SmallTextPad

SmallTextPad is a Simple Java Text Editor and 100% FREE Application, it was written in Java and therefore requires a minimum of JRE 11 installed on your System unless you installed snap or flatpak, SmallTextPad has several features already and is still being developed in my spare time.

Features

  • Open, Close, Edit, Save & print (txt) and (java) format files!
  • Main menu, floating menu & right click menu
  • Allows you to encrypt and decrypt your (text) files
  • Provides a full history of what was opened, saved, encrypted or decrypted.

SmallTextPad is under The MIT License “Agreement”

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “SmallTextPad”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

3rd Party – License

  • Icons made by Freepik from flaticon.com is licensed by CC BY 3.0
  • Eclipse and Eclipse Luna are trademarks of the Eclipse Foundation
  • Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  • Any other names may be trademarks of their respective owners!

Developer Details

Get it from the Snap Store

Ubuntu (snap)

Linux (flatpak)

Ubuntu (deb)

Fedora (rpm)

SmallTextPad – Change Log

smalltextpad (1.4.0) Ubuntu; urgency=low

Introduced last known open/save folder.
— Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:16:23 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.5) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Fixed closing BUG that left a hanging process after closing the program.
    — Thu, 09 May 2019 08:56:18 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.4) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added retain position and size when re-open application
    — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:07:47 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.3-2) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added retain position and size when re-open application
    — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:07:47 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.3-2) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added Gnome integration in desktop file launcher
    — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:11:13 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.3) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Fixed font issue and added trutype font to package
    — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:02:47 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.1) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Fixed a number of small issues identified in the beta version.
    — Thu, 01 Aug 2018 14:39:18 +0000

smalltextpad (1.3.0-beta) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added file encryption and decryption
    — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:19:12 +0000

smalltextpad (1.2.4) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added application history & java file read/write support
    — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:48:43 +0000

smalltextpad (1.2.3) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added application argument from the command line
    — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 13:33:12 +0000

smalltextpad (1.2.1) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Included floating menu bar, Right-click menu, keyStroke Shortcuts
    — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 23:28:51 +0000

smalltextpad (1.1.0) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Modified code to run in SNAP containers also
    — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:30:36 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.7b) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Repackage for Ubuntu 16.04
    — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:51:36 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.7) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Fixed small bug introduced in previews version
    — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:16:44 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.6) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added file name in title and save rather than only save AS
    — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:06:03 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.4) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added printing facility and created exe & msi for Windows
    — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:55:15 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.2) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Fixed Text and word Wrap and added (JScrollPane)
    — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:26:11 +0000

smalltextpad (1.0.1) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Added “New” Icon and New Icon action
    — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:20:26 +0000

calculator-orange (1.0.0) Ubuntu; urgency=low

  • Initial Build
    — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:48:09 +0000