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Emacs vs Notepad++: What are the differences?
What is Emacs? The extensible self-documenting text editor. GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing.
What is 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.
Emacs and Notepad++ can be categorized as "Text Editor" tools.
Some of the features offered by Emacs are:
- Content-sensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and HTML.
- Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
- Full Unicode support for nearly all human languages and their scripts.
On the other hand, Notepad++ provides the following key features:
- 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
"Vast array of extensions" is the primary reason why developers consider Emacs over the competitors, whereas "Syntax for all languages that i use" was stated as the key factor in picking Notepad++.
According to the StackShare community, Notepad++ has a broader approval, being mentioned in 182 company stacks & 483 developers stacks; compared to Emacs, which is listed in 96 company stacks and 68 developer stacks.
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 Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface.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
Pros of Emacs
- Vast array of extensions65
- Have all you can imagine43
- Everything i need in one place40
- Portability38
- Customer config31
- Your config works on any platform15
- Low memory consumption12
- Perfect for monsters11
- All life inside one program9
- Extendable, portable, fast - all at your fingertips7
- Extensible in Lisp4
- Widely-used keybindings (e.g. by bash)4
- Enables extremely rapid keyboard-only navigation4
- Runs everywhere important4
- Powerful multilanguage IDE3
- May be old but always reliable3
- Powerful UI3
- Asynchronous3
- Git integration3
- FOSS Software3
Pros of Notepad++
- Syntax for all languages that i use101
- Tabbed ui60
- Great code editor56
- Fast and lightweight53
- Plugins38
- Nice GUI28
- Regex & Special Character Search & Replace26
- Fast startup16
- Application is free, and plugins are too9
- Themes9
- Free6
- Very Lightweight4
- 100% Free3
- Column selection2
- Awesome autocomplete1
- Easy edit on FTP servers (NppFTP)1
- Cos it's seck1
- Nice gui. are you kidding me?1
- Open Sourced1
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Cons of Emacs
- Hard to learn for beginners3
- So good and extensible, that one can get sidetracked1
- Not default preinstalled in GNU/linux1
Cons of Notepad++
- No default plugin manager2
- Can't install more advanced packets1