Notepad++ Compilation

ummakynes · 2010-02-09 07:53:48

Would someone be able to walk me through compiling Notepad++ for my 64bit Arch setup? Like, If I downloaded the source from Sourceforge?

flamelab · 2010-02-09 07:58:57

1. I think it's a MSVC platform based source (windows only)
2. We have many editors in Linux, way better than Notepad++, why would you want it ?

ezzetabi · 2010-02-09 08:44:43

While I insist with the point 2 of flamelab I can also understand that you (or your cooworkers) want to contine with the same environment you know well.

So:
- archgames to install and keep bin32-wine with easy;
- wine appdb to see how well notepad++ works in linux;
- little suggestion if you want to make a package.

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ummakynes · 2010-02-09 14:26:17

1) I read that it was open-source, just wondering how to compile it under linux
2) Everyone says that, I just don't feel like learning a new program
3) My system being 64bit, it'll probably take extra time to figure out how to get wine on it. I would prefer not to have to get a bunch of 32bit libraries.

I was trying to see if maybe someone had already figured out how to compile it for Linux, or if anyone knew what dependencies or build packages I would need.

Gigamo · 2010-02-09 14:32:34

Learning Vim is always worth it :-)

bernarcher · 2010-02-09 14:43:23

You could try one of these:

bp:~$ yaourt -Ss notepad
extra/leafpad 0.8.17-1 
     A notepad clone for GTK+ 2.0
aur/tpad 1.3-3 (4)
    Windows XP (TM) enhanced Notepad clone written in Tcl/Tk

flamelab · 2010-02-09 14:47:50

ummakynes wrote:

1) I read that it was open-source, just wondering how to compile it under linux
2) Everyone says that, I just don't feel like learning a new program
3) My system being 64bit, it'll probably take extra time to figure out how to get wine on it. I would prefer not to have to get a bunch of 32bit libraries.
I was trying to see if maybe someone had already figured out how to compile it for Linux, or if anyone knew what dependencies or build packages I would need.

Just because its source is available, it doesn't make it configurable under gcc on Linux. As I said, it's possibly a MSVC source for Windows. And you have too many options in Linux, you seriously don't need notepad++.

bernarcher · 2010-02-09 14:59:11

BTW, learning editors is fun.

jowilkin · 2010-02-09 15:30:34

The directions to install notepad++ on Linux that are on notepad++'s website (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/nppLinux.php) tell you to install it through wine, so I think that is your only option. If you use one of the AUR helper programs like yaourt, bauerbill, packer, etc., it is easy to install wine on a 64-bit machine. You will need a lot of 32 bit libraries, but they are pulled in automatically by these programs.

So it seems like your options are installing bin32-wine and running notepad++ with wine, or using a new editor.

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skanky · 2010-02-09 15:39:48

Notepad++ uses Scintilla, so you might find something reasonably similar (I realise that a lot of what NP++ does is in the wrapper) amongst this lot: http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaRelated.html

Scintilla does come available for Gtk+ so some of them will be *nix based.

JerichoKru · 2010-02-09 17:57:48

Well, gedit is a bit like notepad++, or geany. You could try those.

thestinger · 2010-02-09 18:01:15

geany is a great choice if you're coming from notepad++

R00KIE · 2010-02-09 20:41:38

The feature I miss the most in almost all editors is column/rectangular selection. Geany has it, madedit has it but I don't know of any other editor that does it.

tomk · 2010-02-09 20:45:16

ummakynes wrote:

I would prefer not to have to get a bunch of 32bit libraries.

The alternative is to install a 32-bit chroot, and run wine, and notepad++, in that.

Anikom15 · 2010-02-10 04:02:10

Just use Vim.

mikesd · 2010-02-10 05:54:58

R00KIE wrote:

The feature I miss the most in almost all editors is column/rectangular selection. Geany has it, madedit has it but I don't know of any other editor that does it.

Vim does. It's called visual block mode. Ctrl-v by default.

R00KIE · 2010-02-10 17:34:24

I'm not ready yet to use vim ^^;
I don't use a text editor very often so it would be very easy to forget all of vim's shortcuts, but sometimes column/rectangular selection comes in handy.
For now I'll keep geany it's not that big and it is light and does what I need.

jt512 · 2010-02-10 18:50:15

mikesd wrote:

R00KIE wrote:
The feature I miss the most in almost all editors is column/rectangular selection. Geany has it, madedit has it but I don't know of any other editor that does it.
Vim does.

As does emacs.

Jay

Anikom15 · 2010-02-10 23:25:13

mikesd wrote:

R00KIE wrote:
The feature I miss the most in almost all editors is column/rectangular selection. Geany has it, madedit has it but I don't know of any other editor that does it.
Vim does. It's called visual block mode. Ctrl-v by default.

That editor gives me something new everyday. . . .

trusktr · 2010-05-26 04:46:09

Gedit is simply amazing for a default text editor in Gnome.

I have tried them all and have fallen back to the great Gedit. If i'm in windows, i always use notepad++ though.
Besides, notepad apps are too simple to worry about having to learn a whole new program. Just try Gedit and relax. B)

SanskritFritz · 2010-05-26 06:56:56

What I love about Notepad++ is the very useful highlighting feature:
1. Whenever I select a word, all occurences of that word are immediately highlighted green as long the selection is kept.
2. I can permanently highlight any selected text with different colors.
Can this be done in vim? (I guess this should be a rhetorical question, the proper way should be: what can't be done in vim? )

trusktr · 2010-05-26 07:00:41

lol yeah i think Gedit is way more powerful than vim.

moljac024 · 2010-05-26 08:05:13

SanskritFritz wrote:

What I love about Notepad++ is the very useful highlighting feature:
1. Whenever I select a word, all occurences of that word are immediately highlighted green as long the selection is kept.
2. I can permanently highlight any selected text with different colors.
Can this be done in vim? (I guess this should be a rhetorical question, the proper way should be: what can't be done in vim? )

Make sure you're in command mode:

1. place cursor on word
2. type '#'

trusktr · 2010-07-20 20:46:19

If notepad++ existed on linux, it'd be my default.

It has by far THE MOST ADVANCED syntax highlting i have seen that meets all my needs: highlights matching end tags and brackets, makes a nifty vertical line to match up beginning and end of blocks, highlights all occurrences of a selected word, and much more.

I have tested just about everything and nothing compares to notepad++ in this respect. I would use it simply because of the syntax highlighting capabilities!

Someone needs to port this over to linux!

gtklocker · 2010-07-20 21:21:33

I prefer vim. You can learn it once and stick with it. Believe me, it's way more powerful than notepad++ (because I've worked with both editors).

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