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-# Introduction
-
-## Overview
-
-![Textadept](images/textadept.png)
-
-Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text
-editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and [Lua][] and
-relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an
-ideal editor for programmers who want endless extensibility options without
-sacrificing speed or succumbing to code bloat and featuritis.
-
-[Lua]: http://lua.org
-
-### Fast
-
-Textadept is _fast_. It starts up instantly and has a very responsive user
-interface (UI). Even though the editor is mostly written in Lua, Lua is one of
-the fastest scripting languages available. With [LuaJIT][], Textadept is faster
-than ever before, though using LuaJIT is overkill.
-
-[LuaJIT]: http://luajit.org
-
-### Minimalist
-
-Textadept is minimalist. Not only is this apparent in the UI, but the editor's C
-core was designed to never exceed 2000 lines of code and its Lua extension code
-is not supposed to go beyond 4000 lines. After 4 1/2 years of development,
-Textadept has fewer lines of code (~5000) than it did in its first release
-(~5600) and is vastly superior in every respect.
-
-### Ridiculously Extensible
-
-Textadept is ridiculously extensible. It was designed to be that way from the
-very beginning. The features came later. Most of Textadept is written in Lua,
-from syntax highlighting to opening and saving files to searching and replacing
-and more. Textadept gives you complete control over the entire application using
-Lua. You can do everything from moving the caret to changing menus and key
-commands on-the-fly to handling UI events. The possibilities are limitless.
-
-![Split Views](images/splitviews.png)
-
-## Manual Notation
-
-* `~/` is denoted as the user's home directory. On Windows machines this is the
- value of the `USERHOME` environment variable (typically `C:\Users\<username>\`
- or `C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\`). On Linux and Mac OSX machines it
- is the value of `HOME` (typically `/home/<username>/` and `/Users/<username>/`
- respectively).
-* Any relative directory paths, i.e. paths that do not begin with `/` or `C:\`,
- are relative to the location of Textadept.
-* Key combinations are not case-sensitive. `Ctrl+N` means the `N` key is pressed
- with only the `Control` key being held down, not the `Shift` key.
- `Ctrl+Shift+N` means the `N` key is pressed with both `Control` and `Shift`
- keys being held down. The same notation is applicable to key chains:
- `Ctrl+N, N` vs. `Ctrl+N, Shift+N`. In the first key chain, `Control` and `N`
- are pressed followed by `N` with no modifiers. The second has `Control` and
- `N` pressed followed by `Shift` and `N`.
-* When mentioning key commands, the Mac OSX equivalent will often be shown in
- parenthesis. It may be tempting to assume that some Windows/Linux keys map to
- Mac OSX's (e.g `Ctrl` to `⌘`), but this is not always the case. Please do not
- view the key equivalents as translations of one another, but rather as
- separate entities. This will minimize confusion.