Hi, I need a good replacement for Notepad2/++.

SCiTE feels slow, and Mousepad doesn't have syntax highlighting. Nedit (Or was that Gedit...) had this ugly CDE theme, and even if I change it it's crappy.

It needs to be REALLY light, can syntax highlight Python, Ruby, Perl, and (X)HTML/CSS and XML. XML/XHTML/HTML/CSS are higher priority than the rest, but the others would be great to have too.

Oh, and it needs to be easily customisable, (Colour-schemes especially) possibly with line-numbering too.

I've done a good amount of Googling, but most of it is dead ends.

Alternatively, how hard would it be to port Notepad2 to Linux?

Real Linux users learn Vim.

Vim/GVim does all you need I think.

ive never used notepad2, but would it work to run it through wine ?

Have you tried Kate or KWrite? They're basically two different interfaces to the same program, and I think they both do everything you described here.

What do you mean "Real Linux users"? As someone who does not use Vim, I find your assertion that I am not real deeply offensive. I definitely am real!

You call yourself a linux user and you don't use vim?
Get real.

Vim scares me. I was never a fan of the whole 2+ modes. (Input, code, and a few others methinks)

Notepad2 doesn't do too good with Wine.

KWrite seems to have merged into Kate according to Wikipedia. I'll give Kate & KWrite (If I can find a .deb) a shot, though.

Have you looked at this yet? I tried to find my "perfect text editor" here. This Wikipedia article has every text editor listed that I have heard of. If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist, or isn't worth your trouble.

You don't need to find a deb for Kwrite - just install it using Synaptic or Aptitude:
Since it is a KDE app, it will install some parts of KDE so that it can run.

My personal preference is for GVim. It does everything you describe, + more. It is also quite light weight, and will not need any additional libraries that are not already installed with Xubuntu.

--Ian