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Chapter 2.4.2 Featherpad
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Featherpad is a lightweight text editor.
It supports:
- tabs
- syntax highlighting
- autoindent
- autobracket
- line numbers
- search with find/replace
- undo and redo
Useage
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If you wish to open a text file press the button that looks like a black and white folder or press control + o to open a file. To open a new file press the button that looks like a piece of paper with a plus sign. To save your file after typing in the main part of the window press the button that looks like a floppy disk or press controlTo save your file after typing in the main part of the window press the button that looks like a floppy disk or press control +s.
To type things into your text file the main part of the window similar to a word porcessor. If you are programming with featherpad the file extension will probably automatically select the correct syntax highlighting.
To open a new tab and empty text file press the button with a piece of paper with a plus symbol on it. If you wish to close a tab press the red x button.
If you make a mistake and want to undo it press control + z or press the button that looks like a curved arrow pointing towards the left. To redo a change you have undone press the button with a curved arrow pointing towards the right.
To search your text file press Control + F or search find from the menu. Then in the bar on the bottom search for the text you want. Press the down arrow to move to the next result and the up arrow to move for the previous result in the text file. To jump to a particular line in a file press control +j or search jump to or the button that looks like >>. Then in the bar at the bottom type in what line you want to jump to. To find and replace text press control +r or search -> Replace. Type the text you want to Find in the find field and type what you want to put in with the Replace with field and then press enter to finish the finding and replacing through the whole file.
Screenshot
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.. image:: featherpad.png
:width: 80%
Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 0.9.0 of featherpad.
How to Launch
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In the menu go to Acessories -> featherpad or run
.. code::
featherpad
from the command line.