<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
text	B-Application
and	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
's	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
C	B-Language
postfix	O
increment	O
operator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge.net,	O
from	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
downloaded	O
over	O
28	O
million	O
times	O
and	O
twice	O
won	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
Community	O
Choice	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Developer	O
Tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
from	O
2010	O
to	O
2015	O
;	O
since	O
2015	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
has	O
been	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
Scintilla	B-Language
editor	I-Language
component	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Don	O
Ho	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ho	O
first	O
used	O
JEXT	O
(	O
a	O
Java-based	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
)	O
at	O
his	O
company	O
but	O
,	O
dissatisfied	O
with	O
its	O
poor	O
performance	O
,	O
he	O
began	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
Scintilla	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
was	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
application	O
;	O
the	O
author	O
considered	O
,	O
but	O
rejected	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
using	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
to	O
port	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
on	O
25	O
November	O
2003	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
Windows-only	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Scintilla	B-Language
editor	I-Language
component	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
only	O
Win32	B-Library
API	I-Library
calls	O
using	O
only	O
the	O
STL	B-Application
to	O
increase	O
performance	O
and	O
reduce	O
program	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2010	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
obliged	O
US-based	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
hosts	O
to	O
deny	O
access	O
from	O
Cuba	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
North	O
Korea	O
,	O
Sudan	O
,	O
and	O
Syria	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
U.S.	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
what	O
the	O
developer	O
felt	O
was	O
a	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
(	O
FOSS	B-License
)	O
philosophy	O
,	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
Notepad++	B-Language
moved	O
out	O
of	O
US	O
territorial	O
jurisdiction	O
by	O
releasing	O
a	O
version	O
on	O
TuxFamily	O
,	O
in	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
community	O
services	O
of	O
Notepad++	B-Language
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
forums	O
and	O
bug	O
tracker	O
)	O
remained	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
until	O
2015	O
when	O
Notepad++	B-Language
left	O
SourceForge	B-Application
completely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
Lifehacker	O
described	O
Notepad++	B-Language
as	O
"	O
The	O
Best	O
Programming	O
Text	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
"	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
prefer	O
a	O
simple	O
,	O
lightweight	O
,	O
and	O
extensible	O
programming	O
plain-text	O
editor	O
,	O
our	O
first	O
choice	O
is	O
the	O
free	O
,	O
open-source	B-License
Notepad++	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifehacker	O
criticized	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
,	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
fairly	O
ugly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
Lifehacker	O
readers	O
voted	O
Notepad++	B-Language
as	O
the	O
"	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Text	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
"	O
,	O
with	O
40%	O
of	O
the	O
16,294	O
respondents	O
specifying	O
it	O
as	O
their	O
most-loved	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
conducted	O
a	O
worldwide	O
Developer	O
Survey	O
,	O
and	O
Notepad++	B-Language
was	O
voted	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
worldwide	O
with	O
34.7	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
26,086	O
respondents	O
claiming	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stack	B-Error_Name
Overflow	I-Error_Name
noted	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
more	O
things	O
change	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
likely	O
it	O
is	O
those	O
things	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
with	O
NotePad++	B-Language
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
machine	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2016	O
survey	O
had	O
Notepad++	B-Language
at	O
35.6	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
staff	O
hijacking	O
of	O
projects	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
left	O
SourceForge	B-Application
completely	O
with	O
the	O
forums	O
being	O
moved	O
to	O
NodeBB	O
and	O
the	O
bug	O
tracker	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
is	O
a	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
and	O
limited	O
autocompletion	O
for	O
programming	O
,	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
and	O
markup	O
languages	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
intelligent	B-Application
code	I-Application
completion	I-Application
or	O
syntax	O
checking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
7.6.3	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
can	O
highlight	O
the	O
elements	O
of	O
78	O
syntaxes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
list	O
also	O
displays	O
two	O
special-case	O
items	O
for	O
ordinary	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
:	O
"	O
Normal	O
text	B-Application
"	O
(	O
default	O
)	O
or	O
"	O
MS-DOS	O
Style	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
tries	O
to	O
emulate	O
DOS-era	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
has	O
features	O
for	O
consuming	O
and	O
creating	O
cross-platform	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
it	O
supports	O
reinterpreting	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
files	O
in	O
various	O
character	B-General_Concept
encodings	I-General_Concept
and	O
can	O
convert	O
them	O
to	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
,	O
UTF-8	O
or	O
UCS-2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
fix	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
that	O
seem	O
gibberish	O
only	O
because	O
their	O
character	B-General_Concept
encoding	I-General_Concept
is	O
not	O
properly	O
detected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
also	O
has	O
features	O
that	O
improve	O
plain	O
text	B-Application
editing	I-Application
experience	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
has	O
support	O
for	O
macros	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
remarked	O
for	O
its	O
robust	O
plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
which	O
enabled	O
various	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
over	O
140	O
compatible	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
developed	O
for	O
Notepad++	B-Language
,	O
10	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
included	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
plugin	B-Application
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
"	O
TextFX	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
W3C	O
validation	O
for	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
text	B-Application
sorting	O
,	O
character	O
case	O
alteration	O
and	O
quote	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad++	B-Language
supports	O
internationalization	O
through	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
in	O
an	O
application-specific	O
format	O
containing	O
all	O
internationalized	O
strings	O
(	O
dialog	O
captions	O
,	O
menu	O
titles	O
and	O
items	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Boycott	O
Beijing	O
2008	O
"	O
banner	O
was	O
placed	O
on	O
Notepad++'s	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
homepage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
most	O
users	O
in	O
China	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
website	O
from	O
26	O
June	O
to	O
24	O
July	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
widespread	O
belief	O
that	O
China	O
had	O
banned	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
in	O
retaliation	O
for	O
the	O
Boycott	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Notepad++	B-Language
website	O
was	O
hacked	B-Application
by	O
activists	O
from	O
the	O
Fallaga	O
Team	O
who	O
objected	O
to	O
an	O
Easter	O
egg	O
endorsing	O
Je	O
suis	O
Charlie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
released	O
a	O
version	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Free	O
Uyghur	O
"	O
(	O
v7.8.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
's	O
dedicated	O
site	O
came	O
under	O
a	O
distributed-denial-of-service	O
attack	O
and	O
its	O
GitHub	B-Application
issue	O
page	O
bombarded	O
with	O
nationalistic	O
rhetoric	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
later	O
recovered	O
after	O
being	O
moved	O
behind	O
Cloudflare	B-Application
's	O
anti-DDoS	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
released	O
a	O
version	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Stand	O
with	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
"	O
(	O
v7.8.9	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retaliation	O
,	O
Mainland	O
Chinese	O
browsers	O
developed	O
by	O
Tencent	O
(	O
QQ	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
and	O
WeChat	B-Application
’s	O
built-in	O
browser	O
)	O
,	O
Alibaba	O
(	O
UC	B-Language
Browser	I-Language
)	O
,	O
360	B-Application
and	O
Sogou	O
started	O
blocking	O
the	O
official	O
site	O
's	O
"	O
Download	O
"	O
page	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
other	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
and	O
mid-February	O
2022	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
released	O
a	O
version	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Boycott	O
Beijing	O
2022	O
"	O
(	O
v8.3	O
)	O
and	O
(	O
v8.3.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
released	O
a	O
version	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Declare	O
variables	O
,	O
not	O
war	O
"	O
(	O
v8.3.2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
released	O
a	O
version	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Make	O
Apps	O
,	O
not	O
war	O
"	O
(	O
v8.3.3	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
