mrtejas / goatpad

A simple GUI Notepad Application in Java

GoatPad

This is a simple Notepad GUI application for text editing purposes. The whole code is written in Java and uses the GUI packages of Java to build the application as it is seen.

The main files in the repository are :-

• Notepad.java
• Load.java
• Save.java

Features of the Application

The application stores the files in .txt format only. It merely acts as an interface between the user and the .txt files. The basic features that the application includes are :-

1. Creating a New File
2. Saving a File (with its desired name)
3. Loading a File into the Editor

Future Developments

A bunch of features are to be added to the application. Some of these are :-

• Bold, Italic and Underline Features
• Font and Font Size
• Renaming a File
• Shortcut Keys

Running the Application

After downloading the repository in the user's machine, the Application can be run be creating an object of the Notepad class. A constructor for this task is already created. Depending on the user's platform for running the Application, it can be run by directly creating an object (as in BlueJ) or by running these commands in the GoatPad directory of the Windows Powershell.

javac Notepad.java

java Notepad

Note : For running the application, JDK is required

Images of the Application

• Editor Window

• Opening a File

• Saving a File

This application is made by Tejas Srivastava