Flatsonar

smalltextpad

by gcclinux

SmallTextPad is a Simple Java Text Editor and 100% FREE Application, it was written in Java and therefore requires a minimum of JRE 21 installed on your System unless you installed snap or flatpak, SmallTextPad has several features already and is still being developed in my spare time.

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About

SmallTextPad is a Simple Java Text Editor and 100% FREE Application, it was written in Java and therefore requires a minimum of JRE 21 installed on your System unless you installed snap or flatpak, SmallTextPad has several features already and is still being developed in my spare time.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • sets PATH: changes which libraries or plugins get loaded
    --env=PATH=/app/jre/bin:/app/bin:/usr/bin
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your documents folder
    --filesystem=xdg-documents
  • access to your desktop folder
    --filesystem=xdg-desktop
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • sets environment variable JAVA_HOME
    --env=JAVA_HOME=/app/jre

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • hosted by github.com/gcclinux, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.gcclinux.smalltextpad
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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