Mousepad (software)

Mousepad is a graphical text editor written for Xfce, a Linux desktop environment.[7] The program has a small footprint, similar to Leafpad,[7] but has additional features such as plugins, search history and automatic reloading.[8] The name Mousepad is derived from the mouse in Xfce's logo.[9]

For the surface used with computer mice, see Mousepad.
Mousepad
Original author(s)Erik Harrison, Benedikt Meurer, Tarot Osuji[1]
Developer(s)Erik Harrison, Nick Schermer, Benedikt Meurer, Matthew Brush, Gaël Bonithon[1]
Initial releaseApril 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)[2]
Stable release
0.6.1[3] / May 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)
Repositorygitlab.xfce.org/apps/mousepad
Written inGTK[3]
Operating systemUnix-like
Platformx86 64, aarch64, ppc64, i686, ARMhf[4]
Included withXfce
PredecessorLeafpad
Size436.2 kB[5]
TypeText editor
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[6]
Websitedocs.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/

Mousepad was originally written as a fork of an existing text editor, Leafpad,[10] to improve support for printing.[11][12] It was rewritten in December 2012 with version 0.3.0, which replaced the original code with a complete rewrite.[13]

Though written for Linux, Mousepad is has been ported to FreeBSD[14] and is also available for macOS via MacPorts,[15] and Microsoft Windows via Cygwin.[16] It is the default text editor for Linux distributions that use Xfce, such as Xubuntu.[17] Kali Linux uses Mousepad as its default text editor, but modifies the code to add a newline at the end of files so that they are POSIX-compliant and do not merge when printing multiple files back-to-back.[18]

Features

In addition to plugin support,[8] Mousepad has features including tabs,[19] copy and paste, Undo/Redo, drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts,[20] printing, UTF-8 support, line numbers, searching capabilities (with a replace option), font selection, word wrap, automatic and multi-line indent, and both auto character coding detection and manual codeset options.[21]

Dependencies

Compiling Mousepad requires gtksourceview4-4.8.3, which is a library for GTK+ text and visuals, and is used for installing themes.[22] DConf-0.40.0, a dconf package, and dbus-glib-0.112, a GLib tool to interface with D-Bus, are both optional dependencies, along with gspell, a spell-checker, and libxfce4ui, which may be used to display a widget in the XFCE desktop environment.[23][24]

References
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  7. Germain, Jack M. (August 22, 2012). "For Modest Mousepad, Simplicity Is Both Virtue and Vexation". Linux Insider. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  8. Nestor, Marius (May 2, 2022). "Roundup of Xfce's Apps Update for April 2022: New Releases of Mousepad, Xfce Terminal, and Thunar". Linux Today. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  9. Kowalewski, Hubert (2008-07-01). "Conceptual blending and sign formation". Public Journal of Semiotics. 2 (2): 30–51. doi:10.37693/pjos.2008.2.8826. ISSN 1918-9907. Archived from the original on 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  10. "Template file for 'mousepad'". GitHub. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022. Simple text editor for Xfce based on Leafpad
  11. Wallen, Jack (May 5, 2010). "Mousepad: A variation on the Leafpad theme". Ghacks. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  12. "Package: mousepad (0.5.10-1)". packages.debian.org. Debian. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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  15. "Install mousepad on macOS with MacPorts". MacPorts.org. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  16. "Cygwin Package Summary for mousepad". Cygwin.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  17. "Review – Xubuntu 19.10" (PDF). Full Circle Magazine. November 2019. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
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  19. "Mousepad : A Simple And Useful Text Editor For Linux Mint". IHaveAPC.com. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  20. McManus, Sean; Cook, Mike (2021). Raspberry Pi For Dummies (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. p. 71. ISBN 978-1119796824. OCLC 1250377754. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
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  22. King, Bertel (June 20, 2017). "Write or Code Faster in Your Linux Text Editor With Custom Themes". MakeUseOf. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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