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Worked perfectly, and I didnt need to install another editor! I was surprised that neither VS or emacs does this in an easy way.
– sandos
Commented Jan 29, 2016 at 9:11
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The question is about replacing in [multiple] files.
– Markus von Broady
Commented Aug 11, 2016 at 13:58
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@MarkusvonBroady you can find and replace in multiple files with this method
– Artur Haddad
Commented Oct 3, 2016 at 1:10
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@ArturHaddad Yes, if you first open all of them, which can be problematic for a lot of files, but technically you're right. Aside from the need to open possibly a lot of files, you also may need a tool to automatically discover and open files in subfolders.
– Markus von Broady
Commented Oct 3, 2016 at 10:04
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Note that as of 2018, the plugin manager is no longer included in notepad++, you'll have to manually install plugins or re-install the plugin manager yourself.
– James Wong
Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 10:00

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
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