Textadept

Programmer's text editor using Scintilla
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Written inC, C++, LuaOperating systemLinux, BSD, Microsoft Windows, macOSTypeText editorLicenseMITWebsiteorbitalquark.github.io/textadept

Textadept is a free software minimalist text editor designed for computer programming. Distributed under the MIT license, it is written in C, C++ and Lua and is extensible using Lua.[1] Textadept can use either a graphical user interface or a text-based user interface when running in a terminal window. Textadept uses the Scintilla editing component. Textadept's developer makes the curses wrapper library for Scintilla used by Textadept available separately.[2]

Similar to Emacs, Textadept is deeply extensible; the Lua API has access to any subsystem of the program. Despite this, the developer states that one of his goals is for the C portion to not exceed 2000 lines of code and for the Lua portion to never exceed 4000 lines. When running in a graphical interface Textadept purposely does not save window size or position, leaving this up to the window manager.

See also

  • Free and open-source software portal

References

  1. ^ "Review: Textadept". Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  2. ^ "Scinterm". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  • Textadept home page
  • Webupd8 review
  • Free software directory entry
  • Textredux, a module providing text-based interfaces for core Textadept functionality
  • Textadept Language Lexers, Impression and tips on extending language support


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