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<!doctype html>
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  <head>
    <title>Textadept</title>
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    <div id="content">
      <div id="header" style="text-align: center;">
        <h1 style="background-image:url('images/header.png');
                   background-position: bottom; font-size: 2em;">
          Textadept
        </h1>
        <p>
          A fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text
          editor
        </p>
      </div>

      <div id="left">
        <a id="download"></a>
        <h2>Download (v10.7)</h2>
        <a href="feed">
          <img src="images/feed.png" style="float: right; margin: 0.25em;"
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        <ul>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_LATEST.win32.zip">Win32</a></li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_LATEST.osx.zip">Mac OSX</a></li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_LATEST.i386.tgz">Linux</a></li>
          <li>
            <a href="download/textadept_LATEST.x86_64.tgz">Linux x86_64</a>
          </li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_LATEST.modules.zip">Modules</a></li>
        </ul>
        <hr style="margin: 0.25em 0.5em 0.25em 0.5em;" />
        <ul>
          <li><a href="http://foicica.com/hg/textadept">Source</a></li>
          <li><a href="CHANGELOG.html">Other versions</a></li>
          <li><a href="CHANGELOG.html">PGP signatures</a></li>
        </ul>

        <h2>Nightly<a href="#nightly">*</a> Builds</h2>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_NIGHTLY.win32.zip">Win32</a></li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_NIGHTLY.osx.zip">Mac OSX</a></li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_NIGHTLY.i386.tgz">Linux</a></li>
          <li>
            <a href="download/textadept_NIGHTLY.x86_64.tgz">Linux x86_64</a>
          </li>
          <li><a href="download/textadept_NIGHTLY.modules.zip">Modules</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>

      <div id="right">
        <h2>Support</h2>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="manual.html">Manual</a></li>
          <li><a href="api.html">API</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://foicica.com/lists">Mailing list</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://foicica.com/wiki/textadept">Wiki</a></li>
        </ul>

        <h2>Quick Reference</h2>
        <p style="margin: 0.25em 0 0.25em 0.5em;">
          <a href="MEDIA.html#Book">
            <img src="book/ta_quickref_small.png" alt="Cover"
                 style="border-width: 1px; margin-top: 0.25em;" />
          </a>
        </p>
      </div>

      <div id="main" style="margin-left: 0em;">
        <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: -0.75em;">
          <img src="images/textadept.gif" alt="Textadept Platforms" />
        </p>
        <p style="font-size: smaller; font-weight: bold;">
          Please
          <a href="https://gum.co/textadept?wanted=true">donate</a> or purchase
          the <a href="MEDIA.html#Book">quick reference</a> to fund continuous
          development.
        </p>

        <div class="head-col">
          <hr />
          <h2>Features</h2>
          <hr />
          <p style="text-align: center">
            Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible
            cross-platform text editor.
          </p>
        </div>

        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Fast and Minimalist</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept&rsquo;s user interface is sleek and simple. Relentlessly
            optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, the editor
            consists of less than 2000 lines of C code and less than 4000 lines
            of <a href="http://lua.org">Lua</a> code.
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/textadept.png" alt="Textadept" />
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Cross Platform</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept runs on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and BSD. It also has a
            terminal version, which is ideal for work on remote machines.
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/linux.png" alt="Linux" />&nbsp;&nbsp;
            <img src="images/macosx.png" alt="Mac OSX" />
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/win32.png" alt="Win32" />&nbsp;&nbsp;
            <img src="images/ncurses.png" alt="curses" />
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="clear-col"></div>
        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Remarkably Extensible</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless
            extensibility without sacrificing speed or succumbing to code bloat
            and featuritis. The editor gives you complete control over the
            entire application using the Lua programming language. Everything
            from moving the caret to changing menus and key commands on-the-fly
            to handling core events is possible. Its potential is vast.
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Multiple Language Support</h3>
          <p>
            Being a programmer&rsquo;s editor, Textadept excels at editing
            source code. It understands the syntax and structure of more than
            100 different programming languages and recognizes hundreds of file
            types. Textadept uses this knowledge to make viewing and editing
            code faster and easier. It can also compile and run simple source
            files.
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="clear-col"></div>
        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Unlimited Split Views</h3>
          <p>
            Both the graphical version and the terminal version of Textadept
            support unlimited vertical and horizontal view splitting, even of
            the same file.
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/splitviews.png" alt="Split Views" />
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Customizable Themes</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept uses themes to customize its look and feel. It comes with
            built-in light, dark, and terminal themes.
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/lighttheme.png" alt="Light Theme" />&nbsp;&nbsp;
            <img src="images/darktheme.png" alt="Dark Theme" />
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/termtheme.png" alt="Term Theme" />
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="clear-col"></div>
        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Code Autocompletion</h3>
          <p>
            Not only can Textadept autocomplete words in files, but it can also
            autocomplete symbols for programming languages and display API
            documentation.
          </p>
          <p class="center">
            <img src="images/adeptsense_lua.png" alt="Adeptsense Lua" />&nbsp;
            <img src="images/adeptsense_string.png"
                 alt="Adeptsense Lua String" />
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Keyboard Driven</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept can be entirely keyboard driven. The editor defines key
            bindings for nearly every action. You can easily reassign existing
            bindings or create new ones. Keys may be chained together or grouped
            into language-specific keys or key modes.
          </p>
          <h3>Self Contained</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept&rsquo;s binary packages are self-contained and need not be
            installed. No administrator privilages are required either.
          </p>
        </div>

        <div class="head-col"><hr /><h2>Learn More</h2><hr /></div>

        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Comprehensive Manual</h3>
          <p>
            Textadept comes with a comprehensive user manual in the
            application&rsquo;s <em>doc/</em> directory. This manual is also
            available <a href="manual.html">online</a>. It covers all of
            Textadept&rsquo;s main features, including installation, usage,
            configuration, theming, scripting, and compilation.
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Exhaustive API Documentation</h3>
          <p>
            Since Textadept is entirely scriptable with Lua, its API is heavily
            documented. This documentation is also located in <em>doc/</em>, is
            available <a href="api.html">online</a>, and is the ultimate
            resource on scripting Textadept. (The editor&rsquo;s Lua internals
            also provide abundant scripting examples.)
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="clear-col"></div>
        <div class="left-col">
          <h3>Quick Reference</h3>
          <p style="float: left; margin-top: 0;">
            <a href="MEDIA.html#Book">
              <img src="book/ta_quickref_small.png" alt="Cover2"
                   style="border-width: 1px;" />
            </a>
          </p>
          <p>
            This reference contains a wealth of knowledge on how to script and
            configure Textadept using Lua. It groups the editor&rsquo;s rich API
            into a series of tasks in a convenient and easy-to-use manner. It
            serves as the perfect complement to Textadept&rsquo;s Manual and API
            documentation.
          </p>
        </div>
        <div class="right-col">
          <h3>Try It Yourself</h3>
          <p>
            Learn even more about Textadept by downloading and trying it out
            yourself. If you&rsquo;re not completely satisfied, contact us on
            the <a href="http://foicica.com/lists">mailing list</a> or e-mail me
            personally (mitchell.att.foicica.com). You may also fork the
            project, submit patches, or <a href="THANKS.html#Sponsors">sponsor a
            feature</a>. Textadept is 100% open source.
          </p>
          <p style="background-color: #80cc80; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 1.5em;
                    margin: 0 auto 0 auto; padding: 0.25em; text-align: center;
                    width: 6em;">
            <a href="#download" style="color: inherit; display: block;
                                       text-decoration: none;">
              Download
            </a>
          </p>
        </div>

        <div class="head-col"><hr /><h2>Still Not Convinced?</h2><hr /></div>

        <ul style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 2em;">
          <li>
            Textadept has a <a href="CHANGELOG.html">proven track record</a>,
            with at least one release every 2 months for 8+ years and no signs
            of inactivity. Also, as an open-source project, the editor will
            never fade away.
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept is a real cross-platform desktop application, backed by a
            world-class editing engine that
            <a href="http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaRelated.html">dozens</a>
            of editors and IDEs have depended on for
            <a href="http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html">over 19
            years</a>.
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept is scriptable in a language that was
            <em><a href="http://www.lua.org/history.html">carefully
            designed</a></em> to run on any platform at high speed and with a
            minimal memory footprint. Lua is used <a
            href="https://sites.google.com/site/marbux/home/where-lua-is-used"
            >everywhere</a> from video games to embedded devices. It is easy to
            <a href="http://www.lua.org/start.html">learn</a> too!
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept is very resource efficient, consuming merely 15MB of RAM
            at startup and hardly any CPU while under load. Even with over 20 of
            its own source files open at once, Textadept does not exceed 20MB of
            RAM usage and has no input lag at all.
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept does not rely on external packages to provide its
            functionality and does not depend on a package ecosystem to thrive.
            The editor gives you plenty of the tools you need out of the box.
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept has sensible defaults and does not expect you to spend
            hours customizing it before you can start being productive.
          </li>
          <li>
            With fewer than 30 main source files comprising less than 6000 lines
            of heavily documented code, Textadept&rsquo;s internals are
            remarkably easy to read, understand, keep track of, and extend to
            your liking.
          </li>
          <li>
            Did you see that there is a terminal version in case you need to do
            work on a remote server?
          </li>
          <li>
            Textadept does not track you. It does not attempt to connect to the
            internet. <em>It is just a text editor</em>.
          </li>
        </ul>

        <hr style="clear: both;" />
        <p style="text-align: center;">
          <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> &middot;
          <a href="MEDIA.html">Media</a> &middot;
          <a href="/stats.html#Textadept">Stats</a> &middot;
          <a href="TECHNOLOGY.html">Technologies</a> &middot;
          <a href="THANKS.html">Credits</a>
        </p>

        <hr style="clear: both;" />
        <div class="clear-col"></div>
        <p style="color: #994d4d;">
          <a id="nightly"></a>
          *<em>Warning</em>: nightly builds are untested, may have bugs, and are
          the absolute cutting-edge versions of Textadept. Do not use them in
          production, but for testing purposes only.
        </p>
      </div>

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