Just like MusikCube is the best music player, Notepad2 is the best notepad. OK maybe it’s not the best but surely it’s the best alternative to the default Notepad in Windows.
Notepad2 features:
- Syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, PHP, ASP (JS, VBS), CSS,
JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++, C#, Resource Script, Makefiles, Java,
Visual Basic, Pascal, Assembly, SQL, Perl, Python, Configuration
Files, Apache Config Files, Batch Files, Diff Files
- Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2
- Basic regular expression search and replace
- Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts
- Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse)
- Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions
- Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files
- Open shell links
- Very adjustable
As for the Tango Mod:
Installation.
- Download the Tango Notepad2 Patcher
- Download Notepad2
- Place the Notepad2.exe in the folder where the Patcher is and run the .bat file
- If you want to replace the default Notepad you need to replace Notepad.exe file in system32 and Windows directories with your freshly patched Notepad.exe
update: The 2.0.18 version Notepad2 is UPX-packed. LKRaider modified the script so the patcher works with the new versions http://lkraider.eipper.com.br/files/share/Tango_Notepad2_Patcher_by_stefeq-UPX_Fix.zip
update#2
People who find the patcher not working - you need to divide the batch into 2 parts (you can paste the following into command line).
1st decompress and patch
ren Notepad2.exe Notepad.exe
upx -d Notepad.exe
reshacker.exe -addoverwrite “notepad.exe”, “notepad.exe”, notepad.ico, icongroup,100,1033
reshacker.exe -addoverwrite “notepad.exe”, “notepad.exe”, TangoGnome_toolbar.bmp, Bitmap,100,1033
reshacker.exe -addoverwrite “notepad.exe”, “notepad.exe”, TangoGnome_toolbar_inactive.bmp, Bitmap,101,1033
2nd compress and delete unnecessary files
upx --best Notepad.exe
del ResHacker.ini
del ResHacker.log
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June 23, 2007 at 8:48 pm
i’ve been using notepad2 for quite some time, and i’ve gotta say the icons are great. thx a lot m8!
July 29, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Hey.
The Icons look great, but i can’t patch the notepad2.exe. i see the toolbar, but it’s messed up, all icons are wrong. could you send me your notepad2.exe (patched)?
Thanks!
July 29, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Found it out now: my notepad2-Version was too new, you need to use Notepad2 2.0.16, not 2.0.0.18, maybe you can add this to your entry.
August 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Notepad2 is a good and simple alternative to the windows notepad.
For everyone who need a bit more advanced texteditor I recommend Notepad++
August 24, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Nice
For the script to work on the newer versions, you need to unpack the executable first with UPX.
Get UPX from here (Win32 console version):
http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Extract upx.exe to the Notepad2 folder, and edit the runThisScript_TangoGnome_Notepad2.bat file, adding this line in the beggining:
upx -d Notepad2.exe
And this line just before the “ren Notepad2.exe Notepad.exe” command:
upx –best Notepad2.exe
Then you can execute the patcher and it should work correctly on the newer Notepad2 file
September 3, 2007 at 8:21 pm
It`s not working with 2.0.18 version can anyone fix this plz
September 14, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Here, I repackaged the patcher with the changes I mentioned so it works on the new version of Notepad2:
http://lkraider.eipper.com.br/files/share/Tango_Notepad2_Patcher_by_stefeq-UPX_Fix.zip
January 18, 2008 at 11:22 am
it doesn’t work
even with the repackaged patcher
any idea?
i’ve followed the instruction, either in this page or readme.txt included in package.
February 15, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I’d really expect a tangofied version of Notepad++
April 4, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Doesn’t patch. Even tried to spit the original patch, as you said, and the turn out is the same.
April 8, 2008 at 4:09 am
one thing i noticed that may be causing some issues is the quotes located in the “break apart” section of this how-to. command prompt does not recognize them as real quotes, you’ll need to go in and delete each quote and replace them with re-typed quotes.