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(on Wikipedia)
http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/

A straightforward GUI text editor.

I really only use it because I can echo foo|leafpad and launch leafpad with that content.

• I usually use Geany

• 2019-11-09 – 0.8.18.1 on Debian 10.1.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1
• 2011-12-22 or earlier – (version not recorded) on (distribution not noted)

• 2009-04-19 – (version not recorded) on (distribution not noted)

2019-11-09 – 0.8.18.1 ∞

While this exists in the 32bit repository, this isn’t in the Debian 64bit repository!

I downloaded it directly from here: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/amd64/leafpad/download

2011-12-22 or earlier – (version not recorded) ∞

• Leafpad screws up a text file if it sees a $ in it.

2009-04-19 – (version not recorded) ∞

Unlike mousepad, Leafpad allows magic like this:

(MPlayer)

mplayer -input cmdlist|leafpad

Alternatives ∞

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