<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
program	O
Notepad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
with	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
lightweight	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
with	O
minimal	O
dependencies	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
simple-to-use	O
and	O
easy-to-compile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
has	O
a	O
small	O
install	O
size	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
and	O
has	O
minimal	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
codeset	B-General_Concept
options	O
,	O
undo/redo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
choose	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
the	O
default	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
lightweight	O
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
found	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
that	O
use	O
LXDE	B-Language
as	O
their	O
desktop	O
environment	O
such	O
as	O
Bodhi	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Raspberry	B-Application
Pi	I-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
some	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
has	O
been	O
forked	B-Application
into	O
Mousepad	B-Language
and	O
l3afpad	B-Language
,	O
and	O
parts	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
code	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
other	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Tarot	O
Osuji	O
,	O
who	O
remains	O
its	O
only	O
author	O
and	O
maintainer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
published	O
version	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
version	O
0.5.x	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
has	O
not	O
received	O
an	O
update	O
since	O
December	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
0.8.18.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
desktop	O
package	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
first	O
released	O
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
had	O
no	O
printing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
team	O
creating	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
called	O
Mousepad	B-Language
,	O
specifically	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
printing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
print	O
was	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
Leafpad	B-Language
in	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
further	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
printing	O
capabilities	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Language	O
translations	O
for	O
Leafpad	B-Language
were	O
provided	O
through	O
TranslationProject.org,	O
a	O
translation	O
project	O
dedicated	O
to	O
providing	O
language	O
translation	O
for	O
open-source	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
translation	O
listing	O
for	O
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
removed	O
from	O
their	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
has	O
a	O
small	O
footprint	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
such	O
as	O
gedit	B-Language
or	O
Kate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
visuals	O
and	O
functionality	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
program	O
Notepad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
architecture	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
computer	O
installed	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
takes	O
up	O
between	O
417kB	O
and	O
486kB	O
on	O
Debian	O
after	O
installation	O
,	O
with	O
457kB	O
being	O
the	O
installed	O
size	O
on	O
an	O
i386	B-General_Concept
computer	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
5,462	O
kB	O
for	O
the	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
Kate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
size	O
after	O
installation	O
is	O
only	O
301kB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specific	O
software	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
codeset	B-General_Concept
option	O
,	O
auto	O
codeset	B-General_Concept
detection	O
,	O
an	O
unlimited	O
undo/redo	B-Application
feature	O
,	O
and	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
available	O
in	O
42	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Leafpad	B-Language
cannot	O
open	O
multiple	O
files	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
open	O
several	O
instances	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
have	O
open	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
file	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
man	B-Protocol
page	I-Protocol
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
can	O
be	O
launched	O
from	O
the	O
terminal	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
with	O
several	O
options	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
file	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
codeset	B-General_Concept
,	O
specification	O
of	O
display	O
and	O
screen	O
types	O
,	O
and	O
tab	O
width	O
selections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
background	O
color	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
window	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
via	O
a	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
is	O
pre-installed	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
on	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
that	O
use	O
LXDE	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
Bodhi	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Knoppix	O
,	O
Trisquel	B-Application
Mini	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Raspberry	B-Application
Pi	I-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Raspbian	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
included	O
in	O
default	O
installations	O
of	O
the	O
Kali	O
Linux	B-Application
digital	O
forensics	O
distribution	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
Ångström	B-Language
,	O
a	O
specialty	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
such	O
as	O
the	O
BeagleBone	O
single-board	O
computer	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
Leafpad	B-Language
as	O
its	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
the	O
default	O
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
up	O
to	O
version	O
18.04	O
LTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
moved	O
from	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
to	O
the	O
LXQt	B-Language
desktop	O
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
FeatherPad	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
installed	O
by	O
default	O
on	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
Leafpad	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
manually	O
compiled	B-Language
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
or	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
the	O
software	B-Application
repositories	I-Application
of	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
including	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Fedora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
via	O
MacPorts	B-Application
,	O
or	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
via	O
Cygwin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mousepad	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktop	O
environment	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
due	O
to	O
an	O
issue	O
Leafpad	B-Language
had	O
with	O
printing	O
,	O
an	O
issue	O
which	O
Leafpad	B-Language
later	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mousepad	B-Language
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
with	O
version	O
0.3.0	O
,	O
which	O
replaced	O
the	O
original	O
Leafpad-based	O
code	O
with	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
graphical	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
called	O
l3afpad	B-Language
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
that	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
GTK3	O
instead	O
of	O
GTK2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Qt-based	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
FeatherPad	B-Language
were	O
taken	O
from	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leafpad	B-Language
has	O
been	O
pre-compiled	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
repositories	I-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
several	O
types	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architectures	I-General_Concept
including	O
x86	B-Operating_System
,	O
amd64	B-Device
,	O
RISC-V	B-Device
,	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
(	O
including	O
ppc64	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
ARM	B-Architecture
and	O
MIPS	B-Device
architectures	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiling	B-Language
Leafpad	B-Language
requires	O
only	O
one	O
dependency	B-Application
:	O
GTK+	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
higher	O
than	O
2.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
optional	O
dependencies	B-Application
that	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
library	O
and	O
require	O
a	O
version	O
higher	O
than	O
2.2.0	O
:	O
libgnomeprint	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
Leafpad	B-Language
to	O
access	O
printing	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
libgnomeprintui	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
package	O
for	O
the	O
printing	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
on	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
may	O
require	O
additional	O
dependencies	B-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
distribution	O
's	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
LinuxInsider	O
review	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
leaves	O
a	O
small	O
footprint	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
's	O
resources	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
good	O
choice	O
for	O
compact	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
further	O
highlighted	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
,	O
and	O
noted	O
its	O
inability	O
to	O
open	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
file	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
multiple	O
instances	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
could	O
be	O
open	O
at	O
once	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
multiple	O
text	O
files	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
concluded	O
by	O
praising	O
the	O
print	B-Application
preview	I-Application
option	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
as	O
a	O
good	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
representation	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
printout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
MakeTechEasier.com	O
review	O
noted	O
that	O
Leafpad	B-Language
was	O
a	O
lightweight	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
Gedit	B-Language
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
simplicity	O
was	O
both	O
an	O
advantage	O
for	O
people	O
seeking	O
a	O
simple	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
disadvantage	O
for	O
those	O
seeking	O
additional	O
features	O
or	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
by	O
Admin	O
Magazine	O
comparing	O
various	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
also	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
lightweight	O
nature	O
of	O
Leafpad	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
by	O
DebugPoint.com	O
called	O
it	O
an	O
"	O
ideal	O
replacement	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
program	O
Notepad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
called	O
Leafpad	B-Language
's	O
simplicity	O
a	O
feature	O
in	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
ongoing	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
program	O
lightweight	O
further	O
development	O
was	O
not	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
programming	O
resources	O
for	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
,	O
Electromaker.io	O
called	O
Leafpad	B-Language
"	O
the	O
best	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
"	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
solid	O
resource	O
for	O
editing	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
