Why Featherpad

[Jerry3904]

I believe that capability came after we were making out decisions

[andyprough]

Two things I hate about Featherpad...
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2. When you try to copy the path/filename of a file from Thunar and paste in into Featherpad it pastes the whole file. In Mousepad it only copies/pastes the path.

I agree, I would be quite irritated if it opened the file instead of just pasting the path.

[Adrian]

Two things I hate about Featherpad...
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2. When you try to copy the path/filename of a file from Thunar and paste in into Featherpad it pastes the whole file. In Mousepad it only copies/pastes the path.

I agree, I would be quite irritated if it opened the file instead of just pasting the path.

Sounds like a feature

[andyprough]

Two things I hate about Featherpad...
...
2. When you try to copy the path/filename of a file from Thunar and paste in into Featherpad it pastes the whole file. In Mousepad it only copies/pastes the path.

I agree, I would be quite irritated if it opened the file instead of just pasting the path.

Sounds like a feature

It is a feature but it can be annoying, and we should have a copy-path option.
Workaround:
In Thunar - Edit-Configure Custom Actions
New custom action (click the + sign)
Appearance Conditions tab - select all file types
Basic tab:
Name - "Copy Path"
Description: "Copy the path of a file/folder"
Command: echo -n %f | clipit -c
Select "OK", move "Copy Path" to the top of your Custom Actions list, close Custom Actions and close and restart Thunar.

Now you've got a working "Copy Path" function in Thunar.

[Mia]

Thumbs up for Featherpad.

As already noted, it is one of those in-between the most simple such as Mousepad, and the most sophisticated such as Geany.

Plus, Mousepad and Geany are both very simple to install through Debian if one wants those, which I do. Featherpad is more hassle to install on Debian 10 stable, I think, so it is nice for MX19 to already have it in . One can simply remove it if they find they can't stand having this text editor available to them.

[SwampRabbit]

It is a feature but it can be annoying, and we should have a copy-path option.
Workaround:
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Now you've got a working "Copy Path" function in Thunar.

Very nice, thanks for sharing, its awesome when users come up with this stuff!

[m_pav]

When you try to copy the path/filename of a file from Thunar and paste in into Featherpad it pastes the whole file.

If people are using the copy and paste method which employs the clipboard, sure, it can be an issue, but it's never been an issue for me when I use the paste buffer, which employs the mouse wheel. Simply highlight any block of text, it doesn't matter where or in what program, then move to the insertion point and centre click it in. There is no need to use the clipboard. When pasting a full path to a file, the paste buffer only operates on the text, not the element, therefore, avoiding the issue altogether.

It has issues where the terminal is concerned as it can only paste at the last cursor position, but if you're using a terminal with overlay, it will work fine, provided you pre-position the cursor. Some people hate the feature and turn it off, but I love it and use it multiple times every day, It has become my default modus operand, with copy-paste being my first alternative method.

Sometimes, I end up pasting the wrong thing because I've unwittingly highlighted something else en-route, so have to back-track, or revert to copy/paste, but I keep a slightly different tactic up my sleeve for occasions where the paste doesn't work as I expected.

The second tactic I use when faced with the issue above is to highlight and copy all but the last character in a string of text to the clipboard, be it a path or anything else, then paste what I've copied and simply type in the last character. With Featherpad, this eliminates the issue quoted above. The 2 methods I described also work for some web pages/sites that refuse entry if the password fields have not been input using a keyboard.

[BV206]

If people are using the copy and paste method which employs the clipboard, sure, it can be an issue, but it's never been an issue for me when I use the paste buffer, which employs the mouse wheel. Simply highlight any block of text, it doesn't matter where or in what program, then move to the insertion point and centre click it in. There is no need to use the clipboard. When pasting a full path to a file, the paste buffer only operates on the text, not the element, therefore, avoiding the issue altogether.

That does not work with Thunar because the path bar doesn't contain the file name.

Featherpad treats copying/pasting the path including the filename the same as dragging a file from Thunar and dropping it on Featherpad. Featherpad opens the file both ways.

Mousepad is smarter. When you drag and drop one or more files it opens the file(s).
Whey you copy and paste the complete path and filename (select a file in Thunar and Ctrl-C or right-click Copy) it only pastes the text of the path and filename. Mousepad doesn't open the file.

[richb]

I do not get what the kerfuffle is about. If you like mousepad use mousepad. If you like featherpad use featherpad. I like kwrite and kate so I use them.

[eriefisher]

Really all I thought I would get was featherpad does blah blah and mousepad doesn't. Frankly I've used Xfce4 for so long and with Mousepad being part of the package it was just my default. When I used fluxbox it was leafpad.