Invoking notepad++ from Git Bash

Question

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

Answer 1

@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!

Answer 2

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!

Answer 3

In your .bash profile add

alias myeditor="'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe'"

Give "\\" instead of "\".

Answer 4

In your git bash just add:

alias npp='notepad++ -multiInst -nosession'

I hope this works.

Answer 5

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!

Answer 6

I added the Notepad++ folder to my path, so I can just type notepad++

$ which notepad++
/c/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++