EdiText

A lightweight, cross-platform text editor built with C++ and Qt6, featuring a modern tabbed interface and essential text editing capabilities.

Features

Core Functionality

• Tabbed Interface: Work with multiple documents simultaneously using an intuitive tab-based system
• File Operations: Open, save, and create new text files
• Find & Replace: Search functionality with support for:
  • Case-sensitive search
  • Whole word matching
  • Find and replace
  • Replace all occurrences
• Print Support: Print documents directly from the editor with print preview
• Drag & Drop: Drag files directly into the editor to open them

User Interface

• Customizable Appearance:
  • Font selection
  • Color customization
• Modern Design: Clean, light-themed interface using Qt Fusion style
• Session Persistence: Remembers window geometry between sessions

Internationalization

• Multi-language support (English and Czech)
• Automatic language detection based on system locale

Requirements

Build Dependencies

• CMake 3.16 or higher
• Qt 5 or Qt 6 (with the following components):
  • Qt Widgets
  • Qt PrintSupport
  • Qt LinguistTools (for translations)
• C++17 compatible compiler

Building from Source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Hermelin13/EdiText.git
cd EdiText

2. Create a build directory:

mkdir build
cd build

3. Configure the project with CMake:

cmake ..

4. Build the application:

cmake --build .

5. Run the application:

./EdiText

Project Structure

EdiText/
├── main.cpp              # Application entry point
├── mainwindow.*          # Main application window
├── window.*              # Text editor widget implementation
├── tabbedwindow.*        # Tab management system
├── finddialog.*          # Find and replace dialog
├── search.*              # Search functionality
├── resources. qrc         # Qt resource file
├── res/                  # Resources (icons, etc.)
├── EdiText_cs.ts         # Czech translation
├── EdiText_en.ts         # English translation
└── CMakeLists.txt        # Build configuration

Usage

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl+N: Create a new file
• Ctrl+O: Open a file
• Ctrl+S: Save file
• Ctrl+F: Open find/replace dialog
• Ctrl+P: Print document
• Ctrl+W: Close current tab

Features in Detail

Find and Replace

The integrated find and replace dialog offers:

• Search with case sensitivity option
• Whole word matching
• Replace individual occurrences
• Replace all matches at once

Tabbed Editing

• Open multiple files in separate tabs
• Close individual tabs

Customization

• Choose from various fonts and font styles
• Customize text color

License

This project is open source and available for free use, modification, and distribution.

Developed at UTB (University of Technology in Brno).

Author

Developed by Hermelin13