

Here’s a collection of our favorite text editors. 📋 Check out the top ones! Click to Tweet Collection of the Best Text Editors (And Some IDEs) Regular expression search/replace, grep frontend, builtin file selector, etc.There's nothing more satisfying than finding the perfect text editor. They can be written in - Python or Lua, or it can be a shell script. Plugins: can be written in C, Python, or Lua.Ĭonfigurable tools available from the main and context menus. Multiplatform - works on unix and windows. Spell checking via ASpell, check selected word or check document via tab menu.Run external tool synchronously or asynchronously.Find API declarations in installed Gtk-Doc's.Jump to function declaration, Find Function declaration.Standard text search OR regex search in current or all open files.The usual source view options, split-view, line wrap, line numbers etc.I'd like to add two less known but very powerful and feature-rich text editors to this list of recommendations: KKEdit so here are some notes I've put together about the bugs I've found using Notepad++ in wine. You may be interested in running Notepad++ in wine (I was).

and GNU emacs and Gvim are better (but they have a big learning curve) go for gedit. I've got Npp installed in wine for a sense of security, but I virtually never use it anymore, because gedit is basically just as good. Gedit with plugins is quite a good choice once you get to realize that this Ubuntu thing is a whole new world.


I feel your pain )ÄŞfter 4 months of Linux, I'm starting to get a good feel for things, and I'm branching out to GNU emacs because it leaves Npp standing still (really Npp's regex sucks!) I've tried gvim and it seems very good too, but a few things about emacs gel better with me. I'm an ex Notepad++ devotee!!!! It was hard making the shift to "nowhere land" after knowing exactly how to do things in Npp, but I've gradually discovered that with the right plugins and a few personal scripts which you can easily add via the External Tools plugin, that gedit is the easiest and best transitional editor for hard-core ex- Npp users.
