[Solved] Notepad++ alternative for Linux users?

[KiwiGuy]

Does anyone know of a Linux native app that could be used as a drop in alternative to Notepad++?

I’ve tried to install the snap version on a fresh Fedora install but it only initiates the Wine compatibility layer but the app itself fails to launch. Winbox 3 via snap works fine.

I’ll also want to use the language syntax with the Notepad++ alternative if pos too.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated!

[normis]

Is this really a MikroTik question?

P.S: I use nano or vi

[mrz]

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[Kentzo]

Yet to try, but this looks to me as a superior solution: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TIKOCI.lsp-routeros-ts

[memelchenkov]

A common problem of “switchers”. You want to use Linux/macOS/any_other_os like Windows. No, it won’t work well. Use the OS where your habits and software are available and suits you best. If you like Notepad++ — just use Windows. E.g. nowadays me can’t use Windows because it counter-productive for me, I loss around 30% of productivity plus countless nerve cells. However, I used Windows including XP, then switched to Mac and never looked back (well, I looked, but after 1 hour of “looking” each new version I celebrated I don’t use Windows anymore :-). In the meantime I used a lot of Linux desktop distros. So, if you feel that Linux software or the concepts are not for you, e.g. you tried a week, a month and feel uncomfortable, just don’t.

As a straight reply I may recommend to look at Sublime. Many Linux users love it (but I cannot use because feel it uncomfortable). Also try to look at different IDEs. It’s not as lightweight as notepad, but… Maybe VS Code? But its plugins are super-buggy, personally I don’t recommend it, however a lot of popularity.

We are admins here, and everyone use what he likes the best, but on servers de-facto standard is vim/nano.

Fedora was always a “test site” for RedHat Enterprise Linux. So don’t expect much from this OS.

[KiwiGuy]

Thank you everyone for your replies!

Sublime it is, complete with MT syntax and compare side to side. Seems to work much better than Notepad++, especially when using WINE.

@normis, that’s why I posted under third party tools - not MT but a handy utility to use with rOS.

Cheers.

[KiwiGuy]

@memelchenkov

Fedora was always a “test site” for RedHat Enterprise Linux. So don’t expect much from this OS.

Thanks heaps for the detailed info. I was previously using Linux Mint Debian edition (deb12), however it seemed like Network Manager wasn’t prepared to play nice with L2TP configs so I opted for a distro with a faster updating schedule. I haven’t used Fedora before, and after doing a bit of digging decided to give it a go. So far, so good. I like it so far. Seems faster and less clunky. Having said that, I’m just in the process of downloading the latest Debian (13) live edition and will have a play with that too. Maybe Fedora will be a short stop over. Lol.