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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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                                      Scott Sumner @Claudia Frank
                                      last edited by Feb 3, 2017, 4:20 PM

                                      @Claudia-Frank

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

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                                        Claudia Frank @Scott Sumner
                                        last edited by Feb 3, 2017, 4:34 PM

                                        @Scott-Sumner

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

                                        Cheers
                                        Claudia

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                                          gstavi @Claudia Frank
                                          last edited by Feb 3, 2017, 8:24 PM

                                          @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.

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