[Updated] 12 Best Notepad++ Alternatives For Linux | Linux Today

[Updated] 12 Best Notepad++ Alternatives For Linux

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Dec 4, 2019

Notepadd++ is a completely free source code editor created as a replacement for Notepad on Windows – is written based on Scintilla in C++ and implements Win32 API and STL to ensure program sizes are small with high execution speed – features which have since made it become a family name among developers. Sadly, there isn’t a version available for Linux users

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