Ctrl-Shft-R, Ctrl-Shft-P: start/stop to record macro (with R) and play recorded macro (with P).Ctrl-Shft-Q, Ctrl-Q: stream comment current line (or selection) with Shft (wich is /* */ in STATA), and block comment/uncomment without Shft (which is *).

Ctrl-Shft-U, Ctrl-U: convert current line (or selection) to upper case with Shft, and lower case without Shft.

Ctrl-Shft-Up/Down: move the current line (or selection) up/down.

Its pop-up window also has advanced find/replace options.

Tab, Shft-Tab: add (without Shft) and remove (with Shft) indentation for current line (or selection).

Here are some functions that I find useful (see this page for a full list of nice functions and corresponding hot keys): You could also split windows to view two do-files concurrently (right click tab and choose ‘move to other view’), or see one do-file in two split windows (right click tab and choose ‘clone to other view’) to view different sections without scrolling. It also comes with productivity enhancing functions like ‘find and replace’, ‘move current line up/down’, ‘block commenting’, ‘record/play macro’, etc. Notepad++ does everything that the STATA editor does, and it allows customization.

How is Notepad++ better than STATA’s default do-file editor?

Notepad++ install .xml plugin