Some of my friends swear on kate ( sudo apt install kate), others love vscodium, some code::blocks, other spyder, others are vim or emacs or spacemacs users. Packages are available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

There are numerous bugs and half working implementations. Though the application overall is stable and usable, it should not be considered safe for critically important work.

There's also really a wealth of other, easy to install-and-use code editors. A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++. scite also uses the same code editor, and is as minimal as notepad++ ( sudo apt install scite). I haven't tried it, but if you run the official installer instead of unpacking the portable version, you'd probably even get file associations in your file manager, so that double clicking source code files can open them in notepad++.Īlso note that while I think it's good to use an editor you're used to, there's very similar editors to notepad++ for Linux that you can trivially install directly: geany even uses the same editor component as notepad++! You can install it using sudo apt install geany geany-plugins-common. Just install wine ( sudo apt install wine), download the notepad++ portable, unpack it, and run it with wine. It comes pre-installed on Ubuntu systems. Wine is a free and open-source software that allows computer programs. Notepad++ isn't that complex, and supported by wine out of the box. Installing Notepad++ on Linux You’ll need to have Snap installed on your computer. In this video we are going to see How to Install Notepad++ Editor on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Snap can be really useful when you're installing complex software.

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