The builds (unsigned) works for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 and above. The AVX2 build works for Windows 7 SP1 (or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) and above (64-bit only), requires CPU support for AVX2 and POPCNT, e.g. CPU sold since 2013, such as Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9 or AMD Excavator, Zen, and more.

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available on https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad2/actions and https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zufuliu/notepad2

💡Tips: To keep your current settings, do NOT replace Notepad2.ini or metapath.ini or any theme files with the bundled one, but please mind breaking changes since in v4.19.01r1786.

Changes Since v4.20.04r2858

• Scintilla is upgraded to 4.3.3, see https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html for details.
• New localization: 简体中文 (by @yfdyh000 and @WanderMax) and 繁體中文 (by Microsoft Bing Translator); localization for 日本語 is in progress.
• System integration for Notepad2 and metapath, see https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad2/wiki/System-Integration. ab19001550ae61dee9397c739fa5f44db336c694, f286829e2358b921d0f07c7f67215b6ec9edb271, dfffe0fd6ea16f296ff2afcfc03270e5221e4568, etc.
• Support line selection mode, issue #186. 1a7a102d2ae45df2918aae76579fa1a379ebc8d2 etc. When line selection mode is enabled (the default):
  • After making a line selection (with Ctrl+Shift+Space or Alt+Shift+], see bellow), you can use up or down arrows to select or deselect more lines.
  • On pasting text copied with line selection mode (cut/copy without selecting, cut/copy current line, cut/copy selection with line selection mode, etc.), the text is inserted as a whole before current line without breaking up current line at caret position.
• Add select all lines in current block (Alt+Shift+], menu "Select Lines in Current Block" in Edit -> Find and Replace), similar to Visual Studio's "Expand Selection to Containing Block", issue #186. d4a24e306c7d40cd740b90040f5db800946b3566
• Whenever possible, keep caret at same column after cutting current line, issue #186. 0d980f8467087ea4d8a05da7174d2905f053b401
• New text conversions: Fullwidth and Halfwidth forms; Chinese Simplified and Traditional; Japanese Katakana and Hiragana; Korean Hangul decomposition; Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari and Malayalam to Latin. 43d6cbcfadaeec863a32cca24b9aa9247b501c32 and 8d432999d5f27ae0fcb029328a075630589d4e63
• Add file filter (built from extensions for current scheme, text files and favorite schemes) to open and save file dialog, issue #190. a6c1274c3f812a3012f9fc9ca51dd17d760f5c16, 6e636b79c3eb8e32aa0be7281b8209934078a487, 451377371d79d0a27a15e39fa30d5aea2aae8c31, 85a8acdb684ab04da01024cc91e73b28edc7dc24, 5d1f1dfa36b1c3b4104ce605abcb6747a829398e, etc.
• The DarkTheme.ini preference (in Notepad2 section) can now be used to set the path for custom theme files. fea2753c8ef60b16466f3ea8631f85a1d98d1729 and 2e2b81d78991697b0d166c936a98e8cf70d4d2cc
• Improve file loading speed, see https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/feature-requests/1347/
• Improve auto-completion. 47300d1694182824fce3e3cad833e11ecdee5908, c53f2f9333e6476536c7ba1ae816e64899d4a84c, etc.
• Improve rectangular selection. 2789517f3459637fba289872aada117fa306226a
• Update CSS keywords, issue #191. 36d101ec5e2c4c77292ecc4f6ac8e7e5ba6282b5
• Fix Shift+Tab doesn't go back to previous focused dialog item on Customize Schemes dialog, issue #183. 66ee40db2fbedf5d75770d6d67ae915bfe43ff34
• Fix program unexpectedly closed when relaunch elevated (run/open as Administrator) is canceled. f7b509c2557f1d19ad9b5c14a19383698f3dff8d
• Other bug fix and improvements.

Behavior Changes

• Cut and copy. When there is no text selected, current line will be cut or copied (similar to Visual Studio), issue #186. 817c66a9420b609801eb13667d87204fb4f7c19b and 6b0fa4505eef77d5a724d6a62ce51b5831b91761
• The line selecting command (Ctrl+Shift+Space, menu "Select Lines (Expand Selection)" in Edit -> Find and Replace). When there is no text selected, current line will be selected; otherwise current selection will be expanded to select all lines containing the selection, issue #186. 26e2badf1659724f610499915b74a3d3c7232b73 and d68be4502d517b3c526c1ec0f7b8416a96e62f55 When line selection mode is enabled, you can use up or down arrows to select or deselect more lines. When line selection mode is disabled, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Space again (or hold down these keys) to select more lines.
• The hot key to select word around caret (menu "Select Word" in Edit -> Find and Replace) is changed from Ctrl+Space to Ctrl+Alt+Space, Ctrl+Space is used by Windows system to switch input methods. 22a954d6bb685ad38dc8ce1fde0dfb9bcaac9ef4
• The hot key Ctrl+Period (.) used to open Zoom Level dialog is removed. f08d3ae54c23cd6914973be03612731c7ff2e0c4

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