1 ====== PyRoom Project ======
3 PyRoom is a fullscreen simple text editor, without a toolbar, a menubar or anything that would distract the user from his most important task: writing.
5 ===== Dependencies =====
7 PyRoom depends on Python, PyGTK and gtksourceview. Please refer to your system documentation for information on how to install these modules if they're not currently available.
9 ===== Installing and Running =====
11 PyRoom is available as a seutptools enabled package. Installation procedures for those are easy:
13 Either unpack the tarball
15 $ tar xvfz pyroom.tar.gz
17 or check out our bazaar branch for a development version (we try to keep those
18 unbroken and ready for production use)
20 $ bzr branch lp:pyroom
22 From there, you can either run pyroom from commandline
27 Or install it system wide
30 $ python setup.py install # as root
35 === Running PyRoom ===
37 To run pyroom and instruct it to load some existing files, type:
39 $ pyroom /path/to/file1 /other/path/to/file2
41 ===Graphical Styles===
43 The default style is "green", which is a green text color in a black background. You can change the chosen style by typing:
45 $ pyroom [--style={style name}]
51 At the time of writing, the available styles are:
58 For example, to load PyRoom and instruct it to use the "darkgreen" style and to load the files "article.txt" and "blogpost.txt", type the following:
60 $ pyroom --style=darkgreen article.txt blog.txt
62 ==== Key Bindings ====
64 There are a few keys allowing you to perform a few useful commands:
66 * Control-H: Show help in a new buffer
67 * Control-I: Show buffer information
68 * Control-L: Toggle line number
69 * Control-N: Create a new buffer
70 * Control-O: Open a file in a new buffer
72 * Control-S: Save current buffer
73 * Control-Shift-S: Save current buffer as
74 * Control-W: Close buffer and exit if it was the last buffer
75 * Control-Y: Redo last typing
76 * Control-Z: Undo last typing
77 * Control-Page Up: Switch to previous buffer
78 * Control-Page Down: Switch to next buffer
79 * Control-Plus: Increases font size
80 * Control-Minus: Decreases font size
82 ===== Want to know more? =====
84 * Pyroom Website: http://pyroom.org
85 * Pyroom project page on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/pyroom
86 * Pyroom Wiki: http://wiki.pyroom.org/doku.php