I’m a Mint user, because I don’t want to use Windows 11, and I realized that about 95% of what I was doing on Win10 was FOSS. The only thing I miss is Notepad++.
I’m using Mint too, and have tried installing Notepadqq and Kate. Notepadqq just crashes immediately even with the fixes I found online.
Kate is really good, just be aware that the version in the Mint repo doesn’t save the session automatically. It can save it, but only manually, and only for saved files. It doesn’t recover files that haven’t been saved yet like Notepad++ does.
It works, but it’s a lot slower and clunkier. And looks worse. Probably could improve with some tweaking, but I don’t use its special features and addons that much, and gedit works quite well for me.
good time to go exploring others… e.g. emacs1, neovim, mcedit (from mc (midnightcommander)), geany, kate, nano, or even go crazy and write your own (… no kidding. I did, last year. fin)
1 probably best avoid emacs, unless you want it to take over your computing and your life.
Writing a good text editor is something to be proud of, so that’s awesome!
I don’t use any version of Commander on this machine, and I don’t plan to. I used the original from Norton back in the day, but when Windows 3 hit, I used Norton Desktop to improve it (basically into what Win95 became), and never looked at a Commander interface again - if I want two side-by-side directories, I have a windowing system. I’ve tried emacs and vim briefly and they’re well beyond what I’m ever looking for. geany is an option, but gedit seems to be doing the job. I’ve never heard of kate before this thread, I’ll have to look it up. Never looked at nano, but I heard of it.
Based on the interface and what I’ve needed it for, gedit works, and so does Sublime Text. Honestly, Notepad++ was/is my third-most-used text editor on Windows, behind M$ Edit (I have FreeDOS Edit in DOSBox) and M$ Notepad (replaced with xed, except the .LOG function, which is sorely missed). Npp is the one I use for editing HTML/XML, Excel functions, the odd Excel macro; and subtitle files, transcripts, and scripts (where line numbers matter and I need fixed-length lines). FocusWriter is #4 on both OSes.
Writing a good text editor is something to be proud of, so that’s awesome!
Well, proud of my accomplishment as I am, …
I never said it’s good.
It’s merely usable.
And even that may yet prove debatable. ;)
I don’t use any version of Commander on this machine, and I don’t plan to. I used the original from Norton back in the day, but when Windows 3 hit, I used Norton Desktop to improve it (basically into what Win95 became), and never looked at a Commander interface again - if I want two side-by-side directories, I have a windowing system.
First time I recall anyone responding to my suggestion of mcedit in a way that looks like they know what I’m talking about. :)
gedit seems to be doing the job. I’ve never heard of kate before this thread, I’ll have to look it up.
Kate is to KDE, like gedit is to GNOME. It’s been a while since I used gedit, but Kate recently [(well, a couple years ago]) inspired me to add one of it’s nice features (the minimap) to my emacs.
Never looked at nano, but I heard of it.
M$ Edit
Just remembered, there’s now also M$'s edit (iirc that’s the name “edit”) available for windows, that’s basically notepad for the terminal user interface.
My “fin”'s similar (and simpler ~ because I’ve yet to get back to padding out its [even basic] features), in that it also uses cua keybind model (ctrl+s = save, etc).
I’m a Mint user, because I don’t want to use Windows 11, and I realized that about 95% of what I was doing on Win10 was FOSS. The only thing I miss is Notepad++.
You could try Notepadqq, which is similar and runs natively on Linux
Edit: just learned this isn’t actively maintained anymore :/
Honestly, I think gedit might be the best play.
True, or Kate, definitely solid
I’m using Mint too, and have tried installing Notepadqq and Kate. Notepadqq just crashes immediately even with the fixes I found online.
Kate is really good, just be aware that the version in the Mint repo doesn’t save the session automatically. It can save it, but only manually, and only for saved files. It doesn’t recover files that haven’t been saved yet like Notepad++ does.
That’s good to know, ty for the info. I’m a nvim guy so these reccs are from limited experience, i appreciate your firsthand knowledge
No worries 🙂
You should be able to use Notepad++ with Wine.
The only way I interact with Wine is through Bottles, honestly. It just doesn’t seem worth the trouble to go through all that for a text editor.
Totally fair. I generally try to avoid it when I can. And it’s pretty rare that I can’t find a native Linux alternative that works for me.
It works, but it’s a lot slower and clunkier. And looks worse. Probably could improve with some tweaking, but I don’t use its special features and addons that much, and gedit works quite well for me.
I’m surprised it has that much impact. I try to avoid wine when I can, but when I have used it I haven’t generally noticed it slowing anything down.
I have it running with Wine on LMDE6. Only thing that doesn’t render properly are the individual document minimise/maximise/close buttons.
good time to go exploring others… e.g. emacs1, neovim, mcedit (from mc (midnightcommander)), geany, kate, nano, or even go crazy and write your own (… no kidding. I did, last year. fin)
1 probably best avoid emacs, unless you want it to take over your computing and your life.
Writing a good text editor is something to be proud of, so that’s awesome!
I don’t use any version of Commander on this machine, and I don’t plan to. I used the original from Norton back in the day, but when Windows 3 hit, I used Norton Desktop to improve it (basically into what Win95 became), and never looked at a Commander interface again - if I want two side-by-side directories, I have a windowing system. I’ve tried emacs and vim briefly and they’re well beyond what I’m ever looking for. geany is an option, but gedit seems to be doing the job. I’ve never heard of kate before this thread, I’ll have to look it up. Never looked at nano, but I heard of it.
Based on the interface and what I’ve needed it for, gedit works, and so does Sublime Text. Honestly, Notepad++ was/is my third-most-used text editor on Windows, behind M$ Edit (I have FreeDOS Edit in DOSBox) and M$ Notepad (replaced with xed, except the .LOG function, which is sorely missed). Npp is the one I use for editing HTML/XML, Excel functions, the odd Excel macro; and subtitle files, transcripts, and scripts (where line numbers matter and I need fixed-length lines). FocusWriter is #4 on both OSes.
Well, proud of my accomplishment as I am, …
I never said it’s good.
It’s merely usable.
And even that may yet prove debatable. ;)
First time I recall anyone responding to my suggestion of mcedit in a way that looks like they know what I’m talking about. :)
Kate is to KDE, like gedit is to GNOME. It’s been a while since I used gedit, but Kate recently [(well, a couple years ago]) inspired me to add one of it’s nice features (the minimap) to my emacs.
Just remembered, there’s now also M$'s edit (iirc that’s the name “edit”) available for windows, that’s basically notepad for the terminal user interface.
My “fin”'s similar (and simpler ~ because I’ve yet to get back to padding out its [even basic] features), in that it also uses cua keybind model (ctrl+s = save, etc).