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EditPad is a text editor for Windows, created in 1996, by Jan Goyvaerts, then a civil engineering student at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, as Postcardware, requesting a postcard as payment. EditPad 1.4.0 was released 16 January 1997; EditPad 2.3.0 was released 23 March 1997; EditPad 3.4.1 was released 2 January 1999. With expanded functionality over Windows Notepad.exe, it is also a drop-in replacement, such that it can be renamed "Notepad.exe" and replaced in all locations that Windows Notepad.exe is found.

EditPad
Five products have been called EditPad, the original, retronymed Classic, 16-bit, Linux, Lite, and Pro. Maintenance of Classic, 16-bit, and Linux was discontinued. Lite, and Pro continue to be developed. Classic, Linux, Lite, and Pro, all are available, in many versions, from either Jan Goyvaerts' websites or third-party download sites. Wine (software) enables Classic, Lite, and Pro use on on Unix-like operating systems.

Since EditPad is disk-based, files are not loaded in RAM, an unlimited number of files of any (large) size may be edited.

Languages

 * English, 8.1.2, 2020-07-01; Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10; 32-bit and 64-bit
 * Danish, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10; Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10; 32-bit and 64-bit
 * Dutch, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * French, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * German, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * Portuguese, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * Spanish, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * Romanian, 7.6.7, 2019-12-10
 * Polish, 7.6.7, 2019-02-11
 * Russian 6.7.1, 2011-05-20, Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000; 32-bit only;
 * Swedish 6.7.1, 2011-05-20
 * Italian 6.7.1, 2011-05-19

Free

 * "free to download for personal use and non-commercial settings"
 * Installable as Portable to folder on main disk or removable device
 * Large file and long line support.
 * no limit to how many text files opened and edited at the same time
 * Unicode, including right-to-left and complex writing systems
 * Direct editing of text files using Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh code page and line breaks.
 * preserves a file's code page compatibility
 * web site address and email address highlighting
 * Syntax highlighting schemes and editing options for many filetypes and programming languages built-in: ASP, assembly language, Batch, Binary, C, C++, C#, CSS, Delphi, Eiffel, Hexidecimal, HTML, .INI, Java, JavaScript, .JSON, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, R, RSS, Ruby, SQL, text, Visual Basic (VB), VBScript, and XML, lacks syntax highlighting for HTML and LaTeX.
 * Unlimited undo and redo, even after saving, for all open files.
 * Automatic save and backup options
 * assign any key combination to any of EditPad Pro’s menu item
 * import and export preferences to .ini file
 * find, search, and replace with literal terms or regular expressions, spanning multiple lines
 * Clip Collection text snippets can be inserted into a file, such as a word, phrase, paragraphs, with “before” and “after” parts possibly inserted around a selection.
 * file navigation schemes for various programming languages
 * Print Selection or File
 * EditPad Lite 7 can be used on Linux using Wine (software)
 * Tabbed document interface

Paid

 * License purchase required for business and government
 * EditPad Lite Forums
 * Start EditPad Lite, select Help > Forum
 * EditPad Lite license is used to log onto Forum


 * EditPad Pro’s spell checker

EditPad Pro

 * EditPad Lite Features
 * Spell checker for many languages
 * find, search, and replace with literal terms or regular expressions
 * spanning a file sub-selection, file, multiple documents, project, or all projects


 * Record and execute keystroke macros
 * special characters map
 * Syntax highlighting schemes: 271 available, for various programming languages, each fully editable
 * fold lines


 * Hexadecimal editor and byte value editor
 * add any external application to Tools menu
 * built-in email
 * built-in FTP and SFTP client
 * Compare any two files
 * highlight difference
 * merge two files
 * extract the differences or similarities


 * "rectangular" selections (Column selection)
 * move columns left and right
 * move blocks up and down
 * fill and indent blocks


 * statistics about: paragraph count, word count, letter count
 * rename, and also MOVE file, that is, change its name and path at the same time.

System requirements

 * EditPad Pro 8.1.2, 1 July 2020, 25 MB; Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10; 32-bit and 64-bit
 * EditPad Lite 8.1.2, 2020-07-01
 * EditPad Pro 7.6.7, 2019-12-10, 12 MB; Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10; 32-bit and 64-bit
 * EditPad Lite 7.4.0, 2016-01-19;
 * EditPad Lite 7.3.8, 2015-07-10, 9.07 MB, Windows XP/Vista/7/8;
 * EditPad Lite 7.2.3, 2013-02-22, 9.04 MB; Windows 2000,XP,7,8,Server,Vista; 32-bit and 64-bit
 * EditPad Lite 7.1.1, 2012-03-15, 9500 KB
 * EditPad Pro 6.7.1, 19 May 2011, 5.9 MB; Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7; 32-bit only
 * EditPad Lite 6.4.1, 2008-04-03, 3182 KB
 * EditPad Lite 6.3.1, 2009-07-03, 3182 KB
 * EditPad Lite 6.1.2, 2006-11-07, 2888 KB
 * EditPad Pro 5.4.6, 17 March 2006, 1.9 MB; Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP; 32-bit only
 * EditPad Lite 5.4.5, Windows 95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP
 * EditPad Lite 5.1.0, 2005-07-18, 973 KB
 * EditPad Pro 4.5.5, 2003-07-23, 1.3 MB; Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000; 32-bit only
 * EditPad Lite 4.5.2, 2002-08-09, 571 KB
 * EditPad Lite 4.0.0, 2000-10-12, 761 KB; Windows 95,98,NT4,2000 Freeware
 * EditPad Classic 3.5.3, 2000-08-06, 308 KB; Windows 95/98/NT4/2000; 32-bit only
 * EditPad (16-bit) 3.4.3, 1999-11-30, DDD KB; Windows 3.1x
 * EditPad (16-bit) 3.4.2, 1999-10-23, 267 KB; Windows 3.1x
 * EditPad 3.x; 299573B; 1999-10-29 09:18:52
 * EditPad 3.5.1, 1999-10-23
 * EditPad 3.4.1 was released 2 January 1999
 * EditPad 3, 1997 (3rd version's first release)
 * EditPad 2.3.0 was released 23 March 1997
 * EditPad 1.4.0 was released 16 January 1997
 * EditPad 1996/1997; 204616 B;

EditPad Classic
Classic is postcardware, (the author would like users to send him a postcard or a used phone card with e-mail address.)
 * third-party spell-checkers were available
 * EditPad Classic 3.5.3 - Released 6 August 2000
 * EditPad Classic 3.5.1 (Windows / Deutsch)
 * EditPad Classic 3.5.1 and EditPad Classic 3.4.1 interface languages:
 * Dansk      (Danish)
 * Deutsch    (German)
 * Français   (French)
 * English    (English)
 * Español    (Spanish)
 * Italiano   (Italian)
 * Nederlands (Dutch)
 * Norsk      (Norwegian)
 * Polski     (Polish)
 * Português  (Portuguese)
 * Suomi      (Finnish)
 * Svenska    (Swedish)

EditPad 16-bit
"'The first 16-bit version was EditPad 16-bit 3.4.2, which was based on the source code of EditPad 3.4.0, heavily modified to make it work under Windows 3.1x. This version has been superseded by EditPad 16-bit 3.4.3, as the other version contained a few serious bugs. I am not planning to actively develop the 16-bit version, so there will not be any future 16-bit versions.'—Jan Goyvaerts"
 * EditPad (16-bit) 3.4.3, 1999-11-30,
 * EditPad (16-bit) 3.4.2, 1999-10-23, 267 KB;

EditPad Linux
EditPad Linux was first released in 2003, using Borland Kylix, a Linux software development environment which ran under Microsoft Windows, and the last EditPad Linux (5.4.6) was in March 2006, after Borland Kylix was discontinued.

Edit Pad Lite
Edit Pad Lite is the freeware version (free for personal use). Third-party downloads have resulted in caching of out-dated versions.

EditPad Pro
Demo Setup is available at Just Great Software Co. Ltd. and at third-party download sites.

Usages
EditPad has been used for graduate thesis software development, journalism, penetration testing, computer chess, extending and describing  game software, scholarly Literature Text Encoding with XML markup metadata,  Mathematics publication,  linguistics, medieval Arabic text analysis, data formatting,  and "government bureaucracy"

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 * EditPad – an editor with no size limits and an auto-save feature
 * Replace Windows Notepad with more advanced editors
 * EditPad – an editor with no size limits and an auto-save feature
 * Replace Windows Notepad with more advanced editors


 * https://www.windowsbbs.com/threads/xp-type-batch-file-to-tame-vista.77799/
 * For many years I've been using EditpadLite to replace notepad.exe in XP.
 * http://www.notepad-replacements.com/notepadxp.html


 * https://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm
 * https://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm

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Just Great Software
EditPad online presence probably began on Goyvaerts' site at ping.be or tornado.be, with hosting at xoom.com, relocated to JGsoft  then just-great-software.com

Jan Felix Goyvaerts

 * http://www.living-in-phuket.asia/
 * http://www.micro-isv.asia/
 * http://www.phuket.me/
 * http://www.shareware-beach.com/

Just Great Software

 * http://www.jgsoft.com/
 * https://www.just-great-software.com/
 * http://www.just-great-software.com/
 * http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/users/jgsoft
 * https://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/company/jgsoft/

EditPad

 * http://www.acetext.com/
 * http://www.deploymaster.com/
 * http://www.editpadpro.com/
 * http://www.helpscribble.com/
 * http://www.notepad-replacements.com
 * http://www.powergrep.com/
 * http://www.regexbuddy.com/
 * http://www.regexguru.com/
 * http://www.regular-expressions.info/

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