<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Pedram	O
Pourang	O
(	O
aka	O
Tsu	O
Jan	O
)	O
of	O
Iran	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
OS	I-Language
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
has	O
been	O
the	O
default	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
in	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
,	O
since	O
it	O
switched	O
to	O
the	O
LXQt	B-Language
desktop	O
with	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
18.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
that	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
used	O
the	O
Leafpad	B-Language
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
GTK-based	O
LXDE	B-Language
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
is	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Debian	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
package	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pourang	O
started	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
fill	O
a	O
perceived	O
gap	O
in	O
available	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
identified	O
that	O
many	O
feature-rich	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
are	O
RAM-intensive	O
and	O
even	O
then	O
lack	O
key	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
started	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
version	O
0.5.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
included	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
GTK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
rewritten	O
,	O
but	O
Pourang	O
found	O
Qt	B-Language
more	O
flexible	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Qt	B-Language
starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.6	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
added	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
using	O
Hunspell	B-Application
,	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.11.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
has	O
been	O
translated	O
into	O
21	O
different	O
languages	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	B-Language
OS	I-Language
support	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Khallebal	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
support	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
was	O
added	O
by	O
Pavel	O
Shlyak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Future	O
development	O
goals	O
for	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
include	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
color	O
customization	O
,	O
virtual	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
awareness	O
and	O
tab	O
drag-and-drop	O
under	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
includes	O
text	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
support	O
,	O
search	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
replace	O
,	O
optional	O
line	O
numbering	O
,	O
automatic	O
detection	O
of	O
text	O
encoding	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
many	O
common	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
ability	O
to	O
open	O
URLs	O
in	O
a	O
browser	O
,	O
optional	O
side-pane	O
or	O
tabbed	O
page	O
navigation	O
and	O
spell-checking	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
is	O
highly	O
customizable	O
and	O
by	O
default	O
has	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
defined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
unofficial	O
Snap	B-Application
package	I-Application
available	O
for	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
Full	O
Circle	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
has	O
obviously	O
been	O
designed	O
for	O
software	O
developers	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
good	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
any	O
general	O
user	O
to	O
write	O
plain	O
text	O
documents	O
or	O
web	O
pages	O
on.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
noted	O
its	O
relatively	O
low	O
RAM	O
use	O
compared	O
to	O
more	O
full-featured	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
like	O
jEdit	B-Language
and	O
gedit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
praised	O
its	O
extensive	O
,	O
if	O
non-standard	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
,	O
noting	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
are	O
all	O
nicely	O
explained	O
in	O
the	O
menus	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
once	O
learned	O
,	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
becomes	O
very	O
fast	O
to	O
use.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Nesbitt	O
,	O
writing	O
in	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
on	O
Red	O
Hat	O
's	O
opensource.com	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
when	O
you	O
first	O
fire	O
it	O
up	O
,	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
does	O
n't	O
look	O
much	O
different	O
from	O
most	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
out	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FeatherPad	B-Language
's	O
features	O
include	O
automatic	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
of	O
markup	O
and	O
coding	O
languages	O
,	O
automatically	O
closing	O
brackets	O
(	O
again	O
,	O
useful	O
when	O
working	O
with	O
markup	O
and	O
coding	O
languages	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
extensive	O
set	O
of	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
that	O
open	O
documents	O
in	O
separate	O
tabs	O
,	O
those	O
tabs	O
appear	O
along	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
editor	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
,	O
you	O
can	O
put	O
tabs	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
,	O
bottom	O
,	O
left	O
,	O
or	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
