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Notepad++

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Stacks2

Followers9

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Notepad++ vs Slap: What are the differences?

Notepad++: Free source code editor and Notepad replacement. Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License; Slap: Sublime-like terminal-based text editor. slap is a Sublime-like terminal-based text editor that strives to make editing from the terminal easier.

Notepad++ and Slap can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by Notepad++ are:

Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
User Defined Syntax Highlighting and Folding: screenshot 1, screenshot 2, screenshot 3 and screenshot 4
PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace

On the other hand, Slap provides the following key features:

first-class mouse support
GUI editor-like keybindings*
copying/pasting with OS clipboard support

Slap is an open source tool with 5.08K GitHub stars and 208 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Slap's open source repository on GitHub.

Decisions about Notepad++ and Slap

Andrey Ginger

Managing Partner at WhiteLabelDevelopers · May 18, 2020 | 3 upvotes · 527.5K views

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Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark

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Pros of Notepad++

Pros of Slap

104
Syntax for all languages that i use
60
Tabbed ui
56
Great code editor
54
Fast and lightweight
38
Plugins
28
Nice GUI
26
Regex & Special Character Search & Replace
16
Fast startup
9
Application is free, and plugins are too
9
Themes
6
Free
4
Very Lightweight
3
100% Free
2
Column selection
1
Awesome autocomplete
1
Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)
1
Cos it's seck
1
Nice gui. are you kidding me?
1
Open Sourced

2
Great for SSH sessions and git commit messages

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Cons of Notepad++

Cons of Slap

3
No default plugin manager
2
Can't install more advanced packets

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What is Notepad++?

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

What is Slap?

slap is a Sublime-like terminal-based text editor that strives to make editing from the terminal easier.

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What are some alternatives to Notepad++ and Slap?

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.

Atom

At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.

UltraEdit

It is a powerful, fast, and secure text editor whose helpful features make every day life easier for any user type and programming language. Windows, Mac, Linux.

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GitHub

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

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