koalawriter


A full screen, distraction free, text editor.

INTRODUCTION

KoalaWriter is a clone of OmmWriter, a full screen, distraction free, text editor, with customizable background image and ambient music. It offers the best way to stay focused on what you are writing.

FEATURES

  • Ambient sound configurable
  • Background image and color configurable
  • Keyboard sound configurable
  • Possibility to add your personal ambient sounds, background images and Keyboard sounds
  • Editor transparency
  • Font family, color and size configurable
  • .txt format compatible
  • AutoSave every 3 minutes

HOW TO INSTALL

To compile this application you need the Qt4 library, you can found it here: http://qt.nokia.com. You need the phonon module for the audio. On a Debian or derivates systems (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint ecc.) you can install dependecies by typing:

sudo apt-get install build-essential qt4-dev-tools libphonon-dev

To Compile type:

qmake

and then:

make

To run type: ./KoalaWriter

If you do not hear sounds make sure you have a phonon backend installed (for example for debian/ubuntu users phonon-backend-gstreamer or phonon-backend-xine)

SCREENSHOTS

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9787243/KoalaWriter.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9787243/KoalaWriter-1.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9787243/KoalaWriter-2.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9787243/KoalaWriter-3.png

Project Information

  • License: GNU GPL v3
  • 17 stars
  • svn-based source control

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koalawriter text editor relaxing distraction free texteditor distraction-free full screen fullscreen Qt