Building.md

Building Notepad Next

To build Notepad Next you will need CMake, a compatible C++ compiler, the Qt libraries, and the Notepad Next source code.

Windows

This section specifically describes how to build Notepad Next using Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 compiler.

Installing Visual Studio 2022

1. Download the installer for Visual Studio 2022 Community (other versions should work if you have those installed already).
2. Run the installer
3. Select the 'Desktop development with C++'
4. Complete the installation

Installing Qt Libraries

1. Download the Qt installer
2. Run the installer.
3. Select 'custom installation'
4. Install any version of Qt >= 6.5 (6.5 is recommended if possible)

• MSVC 2019 64-bit located under the desired version of Qt
• Qt 5 Compatibility Module (not needed for Qt 5.x)
• Developer and Design Tools > Qt Creator CDB Debugger Support
• Developer and Design Tools > Debugging Tools for Windows

Cloning the Notepad Next Repository

1. In a command prompt (or git shell, powershell, etc) run:
2. git clone https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext.git

Building/Running Notepad Next

1. Open Qt Creator and open the root CMakeLists.txt file.
2. Configure the project for 'Desktop Qt 6.5 MSVC2019 64bit' (or whatever version of Qt you have installed)
3. Press Ctrl+R
4. Qt Creator will build and run the project.

Linux

TODO

MacOS

TODO