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I am now using Notepad++ as seems to be often suggested here for basic html & css editing. Only thing missing is a method to HTML Encode pasted in text. Is there a way to do this in Notepad++ or do I need to look for a different editor which dos this? If so any suggestions, I have used Komposer in the past which was ok, is there anything better out there now.

Toto
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NickC
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    Do you mean you want to see the HTML syntax highlighting on pasted code? Notepad++ does this, click 'Language' on the menu bar. – Colin Mar 25 '11 at 15:26
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    No what I meant is I want to paste text in there and have all the &s converted to & etc – NickC Mar 25 '11 at 15:43
  • Related: [Can we decode URL with Notepad++?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17430523/can-we-decode-url-with-notepad) – Didier L Jan 04 '22 at 09:56

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Yes there is a plug-in for that (I am running version 6.9.2).

HTML TAG did the trick for me, here are the steps I did to get it to work:

  1. install the plugin from Notepad++ Plugins->Plugin Manager->Show Plugin Manager Find HTML TAG

sadly, there are more steps (at least for me!)

  1. Now I had to download the actual plugin: HTML TAG and find HTML Tag and download it
  2. unzip the tag and then place it into 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins'

<HTML> <BODY> <TABLE><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>

<HTML> <BODY> <TABLE><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>

it will also do the 

test&=3543

to

test&amp;=3543

I updated this on 9/8/16 to amend the link, since this requires a link, if that link goes bad please tell me in the comments and I will delete out this answer or find the new one.

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  • Thanks Harrison, works a treat. I had the same problem as you with the .ini missing and downloaded it manually, all then works ok. – NickC Mar 25 '11 at 20:09
  • @NickC, terrific! there are also a host of XML formatting tools (which have come in handy for me). if the answer helped, feel free to mark it as the answer! – Harrison Mar 25 '11 at 20:43