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- Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible - cross-platform text editor. -
-Fast and Minimalist
-- Textadept’s user interface is sleek and simple. Relentlessly - optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, the editor - consists of less than 2000 lines of C code and less than 4000 lines - of Lua code. -
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Cross Platform
-- Textadept runs on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and BSD. It also has a - terminal version, which is ideal for work on remote machines. -
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Remarkably Extensible
-- Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless - extensibility without sacrificing speed or succumbing to code bloat - and featuritis. The editor gives you complete control over the - entire application using the Lua programming language. Everything - from moving the caret to changing menus and key bindings on-the-fly - to handling core events is possible. Its potential is vast. -
-Multiple Language Support
-- Being a programmer’s editor, Textadept excels at editing - source code. It understands the syntax and structure of more than - 100 different programming languages and recognizes hundreds of file - types. Textadept uses this knowledge to make viewing and editing - code faster and easier. It can also compile and run simple source - files. -
-Unlimited Split Views
-- Both the graphical version and the terminal version of Textadept - support unlimited vertical and horizontal view splitting, even of - the same file. -
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Customizable Themes
-- Textadept uses themes to customize its look and feel. It comes with - built-in light, dark, and terminal themes. -
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Code Autocompletion
-- Not only can Textadept autocomplete words in files, but it can also - autocomplete symbols for programming languages and display API - documentation. -
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Keyboard Driven
-- Textadept can be entirely keyboard driven. The editor defines key - bindings for nearly every action. You can easily reassign existing - bindings or create new ones. Keys may be chained together or grouped - into language-specific keys or key modes. -
-Self Contained
-- Textadept’s binary packages are self-contained and need not be - installed. No administrator privilages are required either. -
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Comprehensive Manual
-- Textadept comes with a comprehensive user manual in the - application’s doc/ directory. This manual is also - available online. It covers all of - Textadept’s main features, including installation, usage, - configuration, theming, scripting, and compilation. -
-Exhaustive API Documentation
-- Since Textadept is entirely scriptable with Lua, its API is heavily - documented. This documentation is also located in doc/, is - available online, and is the ultimate - resource on scripting Textadept. (The editor’s Lua internals - also provide abundant scripting examples.) -
-Quick Reference
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- This reference contains a wealth of knowledge on how to script and - configure Textadept using Lua. It groups the editor’s rich API - into a series of tasks in a convenient and easy-to-use manner. It - serves as the perfect complement to Textadept’s Manual and API - documentation. -
-Try It Yourself
-- Learn even more about Textadept by downloading and trying it out - yourself. If you’re not completely satisfied, contact us on - the mailing list or e-mail me - personally (mitchell.att.foicica.com). You may also fork the - project, submit patches, or sponsor a - feature. Textadept is 100% open source. -
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- - Textadept has a proven track record, - with at least one release every 2 months for 8+ years and no signs - of inactivity. Also, as an open-source project, the editor will - never fade away. - -
- - Textadept is a real cross-platform desktop application, backed by a - world-class editing engine that - dozens - of editors and IDEs have depended on for - over 19 - years. - -
- - Textadept is scriptable in a language that was - carefully - designed to run on any platform at high speed and with a - minimal memory footprint. Lua is used everywhere from video games to embedded devices. It is easy to - learn too! - -
- - Textadept is very resource efficient, consuming merely 15MB of RAM - at startup and hardly any CPU while under load. Even with over 20 of - its own source files open at once, Textadept does not exceed 20MB of - RAM usage and has no input lag at all. - -
- - Textadept does not rely on external packages to provide its - functionality and does not depend on a package ecosystem to thrive. - The editor gives you plenty of the tools you need out of the box. - -
- - Textadept has sensible defaults and does not expect you to spend - hours customizing it before you can start being productive. - -
- - With fewer than 30 main source files comprising less than 6000 lines - of heavily documented code, Textadept’s internals are - remarkably easy to read, understand, keep track of, and extend to - your liking. - -
- - Did you see that there is a terminal version in case you need to do - work on a remote server? - -
- - Textadept does not track you. It does not attempt to connect to the - internet. It is just a text editor. - -
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- - *Warning: nightly builds are untested, may have bugs, and are - the absolute cutting-edge versions of Textadept. Do not use them in - production, but for testing purposes only. -
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