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We've compiled a list of 96 free and paid alternatives to metapad. The primary competitors include Evernote, Vim. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between metapad and gedit, Geany, Notepad2. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


Vim
Free Open Source

Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word...

gedit
Free Open Source

Official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment.

Geany
Free

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment.

Notepad2
Free Open Source

Notepad2 is a fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting.

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

Komodo Edit
Free Open Source

Komodo Edit is a fast, smart, free and open-source code editor.

PSPad
Free

Text, code and hex editor.

Most simple text editor. Just plain text, saves in .txt format.

SciTE
Free Open Source

SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor.

Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar...

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metapad Overview

Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista 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 Notepads features and much, much more.

metapad's enhanced 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
* Over 30 customized UI language plugins

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