Linux editor similar to Notepad++ ?

user · January 13, 2011, 7:53pm

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a Linux text editor which has similar functionality
to Notepad++.
It is really handy for editing and troubleshooting scripts in various
programming language and scripting formats.

Thanks,

malcolmlewis · January 13, 2011, 8:00pm

Hi
I have medit packaged up, http://mooedit.sourceforge.net/
Search

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DenverD · January 13, 2011, 8:17pm

NanbaRoku wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a Linux text editor which has similar functionality
> to Notepad++.

describe the funtionality of Notepad++ for those of us who have never
used a MS Notepad since Win3.11’s original Notepad

or, just take a look at KWrite, gedit, Kate, Emacs, and dozens of
others, and choose one that fits…

any of those above you don’t already have installed can be with YaST…

most of the ones on the below, which are labeled as FOSS (free open
source software) are available either though our repos or from source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors

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user · January 17, 2011, 3:19pm

On 2011/01/13 2:17 PM, DenverD wrote:
> NanbaRoku wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a Linux text editor which has similar functionality
>> to Notepad++.
>
> describe the funtionality of Notepad++ for those of us who have never
> used a MS Notepad since Win3.11’s original Notepad
>
> or, just take a look at KWrite, gedit, Kate, Emacs, and dozens of
> others, and choose one that fits…
>
> any of those above you don’t already have installed can be with YaST…
>
> most of the ones on the below, which are labeled as FOSS (free open
> source software) are available either though our repos or from source:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors
>
Notepad++ is a free source code editor that supports numerous
programming languages. It makes it much easier to find syntax errors, etc.

I normally used gedit. I didn’t realize that it was capable of most of
the same features if you install the plugins. Thanks for helping me find
that. I looked at KWrite as well. It looks even better than gedit.
However, I was looking for something that would highlight a DSDT.dsl
file, but it seems to be a fairly unique format. I did find a Java based
DSDT editor that runs under Linux.

Thanks

DenverD · January 17, 2011, 5:21pm

NanbaRoku wrote:
> Thanks

welcome, but be sure and look at Kate and Emacs they are both pretty
heavy duty–i guess with even more jillions of pages of info,
instructions, addons etc etc etc than either gedit or kwrite…)

but, you said Notepad++ is open source so i looked it up, and the Wiki
says it will run in WINE…so, i guess with a history using it and
experience in it, it might be easier and logical to just stick with
it in WINE on Linux…

my motto: Use what works. so, if you like Notepad++ . . .

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vodoo · January 20, 2011, 2:09pm

Notepad++ is a free source code editor that supports numerous programming languages. It makes it much easier to find syntax errors, etc.

When you want a simple editor with syntax highlighting just start joe and see if this fits your needs.

l1zard · January 20, 2011, 2:50pm

I would recommend geany

ah7013 · January 21, 2011, 1:11am

Kate is also a really good text editor with syntax highlighting

user · January 21, 2011, 4:44pm

Thanks to everyone for all of the great suggestions.
Some of these look quite useful.

However, I was particularly interested in one that would work with
DSDT.dsl files. None of these appear to do that - at least not easily.

I have found a couple of DSDT editors, but only one that runs on Linux.
Now I just have to figure out how to fix my buggy DSDT.

Thanks again!

IcarianHeights · January 21, 2011, 6:06pm

maybe bluefish?

Bluefish Editor : Home

ftcbr · April 18, 2013, 4:29pm

I just came from Notepad++ homepage. I was Notepad++ nut until a week ago. You can personalize everything, add lots of plugins. I used just set UFT-8 and choose the language. I use html, css, a little javascript and having my hard time with php and python now. But you name it. The list is huge. I’m new in Linux and I was surprised to find that this software is rare here. I’m trying Blue Fish now. But lets explore the open world.

Help me to reactivate this thread.

Cheers!

ab · April 18, 2013, 5:00pm

I’ve never used Blue Fish, but I use JEdit a lot and based on your
description of notepad++ it is similar. Powerful, tons of features (I use
its rectangular selection feature a bunch to clean up text before sending
it elsewhere), and plugin-extensible (with a lot of plugins available for
all kind of things). If you have not tried it, give it a shot. It’s
cross-platform (Java-based) so the only limitation I ever hit is opening
huge text files but increasing the JRE Xmx option makes even
insanely-large files an option.

Good luck.

hendersj · April 18, 2013, 6:25pm

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:36:01 +0000, ftcbr wrote:

> But you name it. The list is huge.
> I’m new in Linux and I was surprised to find that this software is rare
> here. I’m trying Blue Fish now. But lets explore the open world.

It’s not OSS, but it is a no-cost tool - Komodo Edit. One of the best
editors I’ve ever used. They have a paid version as well, but the free
one is pretty powerful and very good.

Jim

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john_hudson · April 18, 2013, 10:48pm

BlueFish is really aimed at server/web editing. For general programming language editing Kate supports a much wider range of languages. However, it is more likely to feel congenial to KDE users.

martin_helm · April 18, 2013, 11:03pm

gedit and geany and SciTe are similar powerful while I prefer myself
also kate.

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malcolmlewis · April 18, 2013, 11:21pm

On Thu 18 Apr 2013 09:03:18 PM CDT, Martin Helm wrote:

gedit and geany and SciTe are similar powerful while I prefer myself
also kate.

Hi
I use medit, but also package tea-editor and package/maintain SciTe.

http://software.opensuse.org/package/tea-editor?search_term=medit
http://software.opensuse.org/package/tea-editor?search_term=tea-editor
http://software.opensuse.org/package/tea-editor?search_term=scite

The latest version for SciTe is in GNOME:Apps repository.

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DenverD · April 19, 2013, 1:25pm

On 04/18/2013 04:36 PM, ftcbr wrote:
> Help me to reactivate this thread.

emacs or kate, either are also good for washing the dishes . . .

will take most folks months (or years) to discover and master all
tricks…

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djh-novell · April 19, 2013, 2:46pm

dd wrote:
> On 04/18/2013 04:36 PM, ftcbr wrote:
>> Help me to reactivate this thread.
>
> emacs or kate, either are also good for washing the dishes . . .
>
> will take most folks months (or years) to discover and master all tricks…

Phew, I was getting worried why nobody has suggested vi

But emacs is a close second.

ftcbr · April 19, 2013, 5:14pm

Tank you very much folks!

Yesterday, after posting here, I went through the system to see what I could find to get my hands dirty on some markup and style. First time on Linux. You’ve named 9: JEdit, Komodo Edit, Kate ***, Gedit, Geany, SciTe, Medit, Emacs and Vi. I took note of them while reading your feedback with KWrite. Quite impressive. As Kate was the winner here I checked and it’s here. Cool. I’ve changed the appearance of KWrite, I like to work with dark colors, and Kate is exactly equal. Can’t be coincidence.

I’m a KDE user, running the last stable 12.3 version of openSUSE on an i5 Intel notebook (it’s in Portuguese but I think that’s just a matter of a click. LG may redirect based on IP too.), with the most light dedicated graph card out there (NVIDIA GeForce 310M).

Now I’m struggling with Firefox. It just access URLs registered in my repository. I’ve installed a quite complete system with a good part of the development package, but regarding server side stuff I just got the HTTP Server to have Apache, FTP and MySQL. I’ve tried a lot of things:

Enabled automatic connection;
Disabled IPv6 both in Network Settings and Firefox;
Those two are obvious stuff, but they are what I remember. I did some other things both through UI and console that I’ve found online without success.

But I’ve posted it here too. I will check if it was as OK as this post.

Again, thank you all!

ftcbr · April 19, 2013, 5:33pm

Me again,

I didn’t say that Chromium and Konqueror browses with no problem whatsoever. That’s the tricky thing. May be a clue, but I’m lost.

Cheers!