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TED Notepad is a freeware editor for true plain-text. It looks like the original Windows Notepad, but provides many features and tools for quick, easy and advanced editing. The light-weight application fits on a floppy or USB and loads instantly with no installation required. Offers many text-processing functions and tools, many hotkeys and clipboards. You will find several inovative features too. It is designed especially for writing plain-text documents, creating scripts or html-like files.
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Because TED Notepad supports only very basic formatting, you cannot accidentally save special formatting in documents, that need to remain pure-text. This is especially useful, when creating html/php Web pages, because no special characters/formatting may appear in a html/php Web page source.
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TED Notepad is a growing chrome-less alternative notepad replacement. It looks just like a small Notepad, but is more fertile in innovative features, text-processing functions and other tools. All of them on hotkeys; all designed for quick advanced editing. The light-weight portable text editor fits on any USB flash disk and loads instantly with no installation required.
  
TED Notepad was designed to completely replace the popular Windows Notepad in every-every way. Besides that, it has been covered by a variety of text tools, functions, features, clipboards and hotkeys, optimized to the highest performance; while keeping the intuitive conservative user interface. It was developed and improved with all the know-how that I gained during all those studies and it is completely free. If you want to show your support, please, donate to this project or just tell your friends. The more people like it, the more motivation there is to improve.
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Get ready for a swiss-army-knife notepad alternative for free: small and simple, yet full of ready features, combinations, enhancements and tools. You'll never learn them all. Don't type, ted-it!
  
The application was developed at the Labs of [http://www.mff.cuni.cz/ Faculty of Mathematics and Physics] of the [http://www.cuni.cz/ Charles University] in Prague; written in pure ANSI C language (no MFC, no C++, no Borland), using the system API functions, compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. Instead of other Notepad replacements, TED was developed to be the most stable and as fast as possible program. Without wizards, objects and toolbars; but with help and support of the other students there; I think it is now what it ought to be.
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===Development===
  
I have made this project, because the Windows Notepad was not enough for me. And I am sure you still have a lot of ideas, how to enhance the Notepad but to cherish a fame of a monkey application. So please write me about it! I hope: It's all about communication, the rest is technology ...
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TED Notepad was designed to replace the old Windows Notepad in every way. Besides that, it has been covered by variety of text tools, functions, features, clipboards and hotkeys. Optimized to high performance while keeping the intuitive conservative user interface and clean workspace. As my personal hobby, it is completely free. If you want to show your support, please, consider a donation to this project, write a review or just tell your friends. The more people like it, the more motivation there is for me to improve it.
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The whole application was written in ANSI C and Assembly languages (no MFC, no C++, no Borland, no external libraries), using the system API functions only, compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. In contrast to other Notepad replacements, the development priority of TED Notepad was to create a fast, stable, slim and simple program. Without wizards, objects and toolbars; but with help and support of other people; I think it is now becoming what it ought to be.
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===Future===
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Although not versatile enough, the MS Windows Notepad was indeed my daily text editor before. That's how I have started this project. To extend its possibilities. Just a little bit. Well, by now, TED Notepad is far beyond every initial hope. But still, I am sure you can find a lot of good ideas on how to enhance the Notepad, yet cherish the benefits of a tiny application. Please, tell me! Alter all, it's all about communication, the rest is technology...

Latest revision as of 15:12, 11 November 2013

This section is up to date for TED Notepad version 6.3.1.0.

TED Notepad is a growing chrome-less alternative notepad replacement. It looks just like a small Notepad, but is more fertile in innovative features, text-processing functions and other tools. All of them on hotkeys; all designed for quick advanced editing. The light-weight portable text editor fits on any USB flash disk and loads instantly with no installation required.

Get ready for a swiss-army-knife notepad alternative for free: small and simple, yet full of ready features, combinations, enhancements and tools. You'll never learn them all. Don't type, ted-it!

Development

TED Notepad was designed to replace the old Windows Notepad in every way. Besides that, it has been covered by variety of text tools, functions, features, clipboards and hotkeys. Optimized to high performance while keeping the intuitive conservative user interface and clean workspace. As my personal hobby, it is completely free. If you want to show your support, please, consider a donation to this project, write a review or just tell your friends. The more people like it, the more motivation there is for me to improve it.

The whole application was written in ANSI C and Assembly languages (no MFC, no C++, no Borland, no external libraries), using the system API functions only, compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. In contrast to other Notepad replacements, the development priority of TED Notepad was to create a fast, stable, slim and simple program. Without wizards, objects and toolbars; but with help and support of other people; I think it is now becoming what it ought to be.

Future

Although not versatile enough, the MS Windows Notepad was indeed my daily text editor before. That's how I have started this project. To extend its possibilities. Just a little bit. Well, by now, TED Notepad is far beyond every initial hope. But still, I am sure you can find a lot of good ideas on how to enhance the Notepad, yet cherish the benefits of a tiny application. Please, tell me! Alter all, it's all about communication, the rest is technology...