NP++ on Linux?

Antonio de Jesús Puga Vázquez · Jul 17, 2015, 9:22 PM

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

realdude19 · 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**

maiko · 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!

zryan3 · 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?

Commander Keen · 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.

miron majkes · Oct 11, 2015, 12:42 PM

I would love to see notepad++ on linux!

Evgeny Leonov · Dec 15, 2015, 7:49 PM

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

Cees Timmerman · Dec 16, 2015, 3:23 PM

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

Samiran Jana · Dec 19, 2015, 6:12 AM

Notepadqq don’t have the features like notepad++

Kevin Havens · 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.

dail · 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?

Makrand Sanap · Jun 5, 2016, 6:15 PM

Anyone tried this?

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

oren A · 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… )

ensiform · Oct 23, 2016, 3:38 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++)

amylonid · Dec 20, 2016, 9:51 AM

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

Luis Piña III · Jan 5, 2017, 4:17 PM

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

gstavi · Jan 7, 2017, 10:36 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:

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 · 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.

gstavi · 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.

Claudia Frank · Feb 3, 2017, 4:12 PM

@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