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I really, really wish I could run this program natively on macOS. Previously I had a windows computer for work (though I am a mac user generally) and this is t

I really, really wish I could run this program natively on macOS. Previously I had a windows computer for work (though I am a mac user generally) and this is the only thing I miss since I managed to get a mac for work. I know there are plenty of text editors available but Notepad++ just ticks all the right boxes for a simple text editor. Edit: CrossOver for mac (fancy version of wine) is way cheap than I thought (30 quid), so I've bought that. Hello Notepad++ :)

fredsted 6y ago
I'm happy with TextMate. Has a lot more features than Notepad++, too.
- bob1122 6y ago
  I don’t think I’ve ever quite fully appreciated N++‘a array of features. What features do you find really help your workflow and how do you find it compares to Sublime Text in that regard?
- pjmlp 6y ago
  Given that Notepad++ has several extension mechanisms, what features are you actually missing?
jacobush 6y ago
Wine? edit: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373851/how-to-get-wine-working-on-catalina/376427#376427 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373851/how-to-get-...
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  As far as I'm aware Wine doesn't run on Catalina. EDIT: Had no idea Crossover was so cheap. Purchased!
  - my123 6y ago
    CrossOver does, it's paid software however.
  - coldpie 6y ago
    Latest CrossOver even works on the new Silicon hardware: https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jwhite/2020/11/18/okay-im-on-the-bandwagon-apple-silicon-is-officially-cool https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jwhite/2020/11/18/okay-im-o... (I work there.)
    - breakfastduck 6y ago
      Work you guys do is great for the mac community :)
  - jacobush 6y ago
    You can get vanilla Wine to run Notepad++ too: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/376427/40801 https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/376427/40801
pulse7 6y ago
Maybe the author doesn't want to "steal" the 30% of the Apple's future Mac AppStore revenue...
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  There isn't and never has been a limitation on installing mac apps from the internet.
  - pulse7 6y ago
    Currently isn't... but Apple is moving toward AppStore on OS/X...
    - breakfastduck 6y ago
      Politely disagree
      - The_Colonel 6y ago
        Well Apple definitely wants to go that way, but it's unclear if users will rebel enough for Apple to give it up. My guess is that Apple will make it step by step more difficult to install non-store apps so that people get used to it and only then cut it off.
        breakfastduck 6y ago
        I disagree, I think they want the average user to use the Mac App Store, but installing non app store apps is never going to go away.
      - chungus_khan 6y ago
        Even if they don't the notarization requirement is a strong first step to at minimum a games console-style licensing program, or further integration with the existing developer program. It would be nice for Apple to not do this, but if they can keep their ARM chips highly competitive it would be insanely lucrative to do so. Corporations are for-profit entities first and foremost.
newfie_bullet 6y ago
Agreed. I've got VSCode and Textmate installed on my Mac but I guess my earlier years of Windows experience and Notepad++ being ubiquitous on all my machines and servers have set it as the baseline for my text editing experience. Only thing I found it wasn't great at was really big files - had to find specialized tools for those but other than that it was great (nice to see lots of active development still!)
mxuribe 6y ago
I hear ya! While i'm more of a linux user - not a mac user - for personal computing, i used to use notepad++ for years and years on windows machines that were issued to me at my day jobs. However, for the last few months i've been using Geany [https://www.geany.org/ https://www.geany.org/], based on many positive comments i had read elswhere that it comes closest to notepad++. So, I'm running Geany on my work machine (windows), and any/all of my personal linux machines. While Geany is amazing, it is not as good as notepad++ (in only a few small ways); though it really does comes the closest that i've seen compared to other text editors. Plus, it runs natively across windows, linux, and mac! I have no wish to persuade you to switch if you've already found a notepad++ alternative. But, if it helps you, i've grown to really love geany. And, as much as i still love notepad++, i yanked out notepad++ from my work windows machine and only run geany. I do this because i now have a consistent, unified experience (for my text editor) regardless of the OS, which is important to me. So, again, not trying to persuade, but if you haven't, give Geany a look-see. Good luck! EDIT: I failed to add that...i've heard folks suggest running some sort of emulation layer or maybe Wine on linux in order to run notepad++...but for me, needing to run some extra layer for a text editor just didn't sit right with me. YMMV
Despacito2019 6y ago
I used to be like you but I started to (wo)man up and read the emacs tutorial with the fantastic doom-emacs and now I can get myself around with Emacs and do OK with it! (on a second thought I do miss n-pp)
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  There are so many things on feature parity, but the button layout and general jist of np++ is just perfect. If I could run a swiftUI style np++ with the buttons in exactly the same places & exact feature parity it'd be a dream.

fredsted 6y ago

I'm happy with TextMate. Has a lot more features than Notepad++, too.

bob1122 6y ago
I don’t think I’ve ever quite fully appreciated N++‘a array of features. What features do you find really help your workflow and how do you find it compares to Sublime Text in that regard?
pjmlp 6y ago
Given that Notepad++ has several extension mechanisms, what features are you actually missing?

jacobush 6y ago

Wine? edit: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373851/how-to-get-wine-working-on-catalina/376427#376427 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/373851/how-to-get-...

breakfastduck 6y ago
As far as I'm aware Wine doesn't run on Catalina. EDIT: Had no idea Crossover was so cheap. Purchased!
- my123 6y ago
  CrossOver does, it's paid software however.
- coldpie 6y ago
  Latest CrossOver even works on the new Silicon hardware: https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jwhite/2020/11/18/okay-im-on-the-bandwagon-apple-silicon-is-officially-cool https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jwhite/2020/11/18/okay-im-o... (I work there.)
  - breakfastduck 6y ago
    Work you guys do is great for the mac community :)
- jacobush 6y ago
  You can get vanilla Wine to run Notepad++ too: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/376427/40801 https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/376427/40801

pulse7 6y ago

Maybe the author doesn't want to "steal" the 30% of the Apple's future Mac AppStore revenue...

breakfastduck 6y ago
There isn't and never has been a limitation on installing mac apps from the internet.
- pulse7 6y ago
  Currently isn't... but Apple is moving toward AppStore on OS/X...
  - breakfastduck 6y ago
    Politely disagree
    - The_Colonel 6y ago
      Well Apple definitely wants to go that way, but it's unclear if users will rebel enough for Apple to give it up. My guess is that Apple will make it step by step more difficult to install non-store apps so that people get used to it and only then cut it off.
      - breakfastduck 6y ago
        I disagree, I think they want the average user to use the Mac App Store, but installing non app store apps is never going to go away.
    - chungus_khan 6y ago
      Even if they don't the notarization requirement is a strong first step to at minimum a games console-style licensing program, or further integration with the existing developer program. It would be nice for Apple to not do this, but if they can keep their ARM chips highly competitive it would be insanely lucrative to do so. Corporations are for-profit entities first and foremost.

newfie_bullet 6y ago

Agreed. I've got VSCode and Textmate installed on my Mac but I guess my earlier years of Windows experience and Notepad++ being ubiquitous on all my machines and servers have set it as the baseline for my text editing experience. Only thing I found it wasn't great at was really big files - had to find specialized tools for those but other than that it was great (nice to see lots of active development still!)

mxuribe 6y ago

I hear ya! While i'm more of a linux user - not a mac user - for personal computing, i used to use notepad++ for years and years on windows machines that were issued to me at my day jobs. However, for the last few months i've been using Geany [https://www.geany.org/ https://www.geany.org/], based on many positive comments i had read elswhere that it comes closest to notepad++. So, I'm running Geany on my work machine (windows), and any/all of my personal linux machines. While Geany is amazing, it is not as good as notepad++ (in only a few small ways); though it really does comes the closest that i've seen compared to other text editors. Plus, it runs natively across windows, linux, and mac! I have no wish to persuade you to switch if you've already found a notepad++ alternative. But, if it helps you, i've grown to really love geany. And, as much as i still love notepad++, i yanked out notepad++ from my work windows machine and only run geany. I do this because i now have a consistent, unified experience (for my text editor) regardless of the OS, which is important to me. So, again, not trying to persuade, but if you haven't, give Geany a look-see. Good luck! EDIT: I failed to add that...i've heard folks suggest running some sort of emulation layer or maybe Wine on linux in order to run notepad++...but for me, needing to run some extra layer for a text editor just didn't sit right with me. YMMV

Despacito2019 6y ago

I used to be like you but I started to (wo)man up and read the emacs tutorial with the fantastic doom-emacs and now I can get myself around with Emacs and do OK with it! (on a second thought I do miss n-pp)

breakfastduck 6y ago
There are so many things on feature parity, but the button layout and general jist of np++ is just perfect. If I could run a swiftUI style np++ with the buttons in exactly the same places & exact feature parity it'd be a dream.