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Request: Port to other platforms

2008-05-02
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Is it still a one-man development? If not, porting to other platforms will increase users. Notepad++ is just too great! I hope that I can use that on Linux and Mac too!

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Well, give it a try and put some effort into it!

       
    • Nicolas Crittin

      Nicolas Crittin - 2008-05-02

      NPP is massively based on MFC, so I don't think it will be ported soon :(

       
      • Don HO

        Don HO - 2008-05-02

        > NPP is massively based on MFC, so I don't think it will be ported soon :(

        Not MFC, but win32 api.

        Don

         
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      If you develop it step-by-step? Like completely rewriting a new program, but for Linux? Notepad++ is just too great and it is such a pity other platforms can't use it. I believe there will be some substitute for w32 api.

       
      • Alexander Iljin

        Alexander Iljin - 2008-05-03

        There is exactly the substitute you are talking about. It's called "wine".

         
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      The fact is that wine isn't nice (interface), I will prefer native both because of the interface and the performance.

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      I suppose that if someone could port NPP to use .net, it could technically/theoretically be ported to Mono.  But I'd make no guarantees on either port being easy, painless, or even feasible.