Leafpad - GTK+ based simple text editor
Leafpad is a simple GTK+ text editor that emphasizes simplicity. As development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential features are implemented in the editor. Leafpad is simple to use, is easily compiled, requires few libraries, and starts up quickly.
This program is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, see the file 'COPYING' for more information.
- Codeset option (Some OpenI18N registered)
- Auto codeset detection (UTF-8 and some codesets)
- Unlimitted Undo/Redo
- Auto/Multi-line Indent
- Display line numbers
- Drag and Drop
- Printing
Leafpad requires GTK+-2.x.x libraries. Printing feature requires libgnomeprintui-2.2 optionally.
Simple install procedure:
$ tar xzvf leafpad-x.x.x.tar.gz # unpack the sources
$ cd leafpad-x.x.x # change to the toplevel directory
$ ./configure # run the `configure' script
$ make # build Leafpad
[ Become root if necessary ]
# make install-strip # install Leafpad
See the file 'INSTALL' for more detailed information.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-N | New |
| Ctrl-O | Open |
| Ctrl-S | Save |
| Shift-Ctrl-S | Save As |
| Ctrl-W | Close |
| Ctrl-P | |
| Ctrl-Q | Quit |
| Ctrl-Z | Undo |
| Shift-Ctrl-Z (Ctrl-Y) | Redo |
| Ctrl-X | Cut |
| Ctrl-C | Copy |
| Ctrl-V | Paste |
| Ctrl-A | Select All |
| Ctrl-F | Find |
| Ctrl-G (F3) | Find Next |
| Shift-Ctrl-G (Shift-F3) | Find Previous |
| Ctrl-H (Ctrl-R) | Replace |
| Ctrl-J | Jump To |
| Ctrl-T | Always on Top |
| Ctrl-Tab | Toggle tab width |
| Tab with selection bound | Multi-line indent |
| Shift-Tab with selection bound | Multi-line unindent |