[lukan]

"I am on Linux, Notepad++ is not a name of concern on here at all and if it ever came to Linux most people wouldn't notice."

Strong disagree. The thing I miss in linux most is notepad++ or something as capable and usable (open for suggestions, but chances are I already tried them)

[philistine]

> I miss

There's the rub, I miss. Notepad++ is thoroughly a Windows app. Linux and Mac natives have no appetite for one of the most thoroughly Windows-ass Windows app around. Switchers, sure. But take me as an example. I've been on a Mac since 2007. At this point I'm a native. I'm not even aware of what Notepad++ really does.

[lukan]

Well, I am a "switcher" since 20 years, so rather OS agnostic. I regulaty switch between linux and windows (and chromeos) and sometimes mac and ideally I want all my apps to work the same, no matter the OS.

[technothrasher]

Notepadqq is a decent crack at a Notepad++ clone for Linux, but it is no longer actively maintained.

[lukan]

Thanks, I did not try out that one, though it being abandoned is of course not great.

[pjc50]

Interesting. I'd have thought that Linux users would go traditional (vi vs. Emacs) or for something heavier (vscode), or quick and easy for when you just need $EDITOR (nano).

[lukan]

For some reasons I never liked vi nor emacs, vscode is indeed too heavy and nano too awkward. I use mostly xed, but it lacks compared to notepad++

[throwaway270925]

Any pointers on what exactly you miss compared to Linux alternatives like Kate, Sublime, VSCode, etc? (Assuming you already tried them)

[lukan]

Sublime I like, but is proprietary (and there was something else). VScode is too heavy, kate as well. (But maybe with kate I just need to modify the key bindings so they match what I am used to, I only recently tried it out)

Basically, I want code folding(with option to collapse all the tree), macrorecording, search (replace) in files, but with all the goodies notepadd++ provides, where I can easily set the folder to search, what filepatterns to exclude etc.

[47282847]

Zed?

[6AA4FD]

Always vim, never really understood why people use anything else for a dumb ide.

[lukan]

Ok, I might give it a try again. Funny thing: I googled "vim" and google replied with: "did you mean emacs?"

[theanonymousone]

I have been using NotepadNext. Works fine.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I thought actual n++ worked well in WINE?

[lukan]

Not the last times I tried it, but it has been a while (but I did also recently read about problems .. and I need a text editor to work without problems)