Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Notepadqq is an open-source clone of Notepad++, written in QT. Among other features of Notepadqq, its worth writing about its syntax highlighing for the most popular programming languages, search-find-replace through regular expressions, split-screen, bookmarks, code folding, et cetera.
The latest version available is Notepadqq 0.46.0, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- New languages: m4, forth, PGP (ASCII armor), Troff, CMake
- Improved language recognition
- CodeMirror updated to v5.1.0
- Implemented an “Open folder” menu
- Implemented a “Go to line…” menu
- Assigned a name to the toolbar
- Implemented search histories
- Introduced an option to turn off indent warning
- Consider “Replace All” as a single undo event
- Fix PNG color profiles
- Do not show indentation warning when the document is reloaded
- Set default search text to the current selection
- Folder chooser dialog for search in files now defaults to the current editor path
In this article I will show you how to install Notepadqq 0.46.0 on Arch Linux, Manjaro and other Arch-based systems.
Because it is available via the AUR repository, installing Notepadqq 0.46.0 on Arch Linux, Manjaro and other Arch-based systems is easy. Just install yaourt, update the repository index and install the notepadqq package. Like this:
$ sudo pacman -Sy yaourt
$ sudo yaourt notepadqq
Optional, to remove Notepadqq on Arch Linux, Manjaro and derivative systems, do:
$ sudo yaourt -Rsn notepadqq