Linux notepad editor alternative to Notepad++

[ben-w-92]

Hi all,


I use Elementary Luna OS (based on Ubuntu 12.04) and love it; however I am doing a lot of web design again now. I have always previously used Linux for normal use and windows for my work on the side.


I used to use Windows, and used Notepad++. On NP++ when you click on a div, it will highlight that div and also highlight the end </div> that corresponds to it. It is very useful as when people want me to update a site built by someone else, often the code is messy, so it's great to be able to just click on the div, see where it links to and just delete that whole section without having to count up the div tags in between that section to ensure i'm not leaving a div un-closed.

http://postimg.org/image/7bdkasctl/

Have uploaded a screeny to show what I mean. Does anyone know of anything in Linux that can offer this? Am looking for an easy to use editor, and am currently using Scite which is great other than it not having this feature.


Thanks, and I have looked around a lot online and can't find much on this, as other's have tried the same things; however many were a few years old so hopefully someone has done this since! Apologies if this is the wrong forum. :)

[Bucky Ball]

Thread moved to Programming Talk.

I think you will have much better luck here. The description of this forum section:


This forum is for all programming questions.
The questions do not have to be directly related to Ubuntu and any programming language is allowed.

[Lars Noodén]

FWIW HTML is not programming, it is only markup.

Either Geany or Kate give a fair amount of help in regards to markup. I think Kate might be a little more thorough in some things. There is also a dedicated HTML editor called Bluefish. It should be on the list of things for you to try out if you want help with HTML.

Myself, I usually use Emacs' HTML or XML modes.

[slickymaster]

Geany (http://www.geany.org/)
GEdit (https://projects.gnome.org/gedit/)
Vim (http://www.vim.org/)
Emacs (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

Of these, Geany and GEdit are my favorites, but it depends on your needs. If you are looking for something more complex, there is the Aptana Studio (http://www.aptana.com/).

[Bucky Ball]

FWIW HTML is not programming, it is only markup.



It was a line-ball, but the move got some results. I had a feeling the good people here would be able to put their finger on what the OP was after. ;)

[1clue]

If you're not opposed to commercial software, try sublime text 2. It's payware but you can use it with only occasional queries if you haven't decided yet.

Sublime is a very good programming editor that works on Mac, Linux and Windows. It's only like 7mb and then you can install plugins for whatever you want.

One license per user, any number of boxes. So my license works and is valid for Mac, Linux (workstation) and pretty much any VM I have.

Edit:​ This is easily the best editor I've ever used, on any platform.

[ben-w-92]

Thanks all, lots of good feedback! Have tried them all and they're all good choices, and am currently going for Aptana. Bit overkill/powerful for most of my needs, but has a few key functions for me!

Thank you all for your help, this can be closed now.

[Bucky Ball]

Please mark as 'solved' to help others by following the instructions in my signature. Thanks and good luck. ;)

[ben-w-92]

Have done now - thanks!