This plugin provides a dockable "scratch pad" for writing and displaying notes, to do lists or similar items as unformatted text. The text is automatically saved upon closing the plugin or exiting jEdit. It can also be saved manually. The user can change the file to be displayed during the current editing session. The path of the default notepad file can be changed as a user option. Finally, the text file can be copied to a new, untitled jEdit buffer so that it can be edited by the main program.