Editing TextPad (section)

== Features ==
Key features include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/features.html|title=TextPad Features|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
* The ability to maintain block indents
* Automatic code indentation (see [[indent style]])
* [[Regular expression]] based search and replace, including multiline regex
* Macro recording feature to facilitate complex text transformations and data processing.<ref name="features">{{cite web|url=http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/summary.html|title=TextPad Summary|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
** Macro feature supports multiple [[Regular expression|regex]] searches (and replacements) within a macro
* [[Syntax highlighting]] (extendable to many different languages)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/syna2g.html|title=TextPad Syntax Definition Files A-G|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
* Ability to call external programs (such as [[compiler]]s)
** Regex matching can be used to jump to a line number in a file given in the output from external programs (e.g. to locate the cause of a compiler error)
** Automatic integration with [[Java (programming language)|Java]] JDK, if JDK is already on the machine
* Large file support<ref name="features" />
* Support for editing multiple files, with [[Tab (GUI)|tabbed document selection]]<ref name="features" />
* Block select mode
* Synchronized [[scrolling]] of multiple files
* Clip libraries – [[Snippet (programming)|snippet management]] for reusable portions of text to insert into documents
* [[Clipboard (software)|Clipboard history]] – Allowing TextPad to function as a multiple clipboard tool
* Bookmarking of lines, therefore allowing users to copy specific lines (e.g. log file error messages), and then paste them to another document.
* Multi-lingual support: User interface is available in seven languages with spelling dictionaries available in ten languages.

=== Clip Library ===
The Clip Library is a TextPad sidebar that allows users to store small items persistently, and then use them easily. In other editors such as [[ActiveState Komodo|Komodo]], a clip library is known as "[[Snippet (programming)|snippets]]".

There are clip libraries available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/cliplibs.html|title=TextPad Add-ons: Clip Libraries|access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>