Creating new programs is not new these days. Rather, it is a given. But new doesn't always mean better. Often, a new program installed is not convenient to use, it is equipped with new functions, perhaps even completely unnecessary. The more functions, the greater the load not only on the processor, but also on the human brain.

What to do if there is a need to switch from a familiar browser to Linux, followed by reinstalling all components. The familiar Notepad++ for Linux is no longer relevant. What to do? Look for analogues that will completely replace the old text editor.

It often happens that a new editor becomes more convenient as the user quickly gets used to the better software.

Vim editor

Vim is probably the most popular editor in the Linux community. It is a free, open source editor that is easy and quick to customize. There are many scripts available for Vim that allow the PC user to do anything. An example is Fuzzyfinder, which allows you to search for files or commands and similar words as you type them. Install it on Ubuntu and derivatives using the following command. Special features and functions of the text editor:

• persistent multi-level undo tree;
• plugin system;
• support for multiple programming languages ​​and file formats;
• availability of search and replacement of words;
• interaction with many tools.

Notepadqq

Notepadqq is another Notepad++ alternative on Linux. Notepadqq is designed in such a way that it is visually most similar to Notepad++. You can install Notepad++ on Ubuntu using special commands. This editor contains all the functions expected by the user when working with a familiar text editor. Among the basic ones we can highlight: color schemes, code folding, plugin support, syntax highlighting for most of all possible programming languages.

You can install using the following commands sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install notepadqq

Gedit (Gnome text editor)

Gedit - despite its lightness and ease of use, this text editor is one of the most powerful general-purpose text editors. It includes tools for editing source code and structured text such as markup languages. Some of its features include syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, text wrapping, line numbers, running line highlighting, bracket matching, spell checking, custom fonts and color, and plugin support.

Gedit comes with Ubuntu pre-installed.

SciTE

SciTE is a cross-platform editor that is also available on Linux. This is a very lightweight and highly customizable editor. You can customize individual programming languages ​​or projects for things like shortcuts and fonts. Please note that most of these settings are not accessible through the GUI, but by editing text configuration files. It may not seem like the most pleasant thing, but it gets the job done. Install SciTE with the following command.

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. It comes with a sleek user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance that will make you fall in love with it. It comes with some very nice features, including multiple selection, distraction mode, split editing, command palette, instant project switcher, plugin support, and plenty of options that allow you to "make ten changes at once, rather than one change ten times."

In the list of all features, Sublime Text has the following useful features:

• Go To Anything - Opens files with just a few keystrokes and lets you instantly jump to characters, lines or words.
• Command Pallet - Allows you to use functionality such as sorting, changing syntax, and changing indentation settings.
• No-distress mode - full screen, risk-free editing, no text, only in the center of the screen.
• Split editing. Makes the most of widescreen monitors, allowing you to compare and edit multiple files side by side.

To get acquainted with the editor, you can download its free version, but further use of it requires purchasing a licensed version.

Geany

Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolset with core IDE features. Its development was aimed at providing a small and fast IDE with support for many file types. Among the editor's special features, some of the most interesting functions include:

• code folding;
• possibility of automatic completion and entered name
• and symbol;
• code navigation;
• simple project management;
• plugin support.

GNUEmacs

GNU Emacs has been called "the most powerful text editor available today" by some Linux enthusiasts. It is equipped with features such as a content editing mode, complete built-in documentation, Unicode support for almost all human scripts, code coloring, and a packaging system for downloading and installing extensions. It is highly customizable using Emacs lisp code or a GUI. It has an entire ecosystem of functionality beyond text editing, including a project scheduler, news and newsreader, debugger interface, calendar, etc. Install emacs using the following command.

Various extensions can be added to support text editing functions.

Atom

Atom is a modern, cross-platform, open source and very powerful text editor that can run on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Users can customize it to their base, minus changing any configuration files.

The Atom text editor comes with a built-in package manager. Its special features (functions):

• intelligent function of automatic completion of words, codes, symbols;
• offers multiple windows;
• support for search and replace functionality;
• includes a file system browser;
• easily customizable themes;
• Highly extensible using open source packages and many more.

Install Atom with the following code:

# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom

# apt-get update

# apt-get install atom

GNU Nano Editor

GNU nano is a lightweight text editor that emulates the very popular Pico editor. So nano is superior to most in linux terminal. It comes with the following features:

• Autoconf support;
• command goto-line # command w/o flag;
• case sensitive search function;
• interactive search;
• replacing Autoindent capabilities and much more.

Often Nano does not need to be installed separately, since the editor comes built-in to almost all versions of Linux.

KATE

KDE Advanced Text Editor (Kate) is a multi-document text editor developed by the KDE free software community. It is quite powerful and comes with a lot of features including MDI, windowing and tabulation, spell checking, syntax highlighting and fit matching, auto-indentation and auto-completion. Install KATE using the following command: sudo apt-get install kate.

KatePart is an advanced text editor component included in many KDE applications that may require users to edit text.

Some of its common features are listed below:

• Extensible script.
• Encoding support such as Unicode mode.
• Rendering text in bidirectional mode.
• Support line termination with automatic detection functions.

Also remote file editing and many other features including advanced editor features, application features, programming features, text highlighting features, backup features, and search and replace features.

Conclusion

There are over 100 text editors available in the Linux world. Every developer has their favorite text editor and they choose them because of some factors that are important to them. Some people want an extensive and complete set of features, while others want a simple editor with a minimal set of features.

Of course, one of these will be sufficient for the average user as an alternative to Notepad++.

Perhaps you found another text editor, which for some reason is not on this list, but it can be compared with Notepad ++, just leave its name in the comments to the article.

An interesting video review on this topic can be viewed here:

This video describes the characteristics of the simplest text editors for Linux.

First seen in the world in 2003, it is one of the most functional applications for working with simple text formats. It has all the necessary tools not only for conventional text processing, but also for performing various procedures with program code and markup language. Despite this, some users prefer to use analogues of this program, which are not much inferior in functionality to Notepad++. Other people believe that the functionality of this editor is too heavy to solve the tasks that are set before them. Therefore, they prefer to use simpler analogues. Let's identify the most worthy replacements for the Notepad++ program.

Let's start with the simplest programs. The simplest analogue of the Notepad++ program is the standard Windows text editor – Notepad, the history of which began back in 1985. Simplicity is the main trump card of Notepad. In addition, this program is a standard component of Windows; it fits perfectly into the architecture of this operating system. Notepad does not require installation, since it is already pre-installed on the system, which means there is no need to install additional software, thereby creating a load on the computer.

Notepad is capable of opening, creating and editing simple text files. Additionally, the program can work with code and hypertext, but it lacks markup highlighting and other amenities found in Notepad++ and other more advanced applications. This did not prevent programmers in those days when there were no more powerful text editors from using this particular program. Even now, some experts prefer to use Notepad the old fashioned way, appreciating it for its simplicity. Another disadvantage of the program is that files created in it are saved only with the txt extension.

True, the application supports several types of text encoding, fonts and simple document search. But this is where almost all the capabilities of this program are exhausted. It was Notepad's lack of functionality that prompted third-party developers to start working on similar applications with more advanced capabilities. It is noteworthy that Notepad is written in English as Notepad, and this word is often found in the names of later generation text editors, indicating that the starting point for all these applications was the standard Windows Notepad.

Notepad2

The name of the program Notepad2 (Notepad 2) speaks for itself. This application is an improved version of the standard Windows Notepad. It was written by Florian Ballmer in 2004 using the Scintilla component, which is also widely used to develop other similar programs.

Notepad2 had significantly more advanced functionality than Notepad. But, at the same time, the developers sought to ensure that the application remained small and nimble, like its predecessor, and did not suffer from an overabundance of unnecessary functionality. The program supports multiple text encodings, line numbering, auto indentation, working with regular expressions, syntax highlighting for various programming and markup languages, including HTML, Java, Assembler, C++, XML, PHP and many others.

At the same time, the list of supported languages ​​is still somewhat inferior to Notepad++. In addition, unlike its more functionally advanced competitor, Notepad2 cannot work in multiple tabs, and save files created in it in a format other than TXT. The program does not support working with plugins.

AkelPad

A little earlier, namely in 2003, around the same time as the Notepad++ program, a text editor from Russian developers appeared, called AkelPad.

This program, although it also saves the documents it creates exclusively in TXT format, but unlike Notepad2, it supports an unusually large number of encodings. In addition, the application can work in multi-window mode. True, AkelPad does not have syntax highlighting or line numbering, but the main advantage of this program over Notepad2 is its support for plug-ins. Installed plugins allow you to significantly expand the functionality of AkelPad. Thus, the Coder plugin alone adds syntax highlighting, block collapsing, autocompletion and some other functions to the program.

Sublime Text

Unlike the developers of previous programs, the creators of the Sublime Text application initially focused on the fact that it would be primarily used by programmers. Sublime Text has built-in syntax highlighting, line numbering, and autocompletion. In addition, the program has the ability to highlight columns and apply multiple edits without complex steps such as using regular expressions. The application helps you find faulty sections of code.

Sublime Text has a rather specific interface, which significantly distinguishes this application from other text editors. However, the appearance of the program can be changed using built-in skins.

Plugins can significantly increase the already considerable functionality of the Sublime Text application.

Thus, this application is noticeably ahead of all the programs described above in terms of functionality. However, it should be noted that the Sublime Text program is shareware, and constantly reminds you of the need to purchase a license. The program has only an English interface.

Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit software is a powerful application for editing program code. This program was created entirely for these purposes. Its main features include syntax highlighting and line completion. In addition, it can integrate with various macros and snippets. It has its own built-in file manager.

The main feature of the Komodo Edit application is its extensive support for extensions, based on the same mechanism as the Mozilla Firefox browser.

At the same time, it should be noted that this program is too heavy for a text editor. Using its powerful functionality to open and work with simple text files is not rational. Simpler and lighter programs that will use fewer system resources are better suited for this. And Komodo Edit is advisable to use only for working with program code and laying out web pages. The application does not have a Russian-language interface.

We have not described all analogues of the Notepad++ program, but only the main ones. Which program to use depends on the specific tasks at hand. To perform some types of work, primitive editors are quite suitable, but only a multifunctional program can effectively cope with other tasks. At the same time, it should be noted that in the Notepad++ application the balance between functionality and speed is distributed as rationally as possible.

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If you use a computer more or less actively, you have probably encountered the need to edit some text files, write a quick note, or perform some other operations with pieces of text. And if you are a webmaster, then you will especially appreciate the wretchedness of the built-in notepad. Either there is no highlighting of HTML / CSS syntaxes, then there are problems with encodings, or something else. Therefore, I want to tell you about an excellent replacement for the standard Windows notepad called Notepad++. Notepad++ is free, in Russian, very functional and always launches quickly.

To begin with, I suggest downloading and installing Notepad++, and then we’ll proceed to the review, its main settings and features.

Go to the official website https://notepad-plus-plus.org/, click on the download button on the left or the link of the same name in the menu.

Note: despite the fact that the site is in English, the Russian language is already built into the program itself. So no need to worry ;)

We run the downloaded file, in my case it is npp.6.8.8.Installer.exe. If User Account Control is indignant, then click Yes. At the very first step, choose a language. As you can see, the great and mighty is immediately offered.

I won’t describe the further steps in detail, just click Next until the installation is complete. I will note one point for webmasters: during the installation process, you can optionally choose to install Notepad++ as the default html code viewer for the IE browser. To do this, check the box As default html viewer.

You may object, who in their right mind would do web development in IE?) That’s right, no one will. Basically, IE is used by layout designers to check the correct display of the site.

Ok, installation complete!

Overview of main features and settings

Here is a list of the main features:

• Multi-window interface;
• Syntax highlighting for most programming languages, syntax folding;
• Autosave;
• Russian language is already included;
• Quick launch and operation, opens large files without problems;
• Auto-completion of functions and hints for function parameters;
• Easy zooming in and out of text;
• Powerful search/replace.
• And many other possibilities...

Multi-window interface

Notepad++ has a multi-window interface, allowing you to open files in different tabs within the same window. And this is much more convenient than a bunch of open windows of a simple notepad, for example.

Tabs with a red floppy disk icon mean that the file has been modified or not saved at all (new 1, new 2, new 3, etc.).

To open a new tab, you can double-click on the empty space to the right of the last open tab or press Ctrl+N. To close the current tab, press Ctrl+W.

Autosave unsaved tabs (!)

And I’ll immediately share a cool notepad feature that he got some time ago. If you have created a bunch of unsaved tabs with valuable notes of various kinds, then when you close the program (accidentally or intentionally), all these tabs are automatically saved and restored again when you open them!

This is one of my favorite features of Notepad++, it's honestly so convenient. And when there are too many tabs, I sit down and sort through all the tabs at once, scattering notes, pieces of code, texts, webinar notes in other places, for example, in Evernote, etc.

Notepad++ syntax highlighting

Without a doubt, syntax highlighting of various programming languages ​​and function folding will be useful for webmasters, layout designers, and programmers. Especially when you need to tweak a few lines of code. Highlighting is already built-in for most known languages ​​and they are recognized by file extensions.

Screenshot for enabling CSS syntax highlighting:

What do I mean by syntax folding? Open any php (html, css...) file and click on the minus box to the left of the function. In my case it's if...else. It will collapse into one line. You can expand it in exactly the same way. This helps save work space by collapsing currently unnecessary structures.

And finally...

7 things you will need when working in Notepad++

1. Wrap lines if the text is too long

On the View menu, check Line Break. This way, any long text will fit into the visible part of the window and the horizontal scrollbar will disappear.

2. Different file encodings

All problems with encodings in opened files can be resolved through the Encodings menu. If gibberish is displayed or you need to save the file in a different encoding (from win1251 to utf8 or vice versa), then this is here. For example, to save a file from CP1251 to UTF8, select Convert to UTF-8 without BOM and save.

3. Repeated undo of actions

If you want to undo the last 2-3-5-10-20 text operations that you have done, this can be done using the green arrows on the toolbar or the hotkeys Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y. That is, for 10 consecutive undoes, press Ctrl+Z and then press Z 9 more times, while continuing to hold Ctrl. If you slightly missed and made more rollbacks than necessary, it’s not a problem. For such cases, there is Ctrl+Y. This combination works in the opposite direction from Ctrl+Z.

4. Go to the desired line using Ctrl+G

If a large file with many lines is open, then by pressing Ctrl+G you can go to the selected line. Webmasters will appreciate this when they find in Firebug the exact place where they need to make changes in a CSS file, for example. Firebug shows you the exact line, and then Ctrl+G quickly jumps straight to the line you're looking for to make the final changes.

5. Massively remove or add indents to the text on the left

If you copied text from somewhere into Notepad and now need to align the text to the left edge of Notepad++, then this can be easily done using the Shift+Tab combination. Select all the text or just the fragment you need - and then press Shift+Tab until the text is evenly aligned to the left. If you need to add indents on the left, then we do almost the same thing - select the desired fragment, but simply press Tab as many times as the indents are needed.

6. Search for selected text on Google

If you select an unfamiliar word or any piece of text in Notepad++ and press Alt+F2, the default browser will launch and Google will open with a search query equal to the selected piece of text. It's faster than copying a word, opening a browser, then opening Google, pasting the word... well, you get my point)

7. Duplicate any line

If you want to duplicate a line, then instead of the standard method - select the line, copy it, paste it - you can do it differently and faster. Place the cursor on the line you want to duplicate and press Ctrl+D. The duplicate will appear immediately below the original line.

This is not all the capabilities of Notepad++, of course. The purpose of the article was the first acquaintance with the “notepad on steroids” for those who have not yet worked with it or have heard it out of the corner of their ear, but have not yet had time to try it. I myself use it all the time and will gradually talk about certain nuances of working with it, for example, it has a Plugin Manager, through which you can expand the functionality of Notepad++ with separate plugins.

Did you like Notepad++? How do you use it? What settings and features do you like best?

Notepad++ is my favorite text editor on Windows. However, more and more often I have to use Linux as the main OS for my work and home desktop. That being said, I miss Notepad++ all the time.
It’s not at all clear to me, like most users, why, after several years, Notepad ++ still hasn’t acquired a client for Linux. And while everyone is waiting for it to become available, I propose to go through the available alternatives to Notepad ++ for Linux.

Below you will find a list of worthy Notepad++ alternatives for Linux that can be used on any distribution, be it Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, etc.

The main tasks that I set for the editor:

1. Not resource intensive
2. Must be able to highlight syntax
3. Multi-language support
4. Auto-correction
5. Search macros
6. Possibility of expansion through plugins.

I’ll make a reservation that I didn’t consider console editors.

Best Notepad++ Alternatives for Linux

Notepadqq

Notepadqq is an exact copy of Notepad++, at least it is very similar to it.

On Ubuntu and similar OSes it can be installed as follows:

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install notepadqq

https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq

SciTE

SciTE is a cross-platform open source editor. The functionality can be expanded with add-ons. As I understand it, this is one of the oldest editors on Linux. Of course, graffiti lovers will not appreciate it, but you can use it.

Installation:

Sudo apt-get install scite

Source code for other Linux distributions:
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html

Geany

Geany is not just a text editor, it's almost an ISP. Let me note that Geany is available for all desktop platforms such as Windows, Linux, OS X, BSD, etc. One of the best Notepad++ alternatives for Linux.

Installation:

Sudo apt-get install geany scite

Source code for other Linux distributions:
http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is probably one of the few non-free products that are quite popular. The appearance of the editor is quite strict and will certainly appeal to many. The official website allows you to familiarize yourself with the product for free and without restrictions, but notifies you of the need to purchase a license.
Installation:

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Lime Text

Have you noticed any similarities with the previous editor? In vain, because Lime Text is an analogue of Sublime Text, which is open source.

Project page: https://github.com/limetext/lime

Build instructions: https://github.com/limetext/lime/wiki/Building-on-Ubuntu-14.0

Kate

KDE users are naturally aware of this editor. Kate is a powerful and feature-rich text editor. However, it didn't suit me.

Installation:

Sudo apt-get install kate

Source code for other Linux distributions:
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/applications/kate/repository

Alternatives to Notepad++ Text Editor – Learn what is the best alternative to Notepad++ for Windows? Top 20 best free Notepad++ alternatives for Windows PC

One of the best text editors which you can use on your Windows operating system is Notepad++. Basically, Notepad++ is a free source code editor for use with and a perfect Notepad text editor replacement that supports multiple programming languages. Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size.

Notepad++ comes with many additional and advanced features as compared to the stock which comes preinstalled in Windows. You get many editing features along with tabbed view, syntax highlighting, opening big files easily in Notepad ++ which you won’t get in Notepad app. These features make Notepad++ one step ahead from Notepad, but if you are not happy with Notepad++ and are looking for Notepad++ alternatives you are at the right place.