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.
- Latest update: 23 sept 2025 -
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
Changelog:- Sept 8. - First version, terminal only
- Sept. 10 - GTK version added
- Sept. 19 - small update
- Light theme for terminal version
- new keyboard shortcuts from TA12
- some utilities added to the KUAL menu (enable bluetooth, set orientation...)