It still exists, but one could wonder why would anyone still use such basic editor when there are thousands of text editors available. It was first released in 1983 as part of the DOS system. Notepad program is one of the oldest and simplest text editors in the world. Drag the application into the Dockĭo script "/usr/local/bin/wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Launch ‘Script Editor’ from the launch-pad and paste this code. If you want to use the application often – you can create a shortcut for launching it from the dock. Note: now all shortcuts behave as though it is a native windows application – You need to remap your mind again for all those shortcuts!! $wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe application should have got installed in the folder "~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Notepad++" Step 2: Install ‘wine’ to enable the magicįrom the ‘Terminal’ – execute the below command –įollow through the instructions and complete the installation – this is the all familiar windows installer. Step 1: Get homebrew package manager if you already do not have itįollow the instructions on-screen to complete the installation
Is it worth the effort? What are the challenges? Let’s looks at the second one – how do we get notepad++ on macOS?. Sublime Text (requires license), Atom (not feature rich as notepad++), Visual Studio Code(bulky for a text editor), TextEdit (like the WordPad in windows).
(2) lack of ‘cool’ apps – notepad++, etc. You will be forced to learn most shortcuts.Īnd – the ‘butterfly’ keyboard itself (the ‘tuk-tuk’ keyboard – noise all around) rants on this requires another blog post altogether!! (1) different keyboard layout – it is not very simple – you cannot directly replace in your mind-map – ‘command’ with ‘windows’ key’, ‘option’ with ‘alt’ and ‘control’ with ‘Ctrl’.
Switching from Windows to macOS became a true challenge initially.
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