notepad-plus-plus
Installation
SKILL.md
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a lightweight, free source code editor for Windows. It is famous for its low footprint and being written in C++.
When to Use
- Rapid Windows Log & File Inspection: Opening multi-gigabyte log dumps and configuration files without memory thrashing.
- Advanced Regular Expression Replacements: Executing multi-file regex find-and-replace across nested directories.
- Batch Text Manipulation: Column/block editing, character set transcoding, and newline normalization (CRLF/LF).
- Lightweight Script Automation: Running command-line compilers or linters via the NppExec plugin.
Quick Start
1. Regex Find and Replace (Multiline & Capture Groups)
- Open Find & Replace:
Ctrl + H - Search Mode: Select Regular expression (check
. matches newlineif spanning lines) - Find What:
(\w+)\s*=\s*"(.*?)" - Replace With:
{"key": "$1", "val": "$2"}