README.md
1# FeatherPad
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3## Overview
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5FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan <tsujan2000@gmail.com>) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:
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7 * Drag-and-drop support, including tab detachment and attachment;
8 * X11 virtual desktop awareness (using tabs on current desktop but opening a new window on another);
9 * An optionally permanent search-bar with a different search entry for each tab;
10 * Instant highlighting of found matches when searching;
11 * A docked window for text replacement;
12 * Support for showing line numbers and jumping to a specific line;
13 * Optional selection highlighting;
14 * Automatic detection of text encoding as far as possible and optional saving with encoding;
15 * Syntax highlighting for common programming languages;
16 * Ability to open URLs with appropriate applications;
17 * Session management;
18 * Side-pane mode;
19 * Auto-saving;
20 * Spell checking with Hunspell;
21 * Printing;
22 * Text zooming;
23 * Appropriate but non-interrupting prompts; and
24 * Other features that can be found in its settings, on its menus or when it is actually used.
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26Please see [INSTALL](INSTALL) for instructions on compilation, installation and translation!
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28FeatherPad was written in GTK+ at first, then ported to Qt with more features. Its homepage is <https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad>.
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30## Credits
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32Haiku OS support is added by [khallebal at GitHub](https://github.com/khallebal).
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34macOS support is added by [Pavel Shlyak](https://github.com/shlyakpavel).
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36OS/2 support is added by [josch1710 at GitHub](https://github.com/josch1710).
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38## Screenshots
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40The 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:
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README_OS2.md
1# FeatherPad for OS/2 (by josch1710)
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3## Clipboard
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5The Qt5 port doesn't support the system clipboard, yet
6(cf https://github.com/bitwiseworks/qtbase-os2/issues/123).
7Because of this, FeatherPad can't support the system clipboard, either.
8The application clipboard will work, though.
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10## Command line
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12Because of limitation of Presentation Manager application, you will not see
13any output on the command line. If you want to see the help or version strings
14on the command line, you have to redirect the output, e.g. `featherpad -h | tee -`.
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16## Miscellanea
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18* This port was made by Jochen Schäfer <os2@joschs-robotics.de>. You find OS/2 binaries
19 on [my GitHub repository](https://github.com/josch1710/FeatherPad/releases).
20* The application icon was made by the great David Graser from the original.
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