Scratchpad

Scratchpad is a cool spatial text editor designed for the GNOME desktop. If you’re a developer or just someone who needs a simple text and source code editor that works without any hassle, then Scratchpad might be just what you're looking for!

Key Features of Scratchpad

Here are some awesome features:

• Syntax highlighting and auto indentation—thanks to the GtkSourceView library.


• A totally spatial interface! Each document has its own state, and you can only have one window open for each document.


• Automatic saving means you won’t get bugged with annoying "save confirmation" pop-ups. It’s all about what you see is what you get.


• A handy revisioning system lets you tag snapshots of your documents whenever needed, browse through them, and restore older versions if you want.


• Integrated type-ahead search makes finding stuff super easy!


• You can easily block (un-)indent multiple lines of text at once.

Requirements to Get Started

If you want to use Scratchpad, here’s what you'll need:

• Gtk+2


• GtkSourceView


• GnomeVFS


• gconf


• dbus and Mono (including CLI bindings for all libraries)

What’s New in This Release?

New Features:

• The whole thing has been rewritten in Vala, so now Scratchpad runs super smoothly!


• A tag-based replace mechanism has been added.


• Simplified single instance behavior using GUniqueApp for better startup notifications.

Removed Features:

• No more GnomeVFS—waiting on GVFS!


• The revision feature was removed but may come back later.


• No autosave options anymore; it now saves when the focus shifts away from the app. This helps save battery life too!

Bugs Fixed:

• This is practically a complete rewrite, so any old bugs are gone! You might notice fewer icon issues too!

Known Problems:

• If you change fonts, they won't update right away. Just a heads-up on that!