
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).  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.
- The latest version of GTK correctly installed.  Both the stable and
  development versions work.  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).


Features
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- Multiple windows, multiple documents
- Complete preferences system (no need to edit any config files)
- Recent document menu
- Popup Document list
- Popup Window list
- Popup Messages box
- Menu accelerators that work
- Document autosave
- Save window size and position
- File locking using fcntl() or flock()
- Other configurable options: toolbars, document tabs, etc.
- Lots of other miscellaneous goodies
- 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/
