NP++ on Linux?

zryan3

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?

Commander Keen

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

miron majkes

I would love to see notepad++ on linux!

Evgeny Leonov

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

Cees Timmerman

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

Samiran Jana

Notepadqq don’t have the features like notepad++

Kevin Havens

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.

dail

@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?

Makrand Sanap

Anyone tried this?

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

oren A

@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… )

ensiform

@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++)

amylonid

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

Luis Piña III

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

gstavi

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:

NP++ works very well on wine.
Trying to port NP++ to GTK or QT will likely end up splitting the project since too many users like the Win32 version.
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.

Michael Arida

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.

gstavi

@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.

Claudia Frank

@gstavi

What if one tries to migrate it using wxWidgets?
On windows it would/could still look like it is but
would give the advantage to make it run under unixOS and macOS.
It would be a lot of work and to be honest I guess it must be a hard cut
to decide starting migrating and not to update current version anymore.
And I do see, that maintaining multiple operating systems and relying
on a framework might not be a first class choice but … it could be worth,
Well, whoever defines what worth means in this context.

I’m currently playing with this framework and so far it is looking promising

Cheers
Claudia

Scott Sumner

@Claudia-Frank

OMG, Claudia, you are some kind of miracle worker!
:-D

Claudia Frank

@Scott-Sumner

Currently might be a bit misleading ;-D
It already took a couple of weeks to get it to that stage.

Cheers
Claudia

gstavi

@Claudia-Frank
Very impressive for couple of weeks as well.
Anything similar to NPP on Linux will be great. I hate Mac but if you get it for free go ahead.
I hope you will stick with C++ and Scintilla and a similar enough plugin framework.

I am skeptical that a full migration of Notepad++ user base is realistic but even as just an alternative it would be a big step in the right direction.