Gamma text editor is a new lightweight text editor that is currently in the development phase, and it is meant to be an alternative to Notepa++ (default text editor of Windows) and Gedit (default text editor of the GNOME desktop environment). The best part of the Gamma editor is that it can run of different platforms like Linux, Windows, and Mac if dependencies are installed. Gamma uses GTK3 (cross-platform GUI toolkit) and PyGObject, which is a Python package that provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as GTK, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, GLib, GIO, and many more.
Why Gamma text editor?
- Lightweight, not CPU/RAM hungry
- No learning curve (easy/familiar shortcuts, easy use of plugin/extensions)
- Fully customizable from A to Z (even the UI layout)
- New UX approach for text editors
- Easy plugin system
- Made using Python for python contributors
Gamma text editor Dependencies:
- GTK+3
- GtkSourceview 4 (works for 3.0 but currently need to manually change the version in python files)
- Python 3
- GObject-introspection
Well, the Gamma text editor is currently in the development phase and has recently got a new update (Beta 0.0.2) Below are its release notes:
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Save as file
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Flatpak
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Show welcome page when run the first time
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typing assistant enhancement
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Scroll the text by pressing CTRL+Arrow-Keys
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Abstract way to communicate with other plugins
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Bottom panel
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Output plugin
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Open more than one window
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Files listing visibility able to be toggled
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Help pages
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Welcome page
Rest assured, we will update the post as and when the Gamma text editor gets and further updates. Stay tuned!
Source: Reddit
