It will remember the options you select, so you can check the Wrap Around option once and it will automatically be selected the next time you open it. Microsoft has improved the Find dialog in other ways, too. In other words, Notepad will search for text or find and replace it in the entire file. With Wrap Around enabled, Notepad will “wrap around” all the way from the cursor to the end of the file, and then from the beginning of the file to the cursor. The Find dialog also has an “Up” option to search from the cursor to the start of the file-but it couldn’t search the entire file unless you placed the cursor at the start or end of the file and selected the appropriate option.
So, if you had your cursor in the middle of the document and then used Find or Replace to search for a word, it would only find (or replace) that word if it appeared after the cursor. Without Wrap Around, Notepad will only search from the point of the text entry cursor to the end of the file. To use it, just check the “Wrap Around” checkbox in the dialog window. Microsoft’s text editor now offers a “Wrap around” option you can check when using the Find or Replace dialog windows. Notepad searches Bing for the selected word or phrase and show the results in your web browser. To use this feature, select some text, and then click Edit > Search With Bing-or press Ctrl+B. Notepad can now search the web with Bing. RELATED: Microsoft Finally Fixes Notepad After 20 Years of Inadequacy Bing Search
This makes Notepad more useful if you’re working with Linux software in the Linux subsystem for Windows, previously known as Bash for Windows.
Notepad displays the end of line characters it’s using for the current file on the status bar at the bottom of the window. You can edit and save the file, too-Notepad will automatically save the file with the correct type of line break. But, when you open a file with other line endings, Notepad will automatically detect that and display it properly. Notepad still supports Windows-style line endings (CRLF) and uses them by default. Every line would flow into the next one with no line breaks. This means that you can take a text file created on Linux or Mac, open it in Notepad-and it will look like it’s supposed to! Previously, the file would look like a mess because Notepad wouldn’t notice any line breaks. Notepad now supports both UNIX/Linux style line feeds (LF) and Macintosh-style line endings (CR.) And if all else fails you can always try to run Notepad++ under emulation.Microsoft is finally adding support for UNIX-style end of line (EOL) characters to Notepad. Each looks and feels slightly different so there is bound to be one here you like. While some cost money and are only really worth the investment if you live in text, others are free and well worth a try. If you are looking for an alternative to Notepad++ for Mac, there are quite a few.
Since Wine is free, and Notepad++ is free, then it may be worth the effort to download Wine, download Notepad++, and see if you can get the editor to work under the emulator. Function keys weren’t supported, and automatic app updating was not testing, but the core functionality of Notepad++ worked fine. Reports from Wine users (who maintain an extensive database of application compatibility tests) indicate that Notepad++ version 6.1.2 works fairly well. Notepad++ has been tested in the past and found to work reasonably well with Wine. Most Mac users are familiar with Wine, the windows emulator that runs on top of macOS and permits Mac owners to run (some) Windows programs. Well, there is one way to achieve that goal. It may be that none of these alternatives will work for you because you just have to have Notepad++. Sublime is available for macOS 10.7 or higher and also runs on Windows and Linux.
The distraction-free mode works well too if you’re prone to procrastination.
It is another premium text editor at $80, although you can download an evaluation copy for free and use it without paying. Sublime is actively developed, is very customizable, works with all types of code, can batch edit, use symbols and all the neat things you would expect from a premium program. Sublime Text 3 is another alternative to Notepad++ that gets a lot of recommendations from whomever I ask.
At $59 for a full single-user license, it isn’t cheap but again, if you live in text, this app has everything you could possibly need whether coding, building web pages or writing your next novel.
It requires macOS 10.9 or higher, but has search and replace, auto indent, auto pairing, a clipboard with history, column tools, multi-language support, CSS and HTML tools, foldable code blocks and a raft of other goodies. TextMate is a heavy hitter in terms of features.