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Leafpad - GTK+ based simple text editor


Description
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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.


Features
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  * 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


Installation
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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.


Keybindings
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Ctrl-N                          New
Ctrl-O                          Open
Ctrl-S                          Save
Shift-Ctrl-S                    Save As
Ctrl-W                          Close
Ctrl-P                          Print
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