Hello Friends
Could you consider in write a post about Best/List Linux GUI editors but for 32 bits?
BTW I’ve already read the following post:
But it is for 64 bits …
So in my case, I have an old laptop with Linux Peppermint OS for 32 bits based on Debian, therefore I thought that some Debian users with 32 bits could have the same situation too.
Thanks for your understanding.
I could mention NotepadQQ, I don’t know if it is the best, but it’s good.
Consider it as a port of Notepad++ from Windows.
I like it.
It’s for Ubuntu, but works for me on Debian.
It has i366 (32bit) package too.
Edit: however I modify the link, the warning here about snap stays.
So I provide a direct link to the binary packages, which doesn’t render the forum motor:
https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/notepadqq-team/notepadqq/ubuntu/pool/main/n/notepadqq/
NotepadQQ is actually pretty great.
My bread-and-butter editor Kate is also available in 32 bit, as is the Swiss Army Chainsaw of editors, Emacs.
edited: Kate has no 32 bit version any more.
Thanks for the quick replies
It’s for Ubuntu, but works for me on Debian.
It has i366 (32bit) package too.
I hope it be available for PeppermintOS too … I think it has snap too.
My bread-and-butter editor Kate is also available in 32 bit
It is confuse, according with Get Kate - Kate page, there appears the “64” term and nothing about 32.
Thanks to all
Try to install it.
As I remember, the way I installed it on (64 bit Debian):
First downloaded the .deb packages (both notedpadqq and notepadqq-common), then
dpkg -i notedpadqq.deb
Of course this fails because of dependeny problems, so right after dpkg -i I issued
apt install -f which installs the dependencies, AND notepadqq…
Despite it’s meant to be installed on Ubuntu Bionic, it works on my Debian systems…
So this install method worked for me on Debian Buster, and later on Bullseye.
I’m still on Bulsseye, did not try on Bookworm.
Later I moved these debs into my own home-repo, so I just install via apt install notepadqq.
It seems, I have to apologize. My info was apparently outdated.
There seems to be no official binary release for 32 bit Linux any more.
Of course, you could compile it yourself, but if I were you, I wouldn’t. It’s a nice editor, but spending hours in putting together all dependencies, is just not worth it, I reckon.
Thanks again for the replies
Good news
Laszlo:
In your first answer, consider to update the URL, remove the +packages part, otherwise when the page is rendered, does not appear the “Warning” message. It would be confused for other readers if arrives to this post.
Thanks for the pair of commands. Yes, I used them sometimes, BTW that pair can be replaced with something like sudo apt install notepadqq.deb, perhaps some extra parameter would be need it.
Finally I installed notepadqq through snap with the sudo snap install notepadqq command. Practically the same command as suggested in the “warning” message.
This editor looks fine, my goal was use an editor for script purposes, .sh files, colors are enabled by default for the script syntax and is possible have multiple tabs opened.
Mina:
Don’t worry. Agree, is wise avoid do a manual build/compile.
Anyway, I did do realise about this with:
snap find vlc
//does not appear in the output
snap find kate
//no results
Anyway if the sudo snap install kate command is executed is shown an error message indicating that the architecture is not supported. Same with vlc, it to apply a discard.
Thanks to all 
I tried to edit the link, but the warning stood there. So I added a direct link to the packages instead.
Yes, that may work too.
I really do hate snaps, whenever I think of them I feel so much disgust! My poor english doesn’t allow me to correctly express this.
So I never ever would recommend anything to anyone snap-based.
Anyway, I’m glad Notepadqq works for you on 32bit, and if you like a snap install, just use it 
I forgot to mention, what I really love in Notepadqq: the vertical selection.
Press ctrl-alt, and click left mouse button, and drag. You’ll see what I mean…
It so easy to select a column in a tabbed text table, or just delete the first 2 characters on evry selected line, and such…
This is a uniqe feature, I didn’t see this any other editor.
Interesting suggestion… I believe tools like Geany should be available on 32-bit systems.
I can see a 32-bit download option for Sublime Text but it is not open source.
Altogether, it is less likely that newer, modern code editors will be supporting 32-bit architecture 
Still will try and give some suggestions
Hello Friends
Laszlo
So I never ever would recommend anything to anyone snap-based.
Well, I read in other places that snap has some situations like other package managers … but I assume that tools must be improved quickly … otherwise are replaced by others … If my memory does not fail me the problem is performance.
Anyway, I’m glad Notepadqq works for you on 32bit, and if you like a snap install, just use it
Thanks, but remember in your first link, there is a “warning” message suggesting to use snap. So it is the best suggestion or is out of date.
Huge thanks for the tips about notepadqq I will try it soon as I can … I hope find the option to load/open the hierarchy tree of files to show the directories and files. As VS Code has in the left part
Abhishek
Interesting suggestion… I believe tools like Geany should be available on 32-bit systems.
I did not do a deep research about that because in the home page the latest release was on 2021. So I assumed it does not have support anymore … therefore I discarded that editor quickly.
I can see a 32-bit download option for Sublime Text but it is not open source
Perhaps the same for Atom, but was closed, but I remember there is a community giving some support yet. Anyway I am happy with VS Code. But is for 64 bits.
Still will try and give some suggestions
Sounds great … pls, consider to create other tutorial about NotepadQQ, it according the tools/options/features mentioned by Laszlo. Specially the unique feature.
Thanks to all!
I did do realize that NotepadQQ is even older than Geany - 
, it according with GitHub - notepadqq/notepadqq: A simple, general-purpose editor for Linux …
For the audience, I did create the same question on PeppermintOS forum. There are the following suggestions:
Thanks for your support to all
I am a fan of SciTE. It was created by the developer of the Scintilla wigdet which is used by Geany, Notepad++ and other popular editors. SciTE is highly customizable. It can also be extended with lua scripts. If you want an ultra-lightweight, very basic GUI programming editor, there’s a FLTK based program called FLDev. You’ll find it listed under the applications at the FLTK web site and there was some further development done on it (available from a project at Sourceforge).
Hi Laura, and welcome,
I had to look up ScITE. I does have source code downloads in tgz or zip format.
It seems to offer 64 bit binaries for Linux, and it may be a Debian apt package, but if you want it in 32 bit for Linux you have to build it from source
Regards
Neville
I often run AntiX 32 bit and the package is available. I’ve also built it from source on systems that didn’t have a package. Unless I’m working with a command line only operating system, I won’t work without SciTE installed on a system. I use it for a lot of tasks. It’s highly customizable. Haven’t found other editors that I can customize the way I can with SciTE. I can integrate functionality like spell checking and showing the difference between two files. By the way, the geany spell checking code was based on something I added to SciTE and wrote and told the geany developers about. There are several lua add ons for SciTE. I’ve also seen some customizations that allow easy access to running compilers and gdb.
I will have a look at SkITE in Antix 64 bit. I am an old time vi user , and not likely to change, but if it appeals I may add it to my tools.
Others here may be interested. Customizing appeals to some people. There was a recent burst of enthusiasm about NeoVim.
I move around a lot between distros, and the only editors available everywhere are vi and nano. Was recently surprised to find Busybox only has nano.
That’s the busybox you get in Debian derived distros… Red Hat derived distros have vi in busybox (the shell you get in rescue mode)… Or that was the case last time I checked… I was FURIOUS when I had to use nano on a Ubuntu “server” to mount “/” in a chroot so I could edit the fstab file.
Busybox is the shell you get in MobaXterm too - a lot of those binaries have barely any functionality beyond simple stuff… like “cp” doesn’t have NEARLY as many options as it does on a full distro shell… But at least MobaXterm busybox does have “vi” - one of the first things I do when setting up MobaXterm (I only ever use it on customer Windows jumphost servers) is use “vi” to edit my ~/.ssh/config…
I hardly ever use any other editor than vi in a terminal. Very occasionally I’ll fire up gedit - but mostly as a paste bucket… Thing I hate about gedit, is it only supports the X Select Buffer when pasting (middle button click) - it doesn’t place selections into the X Select Buffer… Wherever I can, I use a terminal - whether that’s on MacOS, Linux or within MobaXterm - ALL of these support (or emulate) the X Select Buffer…
My understanding is copy/paste with mouse uses the Primary Select Buffer…not the Clipboard Buffer.
but
other copy/Paste methods use the Clipboard Buffer
and
in some installations the two buffers are “latched” together, so any method effectively uses both…
Correct me if wrong.?
I dont think one could design a more confusing arrangement if one tried.
Generally - yes - in “X” the select buffer and the clipboard are separate… I was using an app (or a gnome extension?) to unite the two - but found I didn’t need it.
I like it that way. Confuses a lot of Windows users however… When I find that middle button paste doesn’t work everywhere in X on Linux - and go looking for an answer, most of the questions and answers are from Windows users who’ve started using Linux, asking how to DISABLE middle button paste!
MacOS (OS X) also only has a single clipboard, but the default terminal app, “iTerm” and the third party “iTerm2” both automatically put selected text, into the clipboard - and default is for middle button (even though Macs don’t come with a middle button) to paste, clipboard (if it’s text) into the terminal window - just a shame that doesn’t hold true for everything else in MacOS - I have a pair of two-button USB keyboards connected to both my Macs, which I’ve flashed firmware into so that the left button does CMD+C, and the right button does CMD+V.
Also - MobaXterm - by default, puts text selected in a terminal, into the Windows clipboard… I think PuTTY does that too…
Synergy KVM shares clipboard across clients. So if I select some text in a terminal window in MacOS, I can middle button paste it into a window on my Linux machine, whether that’s another terminal, a text editor, Libre Office, or e.g. email client in a web browser window.
Also in Synergy, where my server is my Linux desktop, and my main clients are my personal and work MacBooks, I have mapped the ALT button to “CMD” so that on the Mac clients, ALT+C is copy, and ALT+V is paste… ALT button is in same location as CMD button on a Mac keyboard…
OK, I am getting some understanding.
I read that there is also a Secondary Select Buffer. Never used it? Is it important?
What!!! I could not live without middle button paste.
That is why I put so much effort into spice-vdagent for VM’s.
How does Wayland get on with buffers? I hope it emulates X.