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NoteTab Light v7.2

webfork on 18 Dec 2015

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Released on 3 Nov 2014
Suggested by Andrew Lee

NoteTab Light is a free tabbed text editor and HTML editor. Includes favorites, clipboard text storage, text and file encryption, hash, and various encoding options for UUEncode, UNICODE. Supports built-in scripting/macro support for a variety of functions including FTP.

Note: Light version can't rearrange tabs, color-code HTML, and does not include multi-level undo.

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Category:	Text - Editors (32)
Runs on:	Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to:	Application folder
Stealth: ?	Yes
Unicode support:	No
Path portability:	Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License:	Freeware. Includes many references and features and tools restricted to premium version.
How to extract:	Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder Move the contents of the {app} to a folder of your choice Create an empty file named NoteTab.ini within this folder Launch NoteTab.exe
Similar/alternative apps:	NotePad++, EditPad Lite
What's new?	Updated the regular expressions engine to the latest version (based on PCRE 8.36). Added 10 new Clip commands. Added new shortcut to insert « French quotation marks » around selected text: Ctrl+Alt+, Added “Full Name in Title Bar” setting on General tab in Options dialog box. Check this option to display the current document name with the full folder path. Uncheck it to hide the folder path. Added “Open All” command to File > Reopen submenu. Added new shortcut to close a document tab and cancel the “Save changes” prompt: Ctrl + Middle Mouse Button click on tab. When using the “Close All Documents” feature, the list of closed files is now automatically stored under the “Close All” Favorites category list. The warning prompt is now only displayed if more than 16 documents are about to be closed. Removed the "Save Changes" prompt when closing a modified but empty document that has never been saved to disk. Reintroduced the auto-complete feature in the search dialog combobox fields. Improved Calculate Expression feature by increasing bracket limit from 40 to 100. Improved Calculate Expression feature, which now supports the × and ÷ operators as equivalent to the * and / symbols. Example: 4×7÷2=14 works the same way as 4*7/2=14 Improved font sharpness when run under Windows high DPI settings. Improved setting file-type associations with NoteTab (note that associations set with previous versions may not show in Options). Fixed several syntax highlighting issues in NoteTab Pro that occurred when text contained tab characters. Fixed issue with “Match Directory” and “Use Default Directories” options. Fixed infrequent issue that resulted in no selected document tab (usually after closing a document). Several other minor improvements and fixes. Updated documentation.

24 comments on NoteTab Light

shnbwmn 2015-12-06 12:06

For those of you that want something even better, there's Atom, from the developers behind Github. Portable, modern interface, and fully extensible. I don't think you can ask for better.

v7.2

shnbwmn 2015-12-06 12:03

Nothing to see here. There are far better, completely freeware text editors out there. First that comes to mind is Notepad++, which also has its own plugin system.

v7.2

Ennovy 2015-11-27 22:48

How to extract (alternative):
1. Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder
2. Move the contents of the {app} to a folder of your choice
3. Create an empty file NoteTab.ini in the application folder
4. Launch NoteTab.exe

v7.2

Peregrino69 2013-09-23 19:53

Oh yes - the setup files are not corrupt... it installs to the OS just fine.

v7.1

Peregrino69 2013-09-23 19:52

Has anyone actually managed to unpack this downloadable version? I tried Universal Extractor 1.6.1 as well as the "unofficial" version from Lupo site, but both give same error:

Signature detected: Inno Setup Setup Data (5.4.2)
This is not directly supported, but i'll try to unpack it as version 5309
; Version detected: 5402
Critical error: The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program.
Unpacking failed. This version is not supported.

v7.1

webfork 2013-01-26 22:02

I gave this program another shot recently and was annoyed by the frequent overlap in features that are available only to standard/pro users, which was confusing. The help file was similarly confusing here as well with an unclear barrier between versions. That said, there are some amazing features here, but the comments above calling this (effectively) crippleware haven't not gone away.

I edited this entry to make clear some of the limitations of the "light" version. It might border on editorializing, but think they're important to point out.

v7.1

Checker 2012-08-18 19:33

Try the "unofficial" (updated) version of Universal Extractor from Lupo PenSuite: http://www.lupopensuite.com/db/universalextractor.htm

V7.0.1

mranonymous 2012-08-18 09:34

pardon, could not extract it neither using 7zip nor UniversalExtractor 1.6.1 ..

V7.0.1

Steve 2011-02-15 17:19

I have used the "free" version of Note Tab for over a decade, it is my favorite HTML and plaintext editor for Windoze. If you can't live without multiple undo steps and a spell checking dictionary, your options are to pay for the "full" version (cheap), or live without the best tool for several common jobs.

TIM 2011-01-26 21:11

I use Metapad as my primary Notepad replacement, but when I need advanced features, I pull out NoteTab Light. The only thing I don't like about NoteTab Light is that sometimes it won't replace newlines ( ^P ) like it should. I can't figure out why. Other than that, it does everything I've ever needed it to do.

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Greg 2010-09-24 19:12

Notetab light is always open. I use clips created with its easy to learn clipcode language and also regex capabilities to automate word processing tasks.

Shyfer 2010-09-01 19:24

AkelPad is the best notepad replacement I found. Small, light, fast and powerfull.

Dirk 2010-03-02 21:28

I'm a professional writer, been using NoteTab Light for going on 10 years now (maybe longer). It is without a doubt my most used and favourite prog. It is fast, flexible, able to load as many open text files as you have memory in your PC for, and very adjustable. Each file is tabbed for easy navigation. The options for tailoring it to very precise individual needs are many. The drop-down menus can be tailored, as can the popup right-click menu. I write all my material in NoteTab, highlight, cut/copy drag and drop between open tabs (currently I have 187 open working files which are saved at close and reopened when I open the app), and when ready, click 'copy all' in the relevant file and paste into a new Word doc for formatting. I have NEVER had a problem with this app, in tens of thousands of files written. It has never frozen, crashed or trashed a file. It is rock-solid and absolutely free. The Light version is much faster than the Standard and Pro (which I have tried, but they didn't offer me anything that I can't do with the Light). I could go on ad nauseum, but the bottom line is that this is by far the best programme I have used in the 25 years I have been using computers, and I still have not explored some of things it can be used for. I have used a number of word processing apps, and for sheer simplicity and functionality (i.e. writing and editing words) it can't be beaten. Each to his own, I guess.

Scott 2009-08-17 07:49

Sorry should've looked at previous comments feel free to delete my comments.

I think you should add How To Make It Portable in the description though.

Scott 2009-08-17 07:41

Hi, just to inform you about NoteTab Light -

This does NOT write settings to the app folder as stated. On Vista HP the settings are written here:

C:/Users/Scott/AppData/Roaming/NoteTabLight

Three folders and four files have been written there. Is there a way to store these in the app folder?

Thanks

Bruce 2009-06-04 18:13

A great editor. Version 6.1 was released recently.

Deepak Bhattarai 2008-07-16 12:24

Thanks to Note tab developer. Im feeling easy to edid the html texts.

LarryH 2007-11-08 16:35

NoteTab 5.x Light/Standard/Pro can all be "more portable", if the appropriate ini file is placed in the NoteTab directory along with the exe.
Edit the line UseProfileFolder=0. This tells NoteTab to store all files in the NoteTab directory, rather than the user Application Folder.
Using the /usb command line switch tells NoteTab to look on the USB drive if the drive letter stored in the ini file is not found.

USB Steve 2007-09-13 15:15

I used NoteTab Light long before finding SciTE. One really nice feature in NoteTab Light that I haven't found in SciTE (or other text editors) is the regex search-and-replace. I love SciTE and have carried it on my USB drive for several years, but when I need to do a surgical search-and-replace, I always go back to NoteTab.
(However, if SciTE would fulfill this one teeny, tiny need; I would switch and never look back.)

Danny 2007-09-13 06:19

Nothing much has changed since I last used this program. It's a shame that most of the really good features are in the Pro version. I'll stick with wSciTE for now.

MrDetermination 2007-09-10 19:00

"Portable Paul: Alright, i'm gonna coin another term here. Partially free software that is an Ad for a paid upgrade version of itself is Halfware. all in favor?"

Aye

brad 2007-09-10 12:53

If the sole reason for this is to promote some "pro" version, it shouldn't be here imo.

Portable Paul 2007-09-09 15:58

Alright, i'm gonna coin another term here. Partially free software that is an Ad for a paid upgrade version of itself is Halfware. all in favor?

Webfork 2007-09-08 10:43

Excellent program but "No multiple-level undo/redo" unless you get the Pro version makes it pale in comparison to programs like PSPad: http://portablefreeware.com/?id=15

NoteTab Light v7.2

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