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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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                                          Claudia Frank @gstavi
                                          last edited by 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

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