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https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad

Lightweight Qt Plain-Text Editor for Linux
https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad

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Lightweight Qt Plain-Text Editor for Linux

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# FeatherPad

## Overview

FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan ) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

* Drag-and-drop support, including tab detachment and attachment;
* X11 virtual desktop awareness (using tabs on current desktop but opening a new window on another);
* An optionally permanent search-bar with a different search entry for each tab;
* Instant highlighting of found matches when searching;
* A docked window for text replacement;
* Support for showing line numbers and jumping to a specific line;
* Optional selection highlighting;
* Syntax highlighting for common programming languages;
* Ability to open URLs with appropriate applications;
* Session management;
* Side-pane mode;
* Auto-saving;
* Spell checking with Hunspell;
* Printing;
* Text zooming;
* Appropriate but non-interrupting prompts; and
* Other features that can be found in its settings, on its menus or when it is actually used.

Please see [INSTALL](INSTALL) for instructions on compilation, installation and translation!

FeatherPad was written in GTK+ at first, then ported to Qt with more features. Its homepage is .

## Credits

Haiku OS support is added by [khallebal at GitHub](https://github.com/khallebal).

macOS support is added by [Pavel Shliak](https://github.com/shlyakpavel).

OS/2 support is added by [josch1710 at GitHub](https://github.com/josch1710).

## Screenshots

The active Qt widget style determines the look and feel of every Qt application. The following screenshots are taken with a Kvantum theme and the dark color scheme of FeatherPad:

![Tabs](screenshots/Tabs.png?raw=true "Tabs")
![Side-Pane](screenshots/Side-Pane.png?raw=true "Side-Pane")