WinApi Text Editor

A basic text editor built with the Windows API.

Features

File Operations

• Create New Window
• Create New File
• Open Existing File
• Save
• Save As
• Prompt to Save Before Exiting

Edit Operations

• Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Undo and Redo
• Select All
• Find
  • Match Whole Word
  • Match Case
  • Direction (Up/Down)
• Replace/Replace All
  • Match Whole Word
  • Match Case

Hotkeys

• Displayed Next to Controls

Technical Details

• Language: C++
• Standard: C++20
• Dependencies: WinApi
• Build System: Premake5
• Template: This project is based on TheCherno/ProjectTemplate

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/LT2H/WinApiTextEditor.git
   

2. Open the Scripts directory and run Setup-Window.bat. This script uses Premake5 inside the Vendor/Binaries/Premake directory to generate a .sln file. By default, it is configured for Visual Studio 2022 on Windows.

   cd WinApiTextEditor/Scripts && ./Setup-Windows.bat
   

License

• This repository is licensed under UNLICENSE (see UNLICENSE.txt for details).
• Premake is licensed under BSD 3-Clause (see included LICENSE.txt file for more details)