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Name: AkelPad 
Version: 4.7.9
License: Freeware
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/
Download: Official Program Page | SourceForge HTTP Download (977KB)
Updated: 2012/09/12 by Adam
Description: AkelPad - is an open source editor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast. 
Key Features list:

• Single window (SDI), multi-window (MDI) and pseudo multi-window modes (PMDI)
• Full support of Unicode strings on Unicode systems (Windows)
• Support of Unicode codepages (UTF-8, UTF-16LE, UTF-16BE, UTF-32LE, UTF-32BE)
• Support of any codepage installed in the system
• Support of DOS/Windows, Unix and Mac newline formats
• PDescription file open
• Correct pseudographics displaying
• Column text selection
• Multi-level undo
• Fast search/replace text strings
• Remember file codepage and caret position
• Printing of a document and print pDescription
• Support of language modules
• Plugins support (syntax highlighting, folding, auto-completion, scripts execution, keyboard macros and much more).

Name: EditPad (Lite/Pro) 
Version: 7.12
License: Shareware (Free Lite Version)
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.just-great-software.com/
Download: Official Program Page (Lite) | Official HTTP Download [Lite] (9.7MB)
                  Official Program Page (Pro) | Official HTTP Download [Pro] (12.2MB)
Updated: 2012/5 by Webmaster
Description: EditPad comes in Lite and Pro versions. The Lite version is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:

• Large file and long line support.
• Full Unicode support, including complex scripts and right-to-left scripts.
• Direct editing of text files using Windows, Linux and Mac text encodings and line breaks.
• Tabbed interface for working with many files.
• Unlimited undo and redo for all open files, even after saving.
• Automatic backup and working copies prevent data loss.
• Powerful search-and-replace with literal search terms and regular expressions that can span multiple lines.
• EditPad Lite is free for personal use.

EditPad Pro is a powerful and versatile text editor or word processor. Designed to make text editing as convenient as possible, using EditPad Pro to edit text files will save you a lot of time and frustration.

Check out the features of the Pro version - here.

Name: EmEditor (Free/Pro)
Version: 12.0.0 / 6.004 Free version
License: Shareware (w/ free version)
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.emeditor.com/
Download: Official Program Page [Free] |  Official HTTP Download [free ver.] (1.3MB)
                 Official Program Page  [Pro]  | Offficial HTTP Download [pro ver.] (12.5MB)
Updated: 2012/10/02 by Jay
Description: EmEditor Free is free software. It allows you to use it as Notepad-replacement with enhanced features like syntax-colored highlighting, find and replace function, Unicode support, and printing capabilities.
However, this free version does not include many features that EmEditor Professional offers. Here is the list of features that only EmEditor Professional offers.

EmEditor Professional is the perfect tool for turning your ideas and programming into finished documents with speed and efficiency.

• Markers: EmEditor currently allows users to set highlight strings.
• Tooltip to show HTML/XML character references.
• Find and Batch Replace
• Delete Duplicate Lines: delete duplicate lines in the selection if a portion of text is selected, or in the entire document.
• The sort commands now sort the selected text only when a portion of text is selected.
• Recently Closed Files: allow you to open recently closed files.
• Supports the Hanja conversion using Korean IME.
• Auto display the number of characters/words/lines in the selection, with customizable display order.
• Unicode Ideographic Variation Sequence (IVS) support. (Supporting fonts are needed.)
• Timing: you can set the program to take a particular action at a particular time, such as play, stop, record, shutdown, etc.

Name: Notepad++ 
Version: 6.2
License: Freeware
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Download: Official Program Page | Offficial HTTP Download (5.6MB)
Updated: 2012/09/19 by Wilson
Description: Notepad++ is an opensource code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. 
Main Features list:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding - User Defined
• PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace
• Document Map
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document (Tab interface) and Multi-View
• WYSIWYG (Printing)
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmark
• Macro recording and playback

Name: PSPad Editor 
Version: 4.5.6.2427
License: Freeware
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.pspad.com/
Download: Official Program Page | Brothersoft HTTP Download (4.41MB)
Updated: 2012/5 by Webmaster
Description: PSPad is a freeware programmer's editor for Microsoft Windows operating systems, useful for people who:

• work with various programming environments
• like highlighted syntax in their source code
• need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
• are looking for a tool that handles plain text
• want to save time - PSPad offers rich text formating functions
• need tool what offer user extension capabilities
• want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products because PSPad is free for commercial and government purposes too

A detailed list of features: here.

Name: UltraEdit 
Version: 18.20.1017
License: Shareware
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.ultraedit.com/
Download: Official Program Page | Official HTTP Download (30.7MB)
Updated: 2012/09/12 by Aska
Description: UltraEdit is known as the most powerful text editor out there. It is the ideal text, HTML and hex editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. UltraEdit comes standard with an impressive feature set including a powerful search and replace engine, search/replace in files, syntax highlighting, code folding, Unicode support, a configurable spell checker for many languages, FTP/SFTP browser, SSH/Telnet console, workspace organization window, integrated scripting (based on javascript), a powerful macro engine, HTML building tools, column/block mode editing, templates, and so much more.


UltraEdit is the optimal solution for quick editing on the fly, or multiple large resource files at once. And with our world-renowned support staff on hand to quickly answer your support requests, you're sure to find a fast and easy solution for every task.
A detailed feature list is found here.

Name: WinHex 
Version: 16.7 SR-1
License: Shareware
Languge: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.winhex.com/winhex/index-m.html
Download: Official Program Page | Offficial HTTP Download (2.0MB)
Updated: 2012/10/02 by Clue
Description: WinHex is in its core a universal hexadecimal editor, particularly helpful in the realm of computer forensics, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security. An advanced tool for everyday and emergency use: inspect and edit all kinds of files, recover deleted files or lost data from hard drives with corrupt file systems or from digital camera cards. Features depend on the license type (license type comparison).

Name: WinMerge 
Version: 6.1.3
License: Freeware
Language: English, Multinational
Official Website: http://www.winhex.com/winhex/index-m.html
Download: Official Program Page | Offficial HTTP Download (1.69MB)
Updated: 2012/5 by Webmaster
Description: WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.
It has the following key features:

• Handles Windows, Unix and Mac text file formats
• Unicode support
• Visual differencing and merging of text files
• Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap
• Highlights differences inside lines
• Regular Expression based file filters allow excluding and including items
• Compares one folder or includes all subfolders
• Creates patch files (Normal-, Context- and Unified formats)
• Resolve conflict files
• Rudimentary Visual SourceSafe and Rational ClearCase integration
• Plugin support
• Localizable interface
• A full list of features - here.