Comments on: Edit Files "Live" Via FTP With Notepad++ [How-To]

By: Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:08:29 +0000

Thanks. Nice post. Always wanted something like that; have been using Notepad++ for quite sometime now but never noticed this … lol …

By: jlemm

jlemm — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:15:33 +0000

Be warned, if Notepad++ crashes during an edit of a remote file, you will lose the content of that file (happened to me a couple of times and I lost valuable code this way).
So keep a copy or don’t use Notepad++ for remote file editing until it becomes more stable.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:04:10 +0000

It doesn’t look like FTP is normally included, at least with the latest version of Notepad++, at least under Windows. I just freshly installed Notepad++ v5.5.1 and there isn’t a “small yellow folder icon at top” as pictured.

I eventually found that what’s missing is the FTP_Synchronize plug-in. I found a link to download it from this page:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notepad-plus/index.php?title=Plugin_Central

The download had a FTP_Synchronize.dll file that needs to be copied to C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins.

By: Paulo Miranda

Paulo Miranda — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:46:31 +0000

Thanks, it really helped a lot! Simple and cool post!

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:20:19 +0000

On the Linux side, gedit pretty much does everything Notepad++ does (it has a plugin system so it can be extended out quite a bit.)

The “trick,” if you will when running Notepad++ on Win Vista or 7 is for editing files via FTP “live,” on creation of an FTP profile, check the box for “Use Profile Cache” and specify a folder somewhere in My Documents (I suggest creating a folder for each FTP site you use.) On XP this isn’t necessary, but on Vista/7 it’s more or less required because of writing permissions stuff.

If it’s local files you having issues with, click Settings / Preferences, hit the “New Document/Open Save Directory” tab, see the bottom and specify the My Documents folder as your edit dir. This should take care of any crash issues. Also, if you’re editing a lot of UNIX-specific text files, tick the option for “Unix” under format in that same tab.

By: weehawker

weehawker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:57:09 +0000

I think Notepad++ is great. If there was a Linux version, I’d probably use that on my home system. But a couple of times lately, Notepad++ has crashed and the open file got lost: saved with zero bytes! I know windows sucks and all, but is there a way to prevent this from happening?

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:44:32 +0000

The “new” part is to set up your FTP access in Notepad++. After logging in, you double-click any editable ASCII file (php, html, etc.) on the remote file list, Notepad++ will local-cache it temporarily while you make your edits. When you save, it will save the changes in the cache, then upload the updated file direct to the server.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:09:09 +0000

I don’t get it. How you use “new file -> save as” to create a new file on the ftp? The save dialog is just a standard windows dialog with no place to select the ftp?

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:03 +0000

I guess I should have mentioned that. Not the most elegant thing in the world but it works.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:51:46 +0000

Aah sry, you can, just create new file and “Save as”