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https://540software.itch.io/takataka

Takataka is basically just the text editor that I wanted to make for myself, with the features I personally thought would be appealing.  It's the first of a bunch of tools I plan on making.  You can do whatever you want with the tabs, drag them around and make arbitrary groups/splits however you like, pop them out into new windows - basically whatever you want.  It keeps sessions, so you can close and reopen it to find all your files still there, including the unsaved ones.  This preserves your work in a crash too.  You can smoothly scroll and edit files that are many-many-millions of lines without any visual slowdown.  The tab context menu lets you rename files or open containing file locations from right inside the text editor.  The most recent update added multi-line editing, which was probably the last big-ticket-feature that I personally wanted.  The original version is on the Microsoft Store, the new update with multi-line is pending validation over there. (It's available now.)  I'd love feedback from anyone that tries it and has any suggestions or runs into any issues.  There's links to the user guide and bug reporting form through the About window in the app - (The question mark button in the upper right)

It's taken over as my main text editor in Windows, maybe it might be yours too.
Grab the version from the Microsoft Store if the Smartscreen warnings in Windows make you nervous.

1.0.1.0 Initial release - 3/19/2026

1.1.0.0 Update - 3/21/2026

- Feature:  Added multi-line editing. (Ctrl+Left-click to place a new caret/cursor)
- Feature:  Added line re-ordering. (Ctrl+Shift+Up or Ctrl+Shift+Down to move the current line)
- Bug fix:  Horizontal scrollbar previously allowed unnecessary scrolling in empty documents.

1.2.0.0 Update - 3/26/2026

- Feature:  Added optional syntax highlighting system added with support for the following filetypes: Bash, JSON/JSONC, CSS, SQL, Python, HTML, TOML, YAML, Zsh, PowerShell, XML, PHP, C#, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, TypeScript, Dockerfile, C/C++, GDScript, GML, Go, and Rust.
- Feature: Users that opt to use the 540 Installer now have the option to add an "Edit with Takataka" menu item to file explorer's right click context menu.
- Feature: Tabs now have a mouseover tooltip that shows the document's file path.
- Feature: Selecting text now causes matching strings in the document to highlight as well.
- Bug Fix: Performance fixes for very large files.
- Bug Fix: Resolves an extremely uncommon ArgumentOutOfRangeException caused by a race condition.
- Bug Fix: Fixed selection and caret interactions for CJK wide characters.
- Bug Fix: When inserting a date or GUID, if you have text selected beforehand, it will now be replaced by the date or GUID.  This was the original intention and was overlooked previously.

Feel free to leave feedback about Takataka in this discussion board, or via this contact form:
https://540software.com/contact

If you encounter any bugs, you can also leave that information here or you can use the in-app Bug Report link from inside the About window  (The About window can be accessed from the question mark in the top right corner of the app.)

Full app documentation is available here:
https://540software.com/docs/takataka