| Textadept | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Mitchell |
| Release | 2007 |
| Stable release | 12.9[1] 
/ 1 October 2025 |
| Written in | C, C++, Lua |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | MIT |
| Website | orbitalquark |
| Repository | |
Textadept is a free software minimalist text editor designed for computer programming. Distributed under the MIT license, it is written in C, C++ and Lua and is extensible using Lua.[2] Textadept can use either a graphical user interface or a text-based user interface when running in a terminal window. Textadept uses the Scintilla editing component. Textadept's developer makes the curses wrapper library for Scintilla used by Textadept available separately.[3]
Similar to Emacs, Textadept is deeply extensible; the Lua API has access to any subsystem of the program. Despite this, the developer states that one of his goals is for the C portion to not exceed 2000 lines of code and for the Lua portion to never exceed 4000 lines. When running in a graphical interface Textadept purposely does not save window size or position, leaving this up to the window manager.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Release 12.9". 1 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Review: Textadept". Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ "Scinterm". Retrieved 2026-06-09.
External links
edit- Textadept home page
- Webupd8 review
- Free software directory entry
- Textredux, a module providing text-based interfaces for core Textadept functionality
- Textadept Language Lexers, Impression and tips on extending language support
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