AkelPad
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 AkelPad on Windows XP | |
| Original author(s) | Alexey Kuznetsov (2003-2006) |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Aleksander Shengalts (2006-present) |
| Initial release | August 12, 2003 |
| Stable release | 4.9.8
/ July 18, 2016 [1] |
| Written in | C |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Size | 400KB (executable), 1150KB (installer) |
| Available in | English, Russian (internal), 20 others (using language modules) |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| Website | http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/index.php |
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AkelPad is a small, expandable text editor for Microsoft Windows.
AkelPad is distributed as free and open-source software, hosted on SourceForge where it has been downloaded more than 3 million times.[2]
Unicode and codepages[edit]
AkelPad handles full Unicode files written in UTF-8, UTF-16 (LE or BE), and UTF-32 (LE or BE), and can auto-detect Unicode files with or without a BOM. BOMs (byte order marks) can also be omitted, if desired, from file writing.
Codepages installed on the user's system can be used for reading or writing files; text can also be re-coded into other codepages. AkelPad implements an auto-detection algorithm for the detection of some common codepages used (optional).
AkelPad can also detect non-text (i.e. binary) files and will issue a message. Binary files can, however, be loaded and edited (e.g. internal text) if desired.
Plugins[edit]
The program's architecture is structured to allow external plugins (DLLs) for the extension of AkelPad's capabilities. At present,[when?] 31 plugins are implemented and available on AkelPad's homepage. Some of the more noteworthy plugins are:
- Coder - code folding support, autocomplete support, syntax highlighting and color themes.
- ContextMenu - user can customize the main menu and some context menus.
- ToolBar - implements one or more user-configurable toolbars. ToolBar buttons can access external programs if desired.
- Explorer - embeds Windows Explorer into a separate pane in the user interface.
- Scripts - scripts can access more than 40 internal AkelPad routines (for example, Zen Coding) and can, of course, be user written.
- Hotkeys - user can assign functions to specific keys or key combinations. Functions may be internal to AkelPad, external (i.e. run external applications) or plugin related.
- SpecialChar - toggles (on/off) display of normally invisible special characters, i.e. space, tabs, newline, vertical tabulation, formfeeds and null characters.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "AkelPad 4.9.8 Released".
- ↑ "Project Statistics for AkelPad". SourceForge.net: Geeknet, Inc. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
External links[edit]
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