What are the advantages of Sublime Text over Notepad++ and vice-versa?

Lots of friends have suggested me to start using Sublime Text instead of Notepad++, but I've been happy so far with Notepad++. I use Notepad++ mainly for quick editing files (Haskell, Python, C#, HTML, JS, CSS, etc.), copying & paste pieces of text and running macros on it, etc.

What are the main differences in the feature set of Sublime Text and Notepad++?

One thing that should be considered is licensing.

Notepad++ is free (as in speech and as in beer) for perpetual use, released under the GPL license, whereas Sublime Text 2 requires a license.

To quote the Sublime Text 2 website:

> ..a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no > enforced time limit for the evaluation.

The same is now true of Sublime Text 3, and a paid upgrade will be needed for future versions.

> Upgrade Policy > A license is valid for Sublime Text 3, and includes all > point updates, as well as access to prior versions (e.g., Sublime Text > 2). Future major versions, such as Sublime Text 4, will be a paid > upgrade.

This licensing requirement is still correct as of Dec 2019.

Main advantage for me is that Sublime Text 2 is almost the same, and has the same features on Windows, Linux and OS X. Can you claim that about Notepad++? It makes me move from one OS to another seamlessly.

Then there is speed. Sublime Text 2, which people claim is buggy and unstable ( 3 is more stable ), is still amazingly fast. If you use it, you will realize how fast it is.

Sublime Text 2 has some neat features like multi cursor input, multiple selections etc that will make you immensely productive.

Good number of plugins and themes, and also support for those of Textmate means you can do anything with Sublime Text 2. I have moved from Notepad++ to Sublime Text 2 on Windows and haven't looked back. The real question for me has been - Sublime Text 2 or vim?

What's good on Notepad++ side - it loads much faster on Windows for me. Maybe it will be good enough for you for quick editing. But, again, Sublime Text 3 is supposed to be faster on this front too. Sublime text 2 is not really good when it comes to handling huge files, and I had found that Notepad++ was pretty good till certain size of files. And, of course, Notepad++ is free. Sublime Text 2 has unlimited trial.

It's best if you judge on your own,

1. Sublime works on Mac & Linux that may be its plus point, with VI mode that makes things easily searchable for the VI lover(UNIX & Linux).

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Initial observation revealed that everything else should work fine and almost similar;(with help of available plugins in notepad++)

Some Variation: Some user find plugins useful for PHP coders on that

http://codelikeapoem.com/2013/01/goodbye-notepad-hellooooo-sublime-text.html

although, there are many plugins for Notepad Plus Plus ..

I am not sure of your requirements, nor I am promoter of either of these editors :)

So, judge on basis of your requirements, this should satisfy you query...

Yes we can add that both are evolving and changing fast..