LopeEdit is a very capable Notepad replacement that is very useful for all types of PC users — including regular users and programmers.
The program has a built-in file browser, for instance, so it’s easy to navigate to the text documents you need, and drag and drop them into LopeEdit. Although if you’re creating files from scratch then the tabbed interface ensures that’s very easy, too.
A powerful Find and Replace tool, with regular expression support, can send the results of your search to a separate pane. So if you run a particular search, you don’t have to browse through the entire document to see every hit, because they’re all displayed in a single window: very useful.
There are all kinds of other extras. You can bookmark a line in a document for easy recall later, for instance. A Favorites system makes it quicker to reload frequently-edited files. Detailed statistics are available on every document in a couple of clicks (Words, lines, empty lines, characters (including/ excluding lines), creation time, last access time and more). And a File > Send To option allows you to quickly send the current document via email to whoever you like.
And then of course there are all the developer features, like customisable syntax highlighting for C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), Pascal, Perl, PHP.
LopeEdit can open files directly from web or FTP sites.
And there’s also a built-in ASCII table; support for various new line types; and a host of useful encoding and editing options.
LopeEdit Pro extends the free version with a built-in hex editor, an FTP browser, multiple clipboards, code template support, file and folder compare, intellisense for all the supported programming languages, and more.
Basic Features
- Supports visual themes: Office 2003 , Visual Studio 2005 , Office XP , Office 2000 or Windows XP .
- Tabs to select between open files.
- Syntax highlighting (user configurable). Pre-configured for C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), Pascal, Perl, PHP.
- UNICODE and UTF-8 support.
- Support for the following new line formats: DOS/Windows, Linux/Unix, MAC.
- Automatic highlighting of brackets/braces as typing or positioning occurs.
- Multiple tabs for an open file.
- The window can be divided in tab groups (horizontal or vertical). It is possible to move tabs by dragging them with the mouse.
- Edit Box in toolbar to find quickly strings in documents.
- Several docking windows with utilities. These windows can be docked in any place of the main window, or can be auto-hided when losing the focus.
- File Browser Window. Build-in file browser (as Windows Explorer) to open files in the editor, or to make any operation over files or folders (copy, move, delete, etc.).
- Find and Replace Window. Finds or replaces a string in the current document or in all open documents.
- Find and Replace In Files Window. Finds or replaces a string in all files that a folder contains.
- Regular expression support with tagged expressions for find/replace.
- Find Results Windows. Allows showing search results. Double clicking over a search result, editor will open the file and will scroll until search result position.
- Favorites Window and Favorites menu.
- Recent Files Window.
- Opens files from Internet (Web sites or FTP sites). Files opened from FTP sites can be saved directly in FTP sites.
- Quick view. When a file is selected in build-in File Browser, the file is showed in quick view. This allows observing multiple files quickly.
- Bookmarks support. Optionally it is possible to save bookmarks.
- Edit marks support. Marks are displayed in the margin for modified lines.
- Printing Preview support.
- ASCII Table Window. Allows viewing and insertion of ASCII characters.
- File associations. Any file type can be associated in order to open files with LopeEdit by double clicking from Windows Explorer.
- User configurable toolbars and menus. It is posible to modify, add, delete commands from menus and toolbars, and to add new menus and new toolbars.
Advanced Features
- Built-in hexadecimal editor. It supports the following features:
- Edit values in both hexadecimal and ASCII.
- Insert and delete blocks.
- Multiple Undo/Redo.
- Bookmarks.
- Edit marks.
- Find and replace.
- Opens files of any size until 4GB.
- External Tools support.
- Tools can be run from Tools menu , from External Tools Bar , or by using hotkeys.
- Several variables can be specified as parameters (file path, file name, etc.).
- Built-in FTP Browser. Explores FTP sites and opens files directly in the editor.
- Projects Manager.
- Multiple Clipboards. It manages multiple clipboards. Every time you copy a text from any application, will be inserted a new clipboard to paste in the editor when you wish.
- Code Templates Manager. It allows inserting code templates in the editor.
- The code templates are organized in categories and are totally configurable. You can add, delete, modify and move code templates.
- There are pre-configured code templates for C/C++, Java, Visual Basic and HTML.
- The code templates can contain several variables that will be replaced for his value when inserting the template in a document. There are fixed variables (current time, current date, file path, file name, etc.) and customized variables (his values will be asked when inserting the template).
- An icon can be configured for each template. All templates of HTML have an icon.
- A shortcut can be configured for each template in order to insert templates quickly. When typing in a template shortcut and then TAB key, the shortcut will be replaced with template content.
- Code templates are also accessible since Code Templates Menu and Code Templates Bar .
- Console Windows. It runs MS-DOS command line.
- Command history support.
- Auto-complete files and folders by pressing TAB key .
- Column mode support.
- Columns selection.
- Insert/fill columns.
- Delete/cut columns.
- Copy columns.
- Insert sequential numbers.
- File Compare and Folder Compare support.
- IntelliSense support.
- Display the keywords list of current programming language.
- Display the code templates list.
- Suggest keywords and/or code templates while typing in.
- Auto-complete the code templates. When typing in a template shortcut and then TAB key, the shortcut will be replaced with template content.
- Auto-repair case when typing in keywords.
- Auto-format after pasting.
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Reviews for LopeEdit Pro
LopeEdit Pro is an editor tool designed for writing, modifying or verifying programming languages. It is a comprehensive and reliable Notepad replacement tool that can be useful for programmers as well as regular PC users too. This tool is packed with a large variety of editing tools and offers support for several programming languages.
Overview
With an installer of size ~2MB, the installation process is very simple and quick. The interface looks and feels like the Notepad, but this tool has a lot of options and features that make it far more useful and powerful than the Notepad. You can easily create a new file or open your old ones and start working on them. This tool supports file types, including plain text, HTML, HTM, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, SQL and XML files. This tool comes packed with many powerful editing features as well as developer features too.
Features
Clean & Straightforward UI
The UI is plain and straightforward with a lot of options and small icons in the two toolbars at the top. On the left-side is a powerful file browser allows you to quickly access any location on your computer hard drives or in the local network and open the files you want to work with. The major area of the GUI is covered by editor itself where you can view and edit your code. Unlike Notepad, this tool allows you to open multiple files in different tabs which is a great option and allows working with two files simultaneously.
Wide-range of features & editing tools
Along with basic text editing tools like cut, copy, and paste, LopeEdit Pro has many advanced options and functions to offer. It allows you to apply encoding algorithms to the text. The text can be converted to ANSI/ASCII, Unicode, Unicode Big Endian, UTF-8 or UTF-8 without BOM.
Find and Replace tool sends the results of your search to a separate pane. It displays all the finds in a single window, and the users do not need to browse through the entire document to see them.
You can save bookmarks in the files and easily browse through them. The favourites tab the bottom-left makes it quicker and easier for you to navigate to files that you edited frequently. You can also view the statistics of a file, which tells you details like Words, lines, empty lines, characters, creation time, last access time and more.
Many developer tools & features
The tool comes with pre-configured syntax highlighting for C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), Pascal, Perl, PHP.
LopeEdit can open files directly from web or FTP sites, and you can save the files to your computer or directly to the FTP location from where you accessed them. ASCII Table Window allows viewing and insertion of ASCII characters, and the tool supports various new line types.
IntelliSense support makes coding easier by suggesting keywords and code templates while typing in, and by auto-completing the code templates. The tool displays keywords list of current programming language, and supports auto-repair and auto-formatting.
Hexadecimal Editor
This allows users to edit values in both hexadecimal and ASCII, insert and delete blocks, multiple Undo/Redo, Bookmarks, Edit marks, Find and replace, Opens files of any size until 4GB.
User Configurable toolbars and menus
It is possible to modify, add, delete commands from menus and toolbars, and to add new menus and new toolbars.
Templates Manager
You can add, delete, modify and move code templates, and they are organized in categories. This can save a lot of time and effort as you can use the templates instead of typing everything again from the scratch.
Conclusion
LopeEdit Pro is a great and reliable text editor for programmers, which also works well as a regular Notepad replacement. All it’s features and tools are arranged in an intuitive GUI making this tool easier to use for all types of users. It is an exceptional tool and can be used for many different purposes and situations.
LopeEdit is a comprehensive and capable text editor that specifically meant for programmers, but can also be used by other knowledgeable PC users who want to do more than just editing text on files. One of the most striking things in LopeEdit is the inclusion of a file browser. Also, unlike the native windows notepad app, your notes can open in multiple tabs which makes it easier to edit multiple documents.
The software is light yet contains a variety of features for editing navigation and programming. I tested the software and found it to have lots of useful features. It’s a perfect blend that exists just between a decent programming tool and a sophisticated text editor.
Pros
Awesome user interface
For those looking for a notepad replacement, you’ll love this interface due to the ability to navigate your files without actually leaving the program. Programmers stand to benefit from the ability to load webpages straight from the program, and the ability to configure external tools. The interface is not only beautiful, but also has multiple highly functional tools.
Custom templates for programming
The software comes with preloaded code templates for HTML, C/C++, VB, and Java. These will save you a lot of time by eliminating the need to create scripts from the scratch.
Favorites system for easy access
Accessing your frequently edited files has never been easy on a text editor. LopeEdit Pro allows you to save documents on the favorite folder for easy access.
Lots of extras
LopeEdit Pro has multiple features including find and replace and increasing and reducing indentation. You can view detailed statistics of your documents including when they were edited last and even send them via email.
For programmers, LopeEdit Pro has customizable syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages, a built-in FTP browser, access to the command prompt, and a built-in ASCII table. There is also a hex editor and file and folder compare.
Cons
You have to download a license key separately
Although this may not pass as a disadvantage to some people, I find it inconvenient to have a separate key file. A code would have been more efficient to use and store.
Conclusion
LopeEdit Pro is an exceptional software that you will love to use in your programming and text editing needs. It is not a powerful programming software, but helps you do just enough. Although syntax highlighting is available in almost all programming languages except HTML it has an autofill feature that will help you program quickly and effectively. It is definitely a must-download.
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