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# mousepad
Mousepad is a simple text editor for the [Xfce](https://www.xfce.org) desktop environment.
Mousepad aims to be an easy-to-use and fast editor. Our target is an
editor for quickly editing text files, not a development environment or an
editor with a huge bunch of plugins. On the other hand we try to use the latest
GTK features available, which means that if GTK adds something new in a major
release that is useful for the editor, we will likely bump the GTK dependency
and integrate this new feature in Mousepad.
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### Homepage
[Mousepad documentation](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/start)
### Changelog
See [NEWS](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/-/blob/master/NEWS) for details on changes and fixes made in the current release.
### Required Packages
Mousepad depends on the following packages:
* [GLib](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib) >= 2.52.0
* [GTK](https://www.gtk.org) >= 3.22.0
* [GtkSourceView](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GtkSourceView) >= 3.24.0 or >= 4.0.0
### Plugins
Mousepad optionally depends on the following packages:
* [gspell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gspell) >= 1.6.0
* [libxfce4ui](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui) >= 4.17.5
### Source Code Repository
[Mousepad source code](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/mousepad)
### Download a Release Tarball
[Mousepad archive](https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/mousepad)
or
[Mousepad tags](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/-/tags)
### Installation
From source code repository:
% cd mousepad
% ./autogen.sh
% make
% make install
From release tarball:
% tar xf mousepad-<version>.tar.bz2
% cd mousepad-<version>
% ./configure
% make
% make install
From [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.xfce.mousepad):
% flatpak install flathub org.xfce.mousepad
### Reporting Bugs
Visit the [reporting bugs](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/bugs) page to view currently open bug reports and instructions on reporting new bugs or submitting bugfixes.