Issue
Leafpad is the default text editor for the LXDE Desktop environment designed to be lightweight and simple. Although I like this design choice, there are some additional features available in other text editors (ex: Notepad++ for Windows) that indeed improve productivity:
in order of importance
- *spell checker
- *macro: simple rec/play keystrokes
- *info bar: total characters/lines and current position
- bracket matching
- multi-tab
- auto-completion
- syntax highlighting
- code folding
(*) indispensable
Question
Is there another text editor for Linux still lightweight and simple to use but with the aforementioned features (specially the indispensable ones)?
Follow up
Mousepad Editor
Following some advices, I've just installed mousepad and it seems that it has only benefits compared to leafpad:
- very easy installation (just
apt install mousepad
) - lightweight: no need to bloat the lxde install with gnome/kde dependencies
- simple, easy and fast
- built-in (no need to install plugins): status bar, bracket matching, multi-tab, syntax highlighting
However, it doesn't solve completely the original issue since there are still some missing features:
- *spell checker
- *keystrokes macro
- auto-completion
- code folding
Operating System
- Debian Strech with LXDE
debian-9.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso