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tinyedit

Lightweight text editor for AmigaOS, Linux and Windows using ncurses

Features

  • Full UTF-8 support with charset conversion (internal UTF-8, configurable output)
  • Multiple charsets: UTF-8, LATIN-1/2, CP437, CP850, CP865, CP866, CP1252
  • TTF rendering with full Unicode support (including emojis) on AmigaOS
  • Tab system for editing multiple files simultaneously
  • Syntax highlighting (C, C++, x86/m68k asm, Amiga C) with bracket matching and current-line highlight
  • Spell checker with native implementation (AmigaOS/Windows) or Hunspell integration (*nix) (optional, USE_HUNSPELL=1)
  • Hyphenation with native implementation (AmigaOS/Windows) or libhyphen (*nix) (optional, USE_HYPHEN=1)
  • Thesaurus with native implementation (AmigaOS/Windows) or libmythes (*nix) (optional, USE_MYTHES=1)
  • Translator panel with online support and StarDict-compatible offline dictionary
  • Mouse support (works in terminal, SSH and remote sessions)
  • Configurable colors (and TTF fonts on AmigaOS)
  • Auto-wrap and hard-wrap modes
  • Undo/redo support
  • Text search
  • Clipboard
  • Bracketed paste (Unix/*nix)
  • Configurable via configuration file

Compilation

Linux/BSD/macOS

To compile the base version (without optional external libraries):

make -f Makefile.unix

To compile with external libraries (Hunspell, libhyphen, libmythes, libcurl), enable the desired flags:

make -f Makefile.unix USE_HUNSPELL=1
make -f Makefile.unix USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_HYPHEN=1 USE_MYTHES=1
make -f Makefile.unix USE_TRANSLATE=1 USE_STARDICT=1
make -f Makefile.unix USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_HYPHEN=1 USE_MYTHES=1 USE_TRANSLATE=1 USE_STARDICT=1

To compile with native implementations (without installing external libraries):

make -f Makefile.unix.static

Native implementations include spell checker, hyphenation, thesaurus and offline dictionary (StarDict-compatible), but require libcurl for online translator.

To compile with Hunspell spell checker (optional):

  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libhunspell-dev
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S hunspell
  • FreeBSD: doas pkg install hunspell
  • macOS: brew install hunspell

To compile with hyphenation support (optional):

  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libhyphen-dev
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S hyphen
  • FreeBSD: doas pkg install hyphen

To compile with thesaurus support (optional):

  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libmythes-dev
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S libmythes
  • FreeBSD: doas pkg install mythes

To compile with translator support (optional):

  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S curl
  • FreeBSD: doas pkg install curl
  • macOS: brew install curl

Dictionaries, hyphenation patterns and thesaurus data:

  • Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install hunspell-es hunspell-en-us hyphen-es hyphen-en-us mythes-es mythes-en-us
  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S hunspell-es_es hunspell-en_us hyphen-es hyphen-en mythes-es mythes-en
  • FreeBSD: doas pkg install es-hunspell en-hunspell es-hyphen en-mythes es-mythes
  • macOS: Dictionary files are included with hunspell

To compile with native spell checker (spellchecker/ like AmigaOS):

make -f Makefile.unix.static

Windows (MinGW)

make -f Makefile.win32

To compile with native spell checker (spellchecker/ like AmigaOS):

make -f Makefile.win32 USE_HUNSPELL=1

When compiled with USE_HUNSPELL=1, the Windows version includes the same native implementation as AmigaOS for:

  • Spell checker (compatible with hunspell .aff/.dic files)
  • Hyphenation (compatible with hyph_*.dic files, implements Liang algorithm) (requires USE_HYPHEN=1)
  • Thesaurus (compatible with mythes th_*.idx/dat files) (requires USE_MYTHES=1)

AmigaOS

For AmigaOS the program uses FreeType with libpng and zlib for TTF rendering.

Using bebbo gcc:

To compile, in the tinyedit directory extract freetype-2.14.3.tar.xz, libpng-1.6.58.tar.xz, and zlib.tar.gz and rename them to freetype, zlib, and libpng.

To prepare headers and build:

make -f Makefile.amiga unprep
make -f Makefile.amiga prep
make -f Makefile.amiga clean all

To build with native spell checker, hyphenation and thesaurus (optional):

make -f Makefile.amiga USE_HUNSPELL=1 clean all
make -f Makefile.amiga USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_HYPHEN=1 USE_MYTHES=1 clean all

The AmigaOS version includes native implementations for (enable at build time):

  • Spell checker (compatible with hunspell .aff/.dic files) (USE_HUNSPELL=1)
  • Hyphenation (compatible with hyph_*.dic files, implements Liang algorithm) (USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_HYPHEN=1)
  • Thesaurus (compatible with mythes th_*.idx/dat files) (USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_MYTHES=1)

These are pure implementations designed for AmigaOS with LRU cache, no C++ dependencies.

Note: Online translator support on AmigaOS requires AmiSSL for HTTPS connections.

Tested Freetype fonts:

Symbola.ttf unifont_sample-17.0.04.otf NotoColorEmoji-emojicompat.ttf Symbola_hint.ttf NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttf NotoColorEmoji.ttf DejaVuSansMono.ttf LiberationMono-Regular.ttf

Dictionaries: LibreOffice Dictionaries Collection (GitHub): https://github.com/wachin/libreoffice-dictionaries-collection - 138 dictionaries in 42 languages wooorm/dictionaries (GitHub): https://github.com/wooorm/dictionaries/ - Normalized dictionaries TinyMCE Spell Checker: https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/self-hosting-hunspell/ - hunspell-dictionaries-approved.zip and hunspell-dictionaries-all.zip packages

For Spanish and English, download from LibreOffice Dictionaries Collection:

  • Spanish: es_ES.aff and es_ES.dic from es_ES/ directory
  • English (UK): en_GB.aff and en_GB.dic from en_GB/ directory
  • English (US): en_US.aff and en_US.dic from en_US/ directory

Dictionary location:

  • AmigaOS: Place .aff and .dic files in ENVARC:dictionaries directory (or configure SPELL_DICT_PATH)
  • Windows: Place files in the directory configured in Setup (default: program directory)
  • *Unix/nix: Place files in the directory configured in Setup (default: /usr/share/hunspell or similar)

StarDict-compatible dictionaries for offline lookup:

The executable is large, but you don't need any libraries. It's optimized for RTG and also works with OCS, ECS, or AGA.

Hyphenation and Thesaurus Support

tinyedit supports hyphenation and thesaurus functionality through optional libraries on *nix, and native implementations on AmigaOS/Windows

Package Installation by Distribution

Arch Linux

# Hyphen library and patterns
sudo pacman -S hyphen hyphen-en hyphen-es

# Thesaurus library and data
sudo pacman -S libmythes mythes-en mythes-es

Debian/Ubuntu

# Hyphen library and patterns
sudo apt install libhyphen-dev libhyphen0 hyphen-en-us hyphen-es

# Thesaurus library and data
sudo apt install libmythes-dev libmythes-1.2-0 mythes-en-us mythes-es

FreeBSD

# Hyphen library and patterns
doas pkg install hyphen es-hyphen

# Thesaurus library and data
doas pkg install mythes en-mythes es-mythes

Compilation

make -f Makefile.unix USE_HYPHEN=1 USE_MYTHES=1

Or combine with Hunspell:

make -f Makefile.unix USE_HUNSPELL=1 USE_HYPHEN=1 USE_MYTHES=1

Usage

tinyedit [filename]

Configuration

Configuration file location:

  • *nix: ~/.tinyedit/config
  • AmigaOS: ENVARC:tinyedit/config
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\tinyedit\config (or tinyedit\config if APPDATA is not defined)

Configurable Options

From Setup (F4) you can configure:

  • Charset: Default charset for reading/writing
  • Undo levels: Undo history depth (default 50)
  • Auto-wrap column: Column to wrap text to (0 = disabled, default 75)
  • Hard wrap: Enable/disable hard-wrap mode
  • Line numbers: Show/hide line numbers
  • TTF settings: TTF font configuration (AmigaOS)
  • Colors: Interface colors
  • Spell checker: Spell checker configuration (if compiled with support)
  • Hyphenation: Hyphenation configuration (if compiled with support)
  • Thesaurus: Thesaurus configuration (if compiled with support)

UTF-8 and Charset Support

tinyedit works internally with UTF-8 and provides flexible charset conversion:

  • Default charset: Configurable via Setup (F4) - used as default for reading and saving files
  • Per-file charset: Temporary override via F3 to view/save specific files
  • TTF encoding (AmigaOS): UTF-8 mode supports full Unicode (0x000000-0x10FFFF) including emojis

Supported charsets for conversion:

  • UTF-8 (modern standard, full Unicode)
  • LATIN-1 (ISO-8859-1, Western European)
  • LATIN-2 (ISO-8859-2, Central European)
  • CP437 (original DOS/PC)
  • CP850 (DOS Western European)
  • CP865 (DOS Nordic)
  • CP866 (DOS Cyrillic/Russian)
  • CP1252 (Windows Western European)

Wrap Modes

tinyedit supports two line wrapping modes:

  • Soft-wrap (visual): Text wraps visually at the specified column, but no actual line breaks are inserted. Useful for viewing text without modifying the file
  • Hard-wrap: Line breaks (CR) are inserted when reaching the specified column. Useful for formatting text for sending or files that require specific widths

Configuration:

  • Auto-wrap column: Column to wrap text to (0 = disabled, default 75)
  • Hard wrap: Enable/disable hard-wrap mode

Line Numbers

tinyedit can show or hide line numbers in the left margin:

  • Useful for navigation and reference in large files
  • Toggle line numbers globally from Setup (Alt+D)

Clipboard

tinyedit supports system clipboard:

  • AmigaOS/Windows: Uses clipboard.device or Windows clipboard automatically
  • *Unix/nix: Uses xclip, xsel, wl-paste or pbpaste if available; falls back to OSC 52 in SSH sessions
  • SSH: In SSH sessions, uses internal clipboard if no external backend is available
  • Copy/cut blocks to system clipboard automatically

Bracketed Paste

tinyedit supports bracketed paste in compatible terminals:

  • Automatically detects when text is pasted from clipboard
  • Prevents paste from triggering keyboard shortcuts accidentally
  • Fallback to rapid paste detection for terminals without support

Search and Replace

tinyedit includes search and replace functionality:

  • Search: Search text in document with case-sensitive and whole-word options
  • Replace: Replace individual occurrences or all occurrences
  • Result navigation: Go to previous/next result
  • Highlighting: Search results are highlighted in text

Rewrap Paragraph

tinyedit can rewrap paragraphs to a specific column:

  • Rewrap: Adjusts current paragraph to the configured auto-wrap column
  • Uses hyphenation if enabled and dictionary is loaded
  • Useful for reformatting text after edits

Undo/Redo

tinyedit supports undo and redo changes:

  • Undo levels: Configurable from Setup (default 50)
  • Undo: Revert changes one by one
  • Redo: Reapply undone changes
  • Each tab maintains its own undo history

Insert File

tinyedit allows inserting the content of another file at the cursor position:

  • Opens a file picker
  • The content of the selected file is inserted where the cursor is
  • Useful for combining multiple files

Text Editing

tinyedit includes text editing commands:

  • Delete line: Delete current line
  • Insert/overwrite mode: Toggle between inserting and overwriting text

Navigation

tinyedit provides various navigation options:

  • Go to line: Jump to a specific line number
  • Go to start/end of document: Navigate quickly to beginning or end
  • Word navigation: Move word by word
  • Paragraph navigation: Select paragraphs with triple click

Colors and Appearance

tinyedit allows customizing interface colors:

  • Color pairs: Configure colors for different elements (normal, status, popup, etc)
  • Cursor color: Custom cursor color
  • Colormap (AmigaOS): Mapping of logical colors to physical pens
  • Configuration from Setup

TTF Fonts (AmigaOS)

On AmigaOS, tinyedit supports TTF rendering with advanced options:

  • TTF enabled: Enable/disable TTF rendering
  • TTF font: Path to TTF font
  • TTF size: Font size in points
  • TTF antialias: Antialiasing configuration
  • TTF UTF-8 mode: UTF-8 for full Unicode (including emojis) or UTF-16 BE (BMP only)
  • TTF fallbacks: Alternative fonts for characters not available in main font

Help

tinyedit includes an integrated help system:

  • Press F1 or Alt+Y to view available keyboard shortcuts
  • Help shows all commands and their key combinations

Mouse Support

tinyedit supports mouse in compatible terminals:

  • Single click: Place cursor (begin drag to extend selection)
  • Double click: Select word under pointer
  • Triple click: Select entire paragraph
  • Drag: Extend selection
  • Mouse wheel: Vertical scrolling

Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom shows:

  • Current line and column number
  • Total line count
  • Wrap mode (HARD/SOFT)
  • Spell checker indicator (SP)
  • Insert mode (INS/OVR)
  • Program status messages

Title Bar

The title bar at the top shows:

  • Current filename
  • Modified indicator
  • Wrapper/process identifier on Unix/*nix

File Picker

tinyedit includes an integrated file picker:

  • Open file: Browse and select file to open
  • Save as: Specify name and path to save
  • Select directory: Browse directories

Tab System

tinyedit supports editing multiple files simultaneously using a tab system:

  • Open new tab: Open a new file or create a new document
  • Switch between tabs: Navigate between open files
  • Close tab: Close current tab
  • Toggle tabs panel: Show/hide tabs panel

Each tab maintains its own editing state, undo history and cursor position

Spell Checker and Translator Panel

tinyedit includes a spell checker panel and a translator panel:

  • Spell Checker: Verifies spelling of words in document using Hunspell (*nix) or native implementation (AmigaOS/Windows)
  • Panel information: Shows if the current word is correct or incorrect, and provides suggestions for misspelled words
  • Custom dictionary: Allows adding custom words that are saved to a custom dict file
  • Translator: Supports online translation via HTTP backends (MyMemory, LibreTranslate, Lingva, DeepL) and offline dictionary lookup
  • StarDict-compatible offline dictionary: Pure C implementation compatible with StarDict dictionary format (.ifo, .idx, .dict files), no external dependencies

The panel can be toggled to show spell checker, translator, or dictionary interface (Alt+S cycles between them)

Glyph Picker

The glyph picker allows you to insert Unicode characters and symbols not available on your keyboard:

  • Opens a Unicode character grid
  • Supports full Unicode range including emojis
  • Useful for inserting special symbols, mathematical characters or emojis

Hyphenation

tinyedit supports automatic hyphenation when using hard-wrap mode:

  • Native implementation (AmigaOS): Implementation compatible with hyph_*.dic files, implements Liang algorithm
  • libhyphen (*nix): Uses libhyphen library
  • Dictionary path and name configurable
  • Can be enabled/disabled for hard-wrap mode

Thesaurus

tinyedit includes thesaurus functionality to find synonyms:

  • Native implementation (AmigaOS): Pure implementation compatible with mythes th_*.idx/dat files
  • libmythes (*nix): Uses libmythes library
  • Search synonyms of word under cursor
  • Integrates with spell checker for stemming fallback

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AmigaOS 3.2

BSD

Linux

Glyph picker

Glyph picker

License

GPL-2.0 - see LICENSE file for details

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