
General Information
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Welcome to gnotepad+.  gnotepad+ is an easy-to-use, yet fairly feature-rich,
simple text editor for Unix based systems running X11 and using GTK (the Gimp
ToolKit) or GNOME.  gnotepad+ was designed to have as little bloat as possible,
while still providing many of the common features found in a modern GUI-based
text editor.  It is still fairly light-weight, especially for the features it
offers, and aims to remain that way.

The "+" in gnotepad+ is there to differentiate it from other GTK-based text
editors which may call themselves "gnotepad".  Additionally, gnotepad+ is not
intended to be fancy, so it leverages its text editing capabilities on the GTK
Text Widget.  Hence, if you are looking for a programmers's editor, look for
another text editor or help improve the GTK Text Widget.


Installation
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See the file 'INSTALL' for instructions.


Requirements
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- A Unix-based operating system with X-Windows.
- A *stable* version of GTK correctly installed.  Versions that are known to
  work include gtk+-1.0.5 and 1.0.6, and 1.2.0.  CVS versions are not
  supported.  If you do not have GTK, you can get it at http://www.gtk.org.
- An ANSI C compiler (e.g., gcc will work).
- Optionally, you may have GNOME installed on your system (see www.gnome.org).


Features
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- Multiple windows, multiple documents
- Complete preferences system (no need to edit any config files)
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Recent document menu
- Popup Document list
- Popup Window list
- Popup Messages box
- Menu accelerators that work
- Document autosave
- Document backup before saving
- HTML viewing using the gtk-xmhtml widget
- Save window size and position
- File locking using fcntl() or flock()
- GNOME support
- Other configurable options: toolbars, document tabs, etc.
- Fairly clean code that's actually commented/documented!


How to report bugs
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Please send email directly to the author (see the AUTHORS file).  In the
subject, please include the words "gnotepad+ bug:" at the start, followed by
a brief subject line.

In the email, please include the following information:

- Send the output from 'gnp --info'

- Some information about your system.  For example:

	- What operating system and version
	- What version of X
	- For Linux, what version of the C library
	- If you know, the version of the compiler

  And anything else you think is relevant.

- Describe the bug itself.  Did gnotepad+ crash?  If so, what was the
  text/message that was printed out when it happened?

- Can you reproduce the bug?  If so, please provide the exact steps to
  reproduce it.

- Anything else which you think is helpful.


Contacting the author
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When sending email, please put "gnotepad+" at the beginning of the subject
line, followed by what it is regarding gnotepad+ (e.g,. "gnotepad+ patch",
"gnotepad+ comment").  See the AUTHORS file for contact information.


URL's
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Homepage       : http://members.xoom.com/ackahn/gnp/
Debian 2.x pkgs: ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/people/joey/debian/
