📝 Text Editor

A sleek and customizable text editor built with Python and PySimpleGUI, featuring tabbed editing, syntax highlighting, find-and-replace, theming, AI Copilot integration, and more.

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📚 Table of Contents

• Quick Start
  • Option 1: Easy (Windows Only)
  • Option 2: Run from Source
• Using AI Copilot (Gemini)
• Features
• Feature Previews
• Notes
• Contributing
• License

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🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Easy (Windows Only)

1. Download and run the main.exe file.
2. ⚠️ Note: Due to limitations with PyInstaller, folder opening may not work properly in the executable. For full functionality, use Option 2.

Option 2: Run from Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/BobJr23/Text_editor.git
   cd Text_editor

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Launch the app:

   python main.py

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🤖 Using AI Copilot (Gemini)

To enable Copilot Chat, you'll need a free API key from Google AI Studio.

Setup Options:

• Option A: Add the API key to a .env file:

  API_KEY=your-api-key-here
  

• Option B: Enter it manually when prompted in the app.

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
🗂 Tabs & Folders	Multi-tab support and folder explorer for managing projects.
🎨 Theme Customizer	Create and switch between custom themes for the editor.
🔍 Find & Replace	Quickly search and replace across files.
🧠 AI Copilot Chat	Gemini-powered in-editor assistant.
💡 Syntax Highlighting	Supports Python, Golang, Java (more coming soon).
💻 Integrated Terminal	Run commands without leaving the editor.

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🖼 Feature Previews

Editor Overview

🎨 Theme Customizer

🧠 Syntax Highlighting, Tabs, and More

🤖 AI Copilot Chat

💻 Integrated Terminal

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📌 Notes

• Cross-platform support is best when running the Python source (main.py).
• Currently tested on Windows 10/11 and Ubuntu 22.04.
• Support for more languages and plugins is in development!

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🛠 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! If you have feature ideas, bug reports, or want to help improve functionality, feel free to contribute.