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- | {{ :apps: | + | {{ :xfce:xfce.mousepad.png?no link|}} |
====== Mousepad ====== | ====== Mousepad ====== | ||
Mousepad is a simple text editor for Xfce | Mousepad is a simple text editor for Xfce | ||
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+ | * **[[#Manual actions required for some version changes|Manual actions required for some version changes]]** | ||
* **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** | * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** | ||
* **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** | * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** | ||
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- | ===== The Mousepad Mission | + | ===== Introduction |
- | **Mousepad** aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor. Our target is an | + | Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor. Our target is an |
editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an | editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an | ||
editor with a huge bunch of plugins. On the other hand we try to use the latest | editor with a huge bunch of plugins. On the other hand we try to use the latest | ||
GTK features available, which means that if GTK adds something new in a major | GTK features available, which means that if GTK adds something new in a major | ||
release that is useful for the editor, we will likely bump the GTK dependency | release that is useful for the editor, we will likely bump the GTK dependency | ||
- | and integrate this new feature in **Mousepad**. | + | and integrate this new feature in Mousepad. |
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===== Screenshots ===== | ===== Screenshots ===== | ||
<figure "Main window"> | <figure "Main window"> | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | <figure "View Preferences"> | + | <figure " |
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- | <figure " | ||
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- | <figure " | + | <figure " |
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</ | </ | ||
- | ---- | + | <figure " |
- | ===== Latest Release ===== | + | {{:apps:mousepad: |
- | ==== 0.4.2 (2019/ | + | </ |
- | [[https:// | + | |
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- | ===== Getting it ===== | + | ===== Settings |
- | The normal (and best) way to get the Mousepad application is to use the package manager or port system of your operating system. | + | |
- | If Mousepad | + | The preferences dialog shown above is the easiest way to set Mousepad |
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+ | All these settings, plus some " | ||
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+ | From the command line, you can use '' | ||
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+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then, to enable e.g. automatic indentation, | ||
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+ | | ||
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+ | See '' | ||
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+ | For technical reasons, to access plugin preferences, | ||
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+ | | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | dconf dump / | ||
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+ | See '' | ||
+ | ==== Printing ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The settings for printing are treated separately, in the file '' | ||
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+ | NB: Before Mousepad 0.5.6, you must first create the configuration file if it does not exist: | ||
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+ | >> ~/ | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Keybindings ===== | ||
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+ | After its first use, Mousepad will generate the file '' | ||
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+ | As of version 0.5.9, Mousepad has a shortcuts editor that can be accessed from the " | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Theming ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As of version 0.5.9, Mousepad has a CSS style class " | ||
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+ | .mousepad { color: red; } | ||
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+ | It is also possible to mitigate some bugs by this way, like scrollbar grabbing when Mousepad is maximized (see https:// | ||
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+ | .mousepad.maximized > box > notebook > stack, | ||
+ | .mousepad.maximized > box > notebook > stack > scrolledwindow { | ||
+ | border-left: | ||
+ | border-right: | ||
+ | } | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Required packages ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mousepad depends on the following packages: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mousepad optionally depends on the following packages: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ===== Manual actions required for some version changes ===== | ||
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+ | As of version **0.5.4**, Mousepad is likely to use GtkSourceView 4 (this is decided at compile time by the packager). If this is the case, the custom themes must be copied | ||
+ | |||
+ | mkdir -p ~/ | ||
+ | cp ~/ | ||
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+ | As of version **0.5.7**, the name of the Mousepad launcher has changed | ||
+ | |||
+ | sed -Ei.bak ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The original mime type file will be kept as '' | ||
+ | ===== Latest Release ===== | ||
+ | {{rss> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **[[https:// | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
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[[https:// | [[https:// | ||
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===== Reporting Bugs ===== | ===== Reporting Bugs ===== |