General Information
Welcome to gnotepad+. gnotepad+ is an easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich, simple HTML and text editor for Unix based systems running X11 and using GTK (the Gimp ToolKit) or GNOME. gnotepad+ was designed to have as little bloat as possible, while still providing many of the common features found in a modern GUI-based text editor. It is still fairly light-weight, especially for the features it offers, and aims to remain that way.
The "+" in gnotepad+ is there to differentiate it from other GTK-based text editors which may call themselves "gnotepad". Additionally, gnotepad+ is not intended to be fancy, so it leverages its text editing capabilities on the GTK Text Widget. Hence, if you are looking for a programmers's editor, look for another text editor or help improve the GTK Text Widget.
Installation
See the file 'INSTALL' for instructions.
Requirements
- A Unix-based operating system with X-Windows.
- A stable version of GTK correctly installed. Versions that are known to work include gtk+-1.0.5 and 1.0.6, and 1.2.0. CVS versions are not supported. If you do not have GTK, you can get it at http://www.gtk.org.
- An ANSI C compiler (e.g., gcc will work).
- Optionally, you may have GNOME installed on your system (see www.gnome.org).
Features
- Multiple windows, multiple documents
- Complete preferences system (no need to edit any config files)
- HTML tag insertions and editing dialogs
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Recent document menu
- Popup Document list
- Popup Window list
- Popup Messages box
- GNOME support (session management, dialogs, menus, etc.)
- LibGLADE support
- Menu accelerators that work
- Document autosave
- Document backup before saving
- HTML viewing using the gtk-xmhtml widget
- Save window size and position
- File locking using fcntl() or flock()
- Other configurable options: toolbars, document tabs, etc.
- Fairly clean code that's actually commented/documented!
How to report bugs
Please send email directly to the author (see the AUTHORS file). In the subject, please include the words "gnotepad+ bug:" at the start, followed by a brief subject line.
In the email, please include the following information:
- Send the output from 'gnp --info'
- Some information about your system. For example:
- What operating system and version
- What version of X
- For Linux, what version of the C library
- If you know, the version of the compiler
And anything else you think is relevant.
- Describe the bug itself. Did gnotepad+ crash? If so, what was the text/message that was printed out when it happened?
- Can you reproduce the bug? If so, please provide the exact steps to reproduce it.
- Anything else which you think is helpful.
Contacting the author
When sending email, please put "gnotepad+" at the beginning of the subject line, followed by what it is regarding gnotepad+ (e.g,. "gnotepad+ patch", "gnotepad+ comment"). See the AUTHORS file for contact information.
URL's
Homepage : http://gnotepad.sourceforge.net