PLAYONMAC M1 FOR MAC

However, when you are using Notepad++ on Mac using PlayOnMac, you will still be using Windows like keyboard shortcuts.

Also, usually on Mac, you have Command key that is used instead of Control key for common keyboard tasks.

Since it is not a MacOS native app, the user experience will not be as smooth as other Mac apps.

So, I ended up making a video tutorial about it. I have had the same requirement when I wanted to use Notepad++ on my iMac. However, you can use Wine bottler or even PlayOnMac app (Free) on Mac to install Notepad++ on Mac. Good luck.Įdit: corrected Wine vs WineHQ, linked to the MacOS-specific WineHQ page, and switched to “Wine” instead of As PeterJones pointed out Notepad++ is a Windows native application. If you want to stick with Notepad++, then the advice I’ve already given is the best advice I can give. I am not a Mac user, and this is not a Mac forum, so here is not the best place for talking about Mac alternatives. I am 100% positive there are many, many editors on Mac for which that is true. What I need is “search with regex and mark lines” If you want Notepad++ to work on your Mac, you will have to use Wine for your architecture, and pester the Wine developers if they don’t work properly on the ARM Mac.Ĭomplaining to us Notepad++ users won’t help you accomplish your goals. If Wine were 100% effective, then having a Wine installed on your Mac for the right architecture and installing the right-architecture Notepad++ into that Wine environment would be sufficient. Notepad++ is a perfectly valid Windows application, and has executables for 32bit Intel-compatible, 64bit Intel-compatible, and ARM architectures.

PLAYONMAC M1 FOR MAC

And the Notepad++ developers are not Mac developers, and are not likely going to learn Mac development just for this Notepad++ is a Windows application, and always will be.Īs I said last month, if Notepad++-through-Wine doesn’t work on an ARM Mac, the fault lies in Wine (available for Mac from WineHQ), not in Notepad++.

The Notepad++ developers aren’t in it for the money, since they get none from Notepad++.