PRiL is a free and open source text editor developed using the wxWidgets GUI library in C++. It supports all major text formats and runs on all major platforms (Linux, macOS and Windows).
Pull requests are welcome! Please contribute to improve this project and provide suggestions by raising issues.
To install the executable wrappers directly, check out the latest release. Download and extract to get the executable.
Tip
You might need to disable gatekeeping mechanisms temporarily as this release lacks a signed certificate.
Get the source code from the release page.
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Get
chocolateyfor Windows. -
Get
homebrewfor macOS by running the following command onbash/zsh:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Important
Add to path by running the following two commands:
(echo; echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
- This build guide covers
apt,dnfandpacman, which are usually the default package managers on Debian-based, RedHat-based and Arch-based Linux distros.
- On Windows, install
minGW64by running the following command in PowerShell with administrator privileges:
choco install mingw
Important
Verify if minGW is added to path by running $env:Path in PowerShell and check if the path to the bin folder is visible. If not, edit the System Environment Variables and add it to path manually.
- On macOS, install the
Xcodecommand line tools by running:
sudo xcode-select --install
- On Linux, run the following commands, based on your package manager:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries" "Development Tools"
sudo pacman -S base-devel
Tip
To verify installation, run:
g++ --version
This project uses GNU make to run makefiles for easier compilation, linking and execution.
Note
If you do not want to use make, skip to GUI library
- On Windows, run in PowerShell admin:
choco install make
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To verify installation, run:
make --version
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On macOS,
makeis installed with theXcodecommand line tools. -
On Linux,
makecomes packaged withbuild-essential/base-devel.
wxWidgets is a cross-platform free and open source GUI library with support for building native-looking OS-agnostic applications.
- On Windows, run in PowerShell admin:
choco install wxwidgets
- On macOS, run in
bash/zsh:
brew install wxwidgets
- On Linux, follow the steps provided in the documentation in the official documentation
Tip
To verify installation, run:
wxwidgets --version
Note
If you skipped installing make, jump directly to raw run.
Note
Recommended for a cleaner compilation and execution.
- To generate the executable (only) and start the application automatically, run the following command in the project directory:
make run
- To generate the intermediate object files along with the executable, run the following command in the project directory:
make all
- On Windows, run:
./pril-editor.exe
- On macOS and Linux, run:
./pril-editor
To clean up the project directory and remove the object files, run:
make clean
To generate the object files, run the following command in the project directory:
g++ -std=c++17 -c `wx-config --cxxflags` App.cpp Frame.cpp
- To generate the executable on Windows, run:
g++ -o pril-editor.exe `wx-config --libs` App.o Frame.o
- On macOS and Linux, run:
g++ -o pril-editor `wx-config --libs` App.o Frame.o
Alternatively, to generate the executable directly, run:
- On Windows:
g++ -std=c++17 -o pril-editor.exe `wx-config --cxxflags --libs` App.cpp Frame.cpp
- On macOS and Linux:
g++ -std=c++17 -o pril-editor.exe `wx-config --cxxflags --libs` App.cpp Frame.cpp
Run the executable as given in previous section.