I am using msysgit in Windows 7. How do I invoke notepad++ from Git Bash, like we do it with our default notepad?
Like for example
name@usename notepad textfile.t
@SageMage's answer is right on spot.
Just a reminder. You need to close and reopen GitBash after after you make a change in .bashrc in order for it to be activated.
PS: After two years, I hope this helped!
these are the faster ways to achieve the goal
start notepad++
start notepad++ <filename>
alias np='start notepad++'
np <filename>
tried and tested, just do it!
In your .bash profile add
alias myeditor="'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe'"
Give "\\" instead of "\".
In your git bash just add:
alias npp='notepad++ -multiInst -nosession'
I hope this works.
So, by default you won't have a .bashrc file so just navigate your to your home directory by typing:
cd ~
create or edit the .bashrc with vim (or whatever editor you are comfortable with):
vim .bashrc
Here is the line I had to add to mine (I am running a 64 bit OS so if you aren't don't copy this exactly)
alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"
If your copy of windows is 32 bit then it should look like this
alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"
Finally, close and reopen your terminal/bash (or, as noted, run source ~/.bashrc
), and voila!
I added the Notepad++ folder to my path, so I can just type notepad++
$ which notepad++
/c/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++