7) with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more.
Metapad's feature set includes: Persistent window placement Dirty file notification Intelligent Find and Replace External viewer support (e.g. web browser) Usable accelerator keys (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+N, etc.) Dual customizable font support Optional Quick Exit (Esc key) Configurable tab stop setting Auto-indent mode Go to Line/Column Seamless UNIX text file support Block indent and unindent (Tab, Shift+Tab) Recent files list No file size limit! (under Win9x) Hyperlink support Portability mode (INI mode) Over 30 customized UI language plugins	Download Metapad Grab language plugins Hack the source code See screenshots Peruse the FAQ Metapad web buttons Learn the history Get in contact

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What's New (news archive)

May 28, 2011 ~ Metapad 3.6 final is available for download here. Read about all of the new features in 3.6 here.

March 26, 2011 ~ Posted beta 5 which contains a minor refresh to the toolbar. See the change list.

March 12, 2011 ~ Posted beta 4 for Metapad 3.6 which fixes a couple bugs. See the change list.

March 9, 2011 ~ The third beta for Metapad 3.6 adds a simple but powerful new feature. See the change list.

February 26, 2011 ~ A second beta is out for Metapad 3.6. Here's the list of changes.

December 23, 2010 ~ Just in time for the holidays and after many years, I am happy to announce a new version of Metapad: 3.6. It's currently a beta release so there may still be an issue or two. Find out more details on this Metapad 3.6 post on my blog.

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