DigiPad is a simple terminal mode text editor for Linux systems. It has been developed in C++ and uses the nCurses library. It features menus(for new users) as well as fastkeys(keyboard shortcuts for advanced users).

I wrote it as a lab project for the VTU System Software Lab. DigiPad is released under the GNU General Public License.

Features

• Drop down menus
• Fastkeys (keyboard shortcuts)
• File operations - new, open, save, save as, delete
• Edit functions - insert/delete char, word or line
• Find
• Goto line
• Begin and end of file
• Shell mode
• Inbuilt help window

Download

DigiPad 0.2.2

• dp-0.2.2.tar.gz [46 KB]
• dp-0.2.2.zip [47 KB]

You can also download the project report. [43 KB]

Older versions of DigiPad before 0.2.2

• dp-old.tar.gz [82 KB]
• dp-old.zip [95 KB]

For instructions on uncompressing and compiling see help.

Help

To unzip the files

• For .tar.gz files use
  $ gunzip dp-0.2.2.tar.gz
$ tar -xvf dp-0.2.2.tar
• For .zip files use
  $ unzip dp-0.2.2.zip

To compile, just type make

If you still have problems then please contact me.

Screenshots

Thanks

A big thanks to all these people.

• The friendly people on LIP mailing list for their help on even the dumbest doubts
• ESR and others for nCurses and it's documentation
• Linus for Linux ;-)