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    • Fatih Uzun
      Fatih Uzun last edited by

      Notepad++ is so awesome on windows and will notepad++ support macOS someday?
      BBBedit… 😒😒

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      • Ekopalypse
        Ekopalypse @Fatih Uzun last edited by

        @Fatih-Uzun

        will notepad++ support macOS someday?

        Natively? Unlikely but together with wine you can already run it already.

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        • ArtOfficialIntelligence
          ArtOfficialIntelligence last edited by

          Hello from the future of 2023!

          Some ingenious and clever programmer created a cross platform clone of Notepad++ and is available on all major OSes including macOS.

          *Though the application overall is stable and usable, it should not be considered safe for critically important work.

          https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext

          Enjoy!

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          • Mark Olson
            Mark Olson @ArtOfficialIntelligence last edited by Mark Olson

            @ArtOfficialIntelligence
            I’ve noticed NotepadNext as well, and having installed it on my computer, I figured I’d make a quick (certainly not comprehensive) list of how it stacks up against OG Notepad++, since it’s not a clone per se and prospective users should temper their expectations accordingly:

            PROS

            1. Very similar UI to Notepad++
            2. Built-in Lua scripting (don’t know whether it works similar to PythonScript where you can edit documents with it)
            3. You can split the window into any number of views. Also, splitting views is just drag-and-drop UI.

            CONS

            1. Very minimal documentation
            2. Not as stable and as the core dev says, not safe for critically important work
            3. No support for Notepad++ plugins
            4. No dark mode
            5. Missing some nice features like Find in Files and ability to change encoding
            6. No support for Notepad++ themes
            7. Regex engine works differently (e.g., backreferences in the replacement use \1 rather than $1.
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            • guy038
              guy038 last edited by

              Hello, @mark-olson and All,

              Your present description of NotepadNext is rather exhaustive. But to @dail’s credit, I would say that he is simply at the very beginning of the NotepadNext story !

              Let’s wish him the best development possible, which is far from easy for a multi-platform N++ version !

              Best Regards,

              guy038

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              • dail
                dail last edited by

                @Mark-Olson

                As the author of Notepad Next, I 100% agree with everything you’ve said. Notepad++ has developed a wide variety of very nice features over the years. Notepad Next started as a fun project to learn Qt, and has slowly grown over time as a fun continuation of that. I hope that as it slowly matures, more people will get interested in helping out as I certainly don’t have the time or knowledge to add many of the features.

                And @guy038 is correct, even though Notepad Next looks fleshed out, there is a ton of missing and incomplete features. Part of the struggle (and enjoyment) is to try to design the application so it is easy to add those features and make it extensible in the future.

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