Editing Windows Notepad (section)

== Competing software ==
{{Further|Comparison of text editors|List of text editors}}
Notepad lacks many basic features available in other text editors, such as block selection and [[multiple document interface|MDI]]. There are many third-party replacements for Notepad with additional functionality, such as AkelPad, [[Metapad]], [[Notepad++]], Notepad2, and [[TED Notepad]], which include features such as, but not limited to:

* [[undo]] history
* [[syntax coloring]] 
* [[code folding]]
* [[regular expression]]s
* [[macro (computer science)|macro]]s
* manual [[code page]] selection
* [[theme (computing)|themes]]
* sorting 
* case changes
* external change detection
* matching braces
* visible line-endings and visible line-wrap indication
* line numbering, splitting and joining
* automatic [[Indentation (typesetting)|indentation]]
* mass-editing of lines
* blank line removal
* hard alignment (using [[Whitespace character|whitespace]] characters)
* whitespace stripping
* running in [[Portable application|portable]] mode