Thanks to clint32 we can now use
Bluetooth keyboards with the Kindle. So I decided to port a more advanced text editor to our loved device.
Textadept 11.4 (HF)
a modern, fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text editor.
It has multi buffer, split view, lexer support, command palette for quick access to commands and it is completely scriptable in LUA.
Even if it's not very popular, it is a very complete and capable text editor, one of my favorites even for desktop computer. And this is a feature complete port to the Kindle!
It has a
graphical interface (GTK) and a
terminal interface. Both are fully functional.
Usage: extract the attached file on the kindle. Start it either from
KUAL or run ./textadept.sh in the textadept11 folder with
kterm.
BUG: The software keyboard is not optimal for the GTK interface. It lacks the modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt) and disappears when opening a dialog box. Use it either with a bluetooth keyboard (highly recommended for typing anyway) or use the terminal version.
Textadept has a small learning curve, so be sure to read the attached docs. The default keyboard shortcuts are in the API document.
Important note: Currently it supports HF architecture only (firmware 5.16.3+)
Source code is available here:
https://github.com/kbarni/textadept-kindle
Original repo:
https://github.com/orbitalquark/textadept