Possible replacement for Notepad++ in Linux
Jun 16, 2024 17:37:29 GMT -8
Post by Uncle Buddy on Jun 16, 2024 17:37:29 GMT -8
I love Notepad++ but unfortunately it only runs in Windows, and I'm planning to move as much of my operations to Linux as possible. Not only because I want to see how much work would be involved in making Treebard run in Linux. Windows is begging to be replaced and Linux is there, ready to replace it for most usages.
One problem with VS Code (other than being owned by MS) is that it has no macro recorder. Last time I played with it, no plug-in was available for simply recording macros like you can do in Notepad++, like you've been able to do in MS Word since the dawn of time.
So I've found Sublime Text which has a macro recorder and seems like a reasonable replacement for NPP but it costs money. You can use it without paying but the idea is that you're supposed to pay for it someday.
Geany is a possible replacement for NPP that's free. I haven't tried it, but it's been around a while and it does have a macro plug-in:
www.geany.org/
plugins.geany.org/
One problem with VS Code (other than being owned by MS) is that it has no macro recorder. Last time I played with it, no plug-in was available for simply recording macros like you can do in Notepad++, like you've been able to do in MS Word since the dawn of time.
So I've found Sublime Text which has a macro recorder and seems like a reasonable replacement for NPP but it costs money. You can use it without paying but the idea is that you're supposed to pay for it someday.
Geany is a possible replacement for NPP that's free. I haven't tried it, but it's been around a while and it does have a macro plug-in:
www.geany.org/
plugins.geany.org/