Different software programs encode characters in different ways. Notepad can manage text encoded in several formats such as ANSI, Unicode and UTF-8.

Using the in-built utilities Charmap and Eudcedit, Windows allows you to insert Unicode and special characters in Notepad and your other documents. But the process is not easy and takes a bit of time.

That said, Show Unicode control characters will now work in this new version of the application which also includes emojis. The RichEdit build used in Notepad comes from the same sources as the ...

Notepad can now open and save files with a path that is longer than 260 characters, also known as MAX_PATH. We’ve fixed a bug where Notepad would count lines incorrectly for documents with very ...

For example, the “Show Unicode control characters” feature did not work in RichText initially and it was later updated with support for new Unicode, including emoji, etc.

Sargent also explains how the refreshed Notepad emulates the drop-down Find/Replace dialog used by Visual Studio, and that the RichEdit control isn’t the one that comes with Windows but is ...