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Love Notepad++ and I sometimes miss it on Linux. Are plugins from Notepad++ compatible with this?

by progre 5y ago

jeroenhd 5y ago
I haven't tried myself, but is there any reason why Notepad++ wouldn't run on Wine? I don't think it accesses APIs obscure enough to run into usability bugs, does it?
- themodelplumber 5y ago
  IMO if Roblox runs in Wine, Notepad++ should be no problem at all. But with just the right/wrong development decisions I suppose it's possible. (And then someone could probably look at building Notepad++ in Roblox to ensure that it can be used in Linux :-))
  - jeroenhd 5y ago
    It'll have some small issues, of course. From what I can read online some plugins don't work because they rely on the Windows Script Host (the thing that runs JS and VBS scripts) and there's a performance issue here and there, but that's about it. The thing about games is that there's only a limited OS surface area that they'll usually touch. There's I/O, GPU, a single render Windows, audio, and input state, but when those core APIs work, games should run just fine. Boring Win32 software can get real dependent on some obscure system APIs, COM+ objects with certain properties, library loading behaviour, etc., all things that can be a challenge to emulate successfully without tripping up programs that assume certain APIs just never fail or return certain results. Games don't call APIs like DsRoleGetPrimaryDomainInformation or SHEnumerateUnreadMailAccountsW so projects like Proton don't usually add a lot of fixes in that space.
- chromaton 5y ago
  Yes, it does run well on Wine.
ww520 5y ago
I’ve used Notepad++ with Wine on Linux. It works fine. The only problem is it doesn’t handle high DPI monitor very well so the UI font is really small. It might be a problem with Wine. Also the directory navigation in the file dialog is clunky. The directory places are windows based rather than Linux based.

Love Notepad++ and I sometimes miss it on Linux. Are plugins from Notepad++ compatible with this?

by progre 5y ago

Love Notepad++ and I sometimes miss it on Linux. Are plugins from Notepad++ compatible with this?

I haven't tried myself, but is there any reason why Notepad++ wouldn't run on Wine? I don't think it accesses APIs obscure enough to run into usability bugs, does it?

themodelplumber 5y ago
IMO if Roblox runs in Wine, Notepad++ should be no problem at all. But with just the right/wrong development decisions I suppose it's possible. (And then someone could probably look at building Notepad++ in Roblox to ensure that it can be used in Linux :-))
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  It'll have some small issues, of course. From what I can read online some plugins don't work because they rely on the Windows Script Host (the thing that runs JS and VBS scripts) and there's a performance issue here and there, but that's about it. The thing about games is that there's only a limited OS surface area that they'll usually touch. There's I/O, GPU, a single render Windows, audio, and input state, but when those core APIs work, games should run just fine. Boring Win32 software can get real dependent on some obscure system APIs, COM+ objects with certain properties, library loading behaviour, etc., all things that can be a challenge to emulate successfully without tripping up programs that assume certain APIs just never fail or return certain results. Games don't call APIs like DsRoleGetPrimaryDomainInformation or SHEnumerateUnreadMailAccountsW so projects like Proton don't usually add a lot of fixes in that space.
chromaton 5y ago
Yes, it does run well on Wine.

ww520 5y ago

I’ve used Notepad++ with Wine on Linux. It works fine. The only problem is it doesn’t handle high DPI monitor very well so the UI font is really small. It might be a problem with Wine. Also the directory navigation in the file dialog is clunky. The directory places are windows based rather than Linux based.