Notepad++ Alternatives for Xfce
Notepad++ is not available for Xfce but there are a few alternatives with similar functionality. The best Xfce alternative is SciTE, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ and four of them are available for Xfce so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Xfce alternatives to Notepad++ are Mousepad, MadEdit and medit.
Notepad++ alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Notepad++.
SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...
Comments about SciTE as a Alternative to Notepad++
xxavxA simpler version of Notepad++. Supports all the jazz you'll need: syntax higlighting, it's clever with Tabs, mass renaminc, etc. No macros though.
-1A simple and hackable notepad.
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A simple text editor for the Xfce desktop environment. Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an editor with a huge bunch of plugins.
Mousepad Features
MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
MadEdit Features
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
medit is a programming and around-programming text editor.
Started originally as a simple built-in editor component in GGAP, it grew up to a real text editor.
medit Features
