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    • Antonio de Jesús Puga VázquezA
      Antonio de Jesús Puga Vázquez
      last edited by Antonio de Jesús Puga Vázquez

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

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      • realdude19R
        realdude19
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        @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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        • maikoM
          maiko
          last edited by

          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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          • zryan3Z
            zryan3
            last edited by

            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 KeenC
              Commander Keen
              last edited by

              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 majkesM
                miron majkes
                last edited by

                I would love to see notepad++ on linux!

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                • Evgeny  LeonovE
                  Evgeny Leonov
                  last edited by

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

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                  • Cees TimmermanC
                    Cees Timmerman
                    last edited by

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

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                    • Samiran JanaS
                      Samiran Jana
                      last edited by

                      Notepadqq don’t have the features like notepad++

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                      • Kevin HavensK
                        Kevin Havens
                        last edited by

                        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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                        • dailD
                          dail
                          last edited by

                          @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 SanapM
                            Makrand Sanap
                            last edited by

                            Anyone tried this?

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

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                            • oren AO
                              oren A @Makrand Sanap
                              last edited by

                              @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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                              • ensiformE
                                ensiform @dail
                                last edited by 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++)

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                                • amylonidA
                                  amylonid
                                  last edited by

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

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                                  • Luis Piña IIIL
                                    Luis Piña III
                                    last edited by

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

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                                    • gstaviG
                                      gstavi
                                      last edited by 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:

                                      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 AridaM
                                        Michael Arida
                                        last edited by

                                        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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                                        • gstaviG
                                          gstavi @Michael Arida
                                          last edited by

                                          @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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                                          • Claudia FrankC
                                            Claudia Frank @gstavi
                                            last edited by

                                            @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

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