Friday, January 27, 2017
How to Install Leafpad Text Editor in Ubuntu 11 04 Natty Narwhal
How to Install Leafpad Text Editor in Ubuntu 11 04 Natty Narwhal
Both Unity and the Gnome classic desktop share the same text editor in Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (oh oh :P) which is called Gedit (the default text editor that comes with Gnome actually). It loads fast and has a lot of options (can even handle some HTML files) thus its a powerful text editor without a doubt.
But if youre looking for something thats much more simpler than that, that which uses less resources, then Leafpad is the one to call for :). Leafpad actually comes as a part of the LXDE desktop (a light weight desktop for GNU/Linux) and in comparison with Gedit or many others, it has very little options (no preference window at all), one of the fast loading ones + uses very little system resources as well.
Main Features...
*. Running more than one instance is supported (new windows), although tabs are not implemented there, yet which would have been nice otherwise.
*. Search and replace words/text.
*. Change font, word-wrap and display lines.
*. Cut/Copy/Delete and Undo/Redo ability.
*. Auto indent.
*. Open and save in few different file formats.
*. Print preview (and send to printing from its window).
*. Drag-n-drog support.
Thats about it. You cant change the background or any other look-n-feel of the text editor but for its purpose its quite good, I guess.
You can install leafpad text editor in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 10.10 and 10.04 by using the below command in your Terminal window.
sudo apt-get install leafpadBut as said, remember, this cannot fully replace Gedit or Kate (Qt/KDEs text editor) for instance because of the lack of few minor options but that being said, if youre looking for something thats fast like hell and minimal distractions + low on resources, then Leafpad is something worth giving a shot :). Enjoy!.
Available link for download
