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    David Bailey
    last edited by David Bailey Jul 13, 2015, 3:39 PM Jul 13, 2015, 3:37 PM

    I have used NP++ under wine (some time ago, because I am not using Linux at the moment) and as I remember, it worked pretty well except that the file open dialog was very messy to use because it understood things in terms of the Windows layout, and also didn’t supply a modern open file dialog (probably a Wine limitation).

    I wonder if NPP could recognise that it was running under Wine and just do something to improve this behaviour (and the problem that Noitidart reported above). With that, it might not be necessary to have a separate version.

    I guess the question is whether there are ways to invoke some native Linux code from within a program running under Wine.

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      Antonio de Jesús Puga Vázquez
      last edited by Antonio de Jesús Puga Vázquez Jul 17, 2015, 9:22 PM Jul 17, 2015, 9:21 PM

      Please notepadd++ developers, if this is a GNU project then this should be a tool available for linux users too

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        realdude19
        last edited by Aug 1, 2015, 4:26 AM

        @milipili said:

        We’re working on it (but it will take some time however)

        Is this something we can expect in the near future, next couple of months? Or are we talking with-in a year?
        I would love to get this in Linux! I have dreamed of using Notepad++ in my Linux install for ever!

        Thanks,
        Luke**

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          maiko
          last edited by Aug 3, 2015, 6:41 AM

          Just another ono here who would like to concur with the suggetion porting NPP for Linux, I have been a long time Windows user but am looking into migrating fully towards Linux as it has become quite a mature OS for the greater audience, thumbs up!

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            zryan3
            last edited by Sep 26, 2015, 8:54 PM

            I just wanted to add that I love NP++ and would love to see a Linux build as well. I was wondering if SDL could be used instead of Win32 API to provide cross-platform support?

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              Commander Keen
              last edited by Oct 9, 2015, 1:55 PM

              one of the reasons i hesitate switching finally to linux is that there is no native (thus blazingly fast) Notepad++ available i use everyday.

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                miron majkes
                last edited by Oct 11, 2015, 12:42 PM

                I would love to see notepad++ on linux!

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                  Evgeny Leonov
                  last edited by Dec 15, 2015, 7:49 PM

                  Go Notaped++ To linux!!!
                  Please add Linux!!!
                  I Love Notaped++
                  Linux + Notaped++ The Best ???
                  The Best!!!

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                    Cees Timmerman
                    last edited by Dec 16, 2015, 3:23 PM

                    Notepadqq should be a Linux-native equivalent of Notepad++.

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                      Samiran Jana
                      last edited by Dec 19, 2015, 6:12 AM

                      Notepadqq don’t have the features like notepad++

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                        Kevin Havens
                        last edited by Jan 10, 2016, 12:24 PM

                        It appears that the “upstream” developers have no interest in developing NP++ on Linux… so I am gonna do it.

                        I have a Launchpad PPA (so it’s gonna be only for Ubuntu now)… and I’m working on it as I write this.

                        Install instructions soon. Maybe in a day or two.

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                          dail
                          last edited by Jan 11, 2016, 1:43 PM

                          @Kevin-Havens said:

                          It appears that the “upstream” developers have no interest in developing NP++ on Linux… so I am gonna do it.

                          I have a Launchpad PPA (so it’s gonna be only for Ubuntu now)… and I’m working on it as I write this.

                          Install instructions soon. Maybe in a day or two.

                          Have you seen this commit?

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                            Makrand Sanap
                            last edited by Jun 5, 2016, 6:15 PM

                            Anyone tried this?

                            http://notepadqq.altervista.org/wp/

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                              oren A @Makrand Sanap
                              last edited by Oct 18, 2016, 10:06 AM

                              @Makrand-Sanap said:

                              Anyone tried this?

                              http://notepadqq.altervista.org/wp/

                              I tried this one, but it is not as functional as notepad++, for sure it is not a full port (I do not even understand why they use the same name… )

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                                ensiform @dail
                                last edited by ensiform Oct 23, 2016, 3:38 AM Oct 23, 2016, 3:35 AM

                                @dail said:

                                @Kevin-Havens said:

                                It appears that the “upstream” developers have no interest in developing NP++ on Linux… so I am gonna do it.

                                I have a Launchpad PPA (so it’s gonna be only for Ubuntu now)… and I’m working on it as I write this.

                                Install instructions soon. Maybe in a day or two.

                                Have you seen this commit?

                                Technically all this commit does is allow compiling with mingw/gcc on Windows or via cross compiling. You still need to rewrite the entirety of the powereditor to use Gtk+ and toggle the WINAPI and windows rendering stuff under windows only! I think starting by making it work with Gtk+ under windows first slowly disabling the windows functions etc then migrate to linux later.

                                One can actually download a newer version of scintilla from the scintilla page and compile it for linux with gtk+ or possibly even Qt. I tested gtk+ which compiles fine. But that still leaves us at no ported ide (“PowerEditor” aka N++)

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                                  amylonid
                                  last edited by Dec 20, 2016, 9:51 AM

                                  I would also like to see NP++ on Linux.
                                  I would happily contribute to this.

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                                    Luis Piña III
                                    last edited by Jan 5, 2017, 4:17 PM

                                    Has there been any more development on NP++ for Linux?

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                                      gstavi
                                      last edited by gstavi Jan 7, 2017, 10:36 PM Jan 7, 2017, 10:35 PM

                                      I don’t know if someone is working on it but … as much as I would like a native editor for Linux as good as NP++ I don’t really expect a port of NP++. Because:

                                      1. NP++ works very well on wine.
                                      2. Trying to port NP++ to GTK or QT will likely end up splitting the project since too many users like the Win32 version.
                                      3. Much of NP++ appeal is due to plugins and their developers are even less likely to port them to another GUI system.


                                      So I don’t expect NP++ to be ported to Linux, I just hope that someone will make a better clone than notepadqq with a framework for C/C++ plugins.

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                                        Michael Arida
                                        last edited by Feb 2, 2017, 7:16 PM

                                        There is an open source clone of Notepad++ that is called Notepadqq. I wrote a guide on how to install it here if you are interested.

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                                          gstavi @Michael Arida
                                          last edited by Feb 2, 2017, 8:24 PM

                                          @Michael-Arida
                                          Following what I wrote here.
                                          I had high hopes for Notepadqq when I first encountered it.
                                          But as a C developer who wrote plugins for Notepad++, I am disappointed with the technical decisions its author took.
                                          It could be great if Plugin developers would have easy path to maintain plugins for both platforms from a single source base. Now Notepadqq made it impossible. Notepadqq needs to grow its own community without being able to take advantage of the existing Notepad++ community. Maybe it will succeed, Linux certainly needs a good editor. But for now Notepad++ on wine is just a better alternative.

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