AkelPad Portable provides a fast, lightweight Open Source text editor specifically designed for working with plain text files. It offers a user-friendly interface and a variety of features to enhance editing efficiency. You can enjoy functionalities such as syntax highlighting, customizable themes, and a tabbed editing environment. Additionally, its portability allows you to run it directly from a USB drive, making it convenient for editing on the go. AkelPad aims to provide a seamless experience for casual users and developers alike, with tools catering to a range of text editing needs.

AkelPad Portable can handle large files, even those marked as read-only. One of its key features is the support for customizable hotkeys, allowing users to streamline their workflow and increase efficiency.

This text editor includes a built-in search engine that makes locating specific text within documents easy. It also automatically detects and manages multiple text encodings, which is particularly useful for those who work with files in different languages or formats. Further enhancing its usability, AkelPad supports transparency, allowing you to adjust the editor's appearance to their preference. It also includes printing capabilities, allowing users to print their documents directly from the application.

AkelPad Portable features modular language support to accommodate various user needs, enabling easy language switching. Additionally, it supports plugins, which can be added to extend its functionality, offering flexibility for users who require specialized tools or features. AkelPad Portable is a solid editing solution for casual and advanced users.

AkelPad Portable boasts a sleek, minimalist interface while delivering exceptional performance. Packed with a wide array of powerful features, it empowers users to tackle any editing project with unparalleled efficiency.

Also available as an installer.

AkelPad Features:

Single window mode (SDI), multi-window mode (MDI);

Editing of files whose size is more than 64K (generally speaking, size isn't theoretically limited);

Full support of Unicode strings on Unicode systems

Support of Unicode codepages (UTF-16 little endian, UTF-16 big endian, UTF-8);

Support of any code page installed in the system;

Support of DOS/Windows and Unix newline formats;

Preview file open;

Correct pseudographics displaying;

Editing of files with "Read Only" attribute;

Notice when trying to open binary file;

Multi-level undo;

Search/replace text strings, escape-sequences and also search/replace by hexadecimal code;

Remember file codepage;

Remember file caret position;

Remember the last search/replace strings;

Remember the last opened files;

Printing of a document;

Support of language modules;

Plugins support (syntax highlighting, auto-completion, script execution, keyboard macros, and much more).

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