WordPad replacement

Question

I'm looking for a lite (nothing fancy like notepad++, just simple notepad), open source WordPad replacement. It would be great if it could save and open hyperlinks and export files to HTML.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If open source isn't a necessity, Jarte is a great free Wordpad replacement. It uses Microsoft's Wordpad engine actually.

Some Features:

• Fully compatible with Windows Vista
• Tabbed interface to provide easy access to open documents
• Opens files with file extension RTF, file extension DOC, and file extension DOCX (new default format in Word 2007)
• Fast start up
• Compact screen size
• Hot Connect lets you use Jarte with other programs
• Optional "Clickless Operation" feature greatly reduces clicking
• Can be run directly from a pluggable USB flash drive
• High quality spell checker with custom user dictionary
• Included spelling dictionaries: English (American, British, & Canadian), Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch
• Link to, or import, your existing custom Word spelling dictionaries
• Support for templates
• Export to HTML or PDF
• Single click bookmarking and bookmark navigation
• Send documents via e-mail
• Full drag and drop file support
• Instant access to recently opened documents and folders
• Instant access to documents and folders designated as favorites
• Adjustable document zoom
• Detailed Help documentation
• Insert pictures, hyperlinks, tables, page breaks, equations and other embeddable objects

It isn't the greatest looking software, but it does the job:

Answer 2

Notepad++ is probably "lighter" than Wordpad (which isn't even meant for the purpose you're using it for).

I suggest Programmers Notepad, or Eclipse for something more full-featured.

Also; any text editor can "export" to HTML.

Answer 3

Try Notepad2 if Notepad++ isn't to your liking: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html