Textor – Windows 32-bit Text & Code Editor

A simple, fast plain text editor for Windows, written in pure C using the Windows 32-bit API. No external frameworks or databases.

Features

• File: New, Open, Save, Save As
• Edit: Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Select All
• Line numbers on the left panel, synced with the text area
• Light/Dark theme (View → Light theme / Dark theme)
• Menu bar: File, Edit, View, Help
• Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+N, Ctrl+O, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+A

Requirements

• OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (32-bit supported)
• Compiler: GCC / MinGW
• Hardware: ~2 GB RAM, ~50–100 MB free disk

Build

Using MinGW (e.g. from MSYS2 or standalone MinGW):

mingw32-make

Or with gcc directly:

gcc -O2 -Wall -mwindows -o textor.exe textor.c

Run

textor.exe

Optional: open a file from the command line:

textor.exe "C:\path\to\file.txt"

Project layout

• textor.c – single source file (UI, file handling, edit engine, line numbers, menus)
• Makefile – build for MinGW
• README.md – this file

Authors

• Mujahid Al Mahi
• Shahariar Hossain Jibon
• Khondokar Ahnaf Elahe