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PSPad

Universal, feature-rich text editor for Windows

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PSPad is a freeware text editor for Microsoft Windows that combines plain-text editing with tools for web authoring and programming. It provides formatting options and a built-in spell checker for text files, while also supporting a wide range of file types and programming languages with syntax highlighting. The editor is designed to be ready to use after installation without complex configuration.

Its feature set includes code folding, direct ChatGPT integration, macros, clip files, templates, a Macro Recorder, an integrated HEX editor, project management, an FTP client, file search and replace, a Code Explorer, and code page conversion. As an IDE-style tool, it can capture and parse compiler output, integrate external help files, and compare code versions. PSPad is available as a full version and a developer build, with localization in numerous languages.

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