What is it?
Smultron is a text editor which I've written in Cocoa for Mac OS X.

Requirements?
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

The name?
Smultron is the Swedish name for wild strawberry and I thought it sounds kind of nice. Plus I didn't have to think about the icon for the application, I just used a photograph of a smultron.

Why you've written it?
I've always thought that there has been a need for a free text editor on Mac OS X where you can change the current document quickly, has a toolbar, encodings support and syntax colouring. There are very good text editors as open source but they are generally written in Java or for X11 which just doesn't feel quite right. Another big reason for me to write Smultron is to teach me how to write a proper rather full-scale application; this is my first major project.

How do I uninstall it?
Drag Smultron to the trash, and you can find the preference file at <your home folder>/Library/Preferences/org.smultron.Smultron.plist. If you've installed the command-line utility you can find "smultron" in /usr/bin and its man file "smultron.1" in /usr/share/man/man1.

Why is it so good?
Probably because Cocoa is so good. All the kudos to the gals and guys at Apple.

Why is it so bad?
Probably because I have not yet learned enough about Cocoa.

Where is the code?
smultron.sourceforge.net

Where can I find the latest version of Smultron?
smultron.sourceforge.net