Dark Text Editor

Simple dark text editor GUI using pyQT

I was a bit tired of the Notepad aplication that Windows has for the simple texts since it cannot be configured to be in dark mode. I know I can use some IDE like VSC but for simple things it is handy to have an easy launch simple text editor. That's why I have programmed this one. Also for fun of learning PyQT.

Setup

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Just run the main file by typing:

python main.py

If you just one to have it as an executable you can use pyinstaller that can be installed using pip:

pip install pyinstaller

And then run:

pyinstaller main.py 

That will generate the desired .exe file in Windows.

Supported encodings

• utf-8
• utf-16
• utf-32
• ascii
• ansi
• cp775, baltic languages

TODO

• Changeable default font
• App icon (https://programmersought.com/article/86065821752/)
• Copy-paste erase format
• Add functionality to change encoding button
• Add encoding at the bottom
• Fix opening of file. Fails to open in unicode
• Order and clean code
• Add Ctrl+s functionality
• Start optimization
• Add notification if closing and there is text not saved.
• Fix status bar disappearing content
• Add a last save info in the status bar

Contact

Email: fortin@taltech.ee