simple-text-editor's Introduction

sEditor

Introduction

This is a simple text editor with multiple document interface (MDI), built in Java using the Swing classes. A tabbed pane has been implemented for working with many files at once.

The project has been written, and built using Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (version: Indigo) on Ubuntu 11.10 (64-bit) OS.

Features

Create new file, open files from disk, save files
Cut copy paste operations
find and replace text
displays line numbers
wrap text enable or disable
select different font and font size as display settings for text

Thus, all basic features of a text editor have been implemented.

Project contents:

-> sEditor: the source file

SEditor.java: the Main file of the program, creates the document main window.
AboutDialog.java: creates an about dialog with brief information about the project.
CustomTabButton.java:creates the tabs with a cross button for closing tabs.
FindReplaceDialog.java: creates the find/replace dialog and handles these operations.
FontChooser.java: creates font chooser dialog with options to set font, font size and attributes: bold and italics.
MenuDetail.java: A structure class for handling details for each menu item.
TextArea.java: Creates a text area for each tab, includes file details, line number bar, caret posiiton bar, and undo redo operations support.

-> docs: the javaDoc of the project

-> eEditor.jar: the executable project file

The text editor can be run from the command-line by executing: java -jar sEditor.jar, provided java is present in the system path. Else full path to java executable has to be given