Quick Text Editor is - you know - a handy plain text editor intended for simple use and designed to be cross platform. Not the best in its type, but still functional.
Under development. Help is highly appreciated!
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Please don't put the program in a protected folder, as it's designed to be portable. Doing so will cause silent issues with reading/writing permissions.
There is a Fonts folder in the program directory, I recommend installing the JetBrains Mono and Open Sans fonts provided there. They are nice and clean, and work well for this program.
In the program directory, there will be (after the first launch) a config.json file. Its options should be clear, but just in case, here is an explanation of the necessary options:
| Setting | Description |
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| text_font_priority | A list of font types. If the first one is installed, the program will use it; otherwise it'll check the others in the written order (if a font doesn't work, it's either not installed, or there is a typo in its name) |
| ui_font_priority | Same as above, but for UI elements |
| text_font_size | Font size for the text area |
| ui_font_size | Font size for the UI elements |
| indent_size | How many spaces to insert when pressing TAB |
| max_undo | How many undo steps to remember (lower = faster) |
| big_file_size | Minimum file size (MB) to trigger a warning before opening |
| independent_windows | If true, each instance of this editor will spawn its own process. Slightly slower at startup, but recommended if you often open big files If false, then opening multiple small files will be faster (this is experimental; no data loss will happen, but in very exceptional cases, there might be some unexpected behavior) |
To reset settings, simply delete the
config.jsonfile.
You may be able bundle the program using PyInstaller or cx_Freeze, but I recommend using Nuitka to avoid issues; since the program is tuned for it, beside that it provides a small performance gain:
pip install tkinterdnd2, Nuitka
cd "where/main.py/is"
python -m nuitka --deployment --disable-cache=all --standalone --prefer-source-code --noinclude-setuptools-mode=error --plugin-enable=tk-inter --enable-plugin=anti-bloat --python-flag=-S --python-flag=-O --python-flag=no_asserts --python-flag=no_docstrings --lto=yes --remove-output --windows-console-mode=disable --windows-icon-from-ico="Assets/icon.ico" --product-name="Quick Text Editor" --file-version=0.0.0 --output-filename=quick-text-editor --include-data-files=Assets/*icon*=assets/ --include-data-dir=Fonts=fonts --include-data-files=LICENSE.txt=LICENSE.txt --include-data-files=release-readme.txt=README.txt main.py
Don't forget to change the version (
--file-version=0.0.0).
If you have a Static Python distribution, add this argument
--static-libpython=yesto create a standalone release that doesn't rely on system shared libraries.
When the program is compiled with Nuitka, it'll automatically write console output to a log file in its dir. But since Nuitka removes comments and doc-strings from source code (
--python-flag=no_docstrings), you should rely on function names more than line numbers when using that log file to debug.
If you are reading this, then thank you for your time...
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