This is a text editor built using FLTK GUI library and C++. It is heavily based on the default
FLTK text editor widget, Fl_Text_Editor, which in turn is based on the NEdit
editor. It is designed to be cross-platform, but so far I have only tested builds
on macOS.
The editor itself is pretty bare-bones. Here are some of the features (this list
can also be found in test.txt, the default file opened when the program starts):
- Line numbers
- Custom coloring of text and background
- Menus that show keyboard shortcuts
- Support for macOS's menu system (menu is on the taskbar instead of in-window)
- Save, Save As, and Open operations for files using CMD-S, CMD-Shift-S, and CMD-O
- Emacs-like "Next word" and "Prior word" with CMD-F and CMD-B
- Basic support for font-loading; right now, the program is configured to use Monaco, a monospace font on macOS.
- Indication as to when the current buffer has been edited
To build and install the app, you first must clone the repository, then
install the fltk git module.
Building the program should be as simple as running make. This will build the FLTK static library if necessary.
Note: fltk is included as a git submodule in this repo, not as a shared library in the standard system install location (e.g. /usr/lib). This makes it
simpler to install and reinstall the fltk submodule, and also reduces the chance
that the app will conflict with any other shared libraries/package managers.
I hope that you find this project interesting (and maybe useful)!