PyEasyEdit

PyEasyEdit is a lightweight, feature-rich text editor built with PyQt6 and QScintilla. Designed to offer a flexible and efficient editing environment, PyEasyEdit supports syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages, file management capabilities, and customizable themes, making it an ideal choice for developers and writers alike.

Features

• Syntax Highlighting: Supports syntax coloring for Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and more, making code easier to read and write.
• Auto Completion: Source code auto-completion
• Code Folding: Now you can collapse blocks of code
• Jedi Support: Auto-completion now includes improved jedi inspection (Python only), but this is still a work in progress.
• Tab to space conversion: Critical for python
• File Management: Open, edit, and save files with an intuitive interface. Recent files are tracked for quick access.
• Search and Replace: Powerful search and replace functionality to easily modify your documents.
• Custom Dialogs: Includes custom dialogs for searching, replacing, and more, enhancing the user experience.
• Extensibility: Designed with extensibility in mind, allowing for additional features and languages to be added.

Getting Started via Pip

Create a virtual env for Python:

md pyeasyedit
cd pyeasyedit
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
pip install pyeasyedit
python -m pyeasyedit

Getting Started From Source

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Python 3.9 or later installed on your system.

• PyQt6 and QScintilla libraries installed. You can install these using pip:

  pip install PyQt6 QScintilla
  

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone git@github.com:scottpeterman/pyeasyedit.git
cd pyeasyedit
pip install -r requirements.txt

Running PyEasyEdit

To start the editor, run the following command from the terminal:

python -m pyeasyedit 

Optionally, you can specify a file to open directly:

python -m pyeasyedit /path/to/your/file.txt

Usage

• File Menu: Use the File menu to open, save, or create new documents.
• Edit Menu: Access search and replace functions through the Edit menu.
• Help Menu: Contains the About dialog that provides information about the editor and a link to the project's GitHub page.

License

PyEasyEdit is released under the GPLv3 License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

Acknowledgments

• Special thanks to the PyQt and QScintilla teams for providing the powerful libraries that made this project possible.
• Learn more about PyQt and Qt at Riverbank Computing and Qt Group, respectively.

# Create a source distribution and a wheel, upload to pypi
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/*