Notepad++ v8.6: 20th-Year Anniversary
2023-11-23
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Notepad++ (November 23, 2003), when it launched its first version (v1.0) on SourceForge:
From v1.0 to the current v8.6, there have been 238 official releases (excluding some releases that were withdrawn due to critical bugs).
Multi-edit is the main feature of this version
Another frequently demanded feature which has been implemented in this version is to remember inaccessible files across the sessions, by using empty & read-only documents as placeholders. To enable the feature, check Remember inaccessible files from past session option in Backup section of the Preferences dialog…