Notepadqq is a surprising little gem I found while testing editors under Ubuntu 16.04.

You can find it by googling

[1] Notepadqq | the Linux source editor

One of the best things about switching operating systems (some could argue it’s the worst experience) is trying to find the ‘alternative’ linux distro to do your favorite things.

Most any linux people hang on the ‘photoshop’ argument, and if it’s your core job (graphic designer, etc) then yes, I can see how it could be a daunting task and almost feel like you are going backwards to learn the linux alternatives.  In this case I would recommend either virtual machines or a dual boot system.

Never the less…  I am in the boat that see’s the silver lining in the clouds above.

notepadqq has a nice dark display with high contrast and great color schemes (themes).

Notepadqq Features Include:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding (cool)
• Power of Regular Expression (Search / Replace Functionality)
• Multi-Document Views (Tab interface)
• Multi-View
• code folding (useful)
• multiple different color themes/schemes supported
• file monitoring
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Convert case to lower or upper (can’t figure out camelcase)
• Light weight app
• Many features available
• More menu options are there in top to perform all actions
• Official Home page link

Installation Instructions (Linux):

There is a useful article on installing Notpadqq here

Or you can check out this video: source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqhEgCS7cc

This was the original icon used from back in 2010.  It’s still one of my favorties… just simple…  but they changed with the times to this new ‘dreamweaver’ looking icon…

Notepadqq

Distribution Packages

Ubuntu (official packages)

Notepadqq is available from an official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install notepadqq

Debian (official packages)

Download a deb package from the Ubuntu PPA: download

Arch Linux

You can install different versions of the package from AUR:

• Stable (pre-built Debian package): notepadqq-bin
• Development (git version): notepadqq-git

Fedora / RHEL

Notepadqq is available from a testing-repositry

su
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://sea.fedorapeople.org/sea-devel.repo
yum install notepadqq

If you would like to compile/package yourself, get this git code and run:

su
cd Fedora
create-fedora-package.sh
cd ~/notepadqq
yum install ./notepadqq*[46].rpm

Others

Use a package for a compatible distribution, or build from source. If you want to submit a package:https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq-packaging

Build

Get the source

$ git clone https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq.git
$ cd notepadqq

Build it

notepadqq$ ./configure --prefix /usr
notepadqq$ make

Install

You can run notepadqq from its build output folder. If however you want to install it, first build it by following the above steps, then run

notepadqq$ sudo make install

Qt

Notepadqq might work on Qt 5.2, but it’s recommended to use Qt 5.3 or later. If the newest version isn’t available on your distribution, you can use the online installer to get the latest libraries and install them into your home directory ($HOME/Qt). Notepadqq will automatically use them.

Distribution Packages

Ubuntu (official packages) ★

Notepadqq is available from an official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install notepadqq

Debian (official packages) ★

Download a deb package from the Ubuntu PPA: download

Arch Linux

You can install different versions of the package from AUR:

• Stable (pre-built Debian package): notepadqq-bin
• Development (git version): notepadqq-git

Others

Use a package for a compatible distribution, or build from source. If you want to submit a package:https://github.com/notepadqq/notepadqq-packaging