coding-pudding.exe

An optimized Python editor for low-configuration laptops/PCs.

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Features

• Tabs - Open multiple files in one window.
• Dark mode - Protect your eyes during long coding sessions.
• Automatic indentation - Automatically indent after : (no more typing 4 spaces manually).
• Bracket matching - Automatically close opening brackets (), [], {}, <>, "", ''.
• Smart bracket deletion - Delete matching bracket pairs intelligently.
• Tear-off tabs - Drag a tab out to create a new window with that file.
• Auto-scroll - Middle-click to create an anchor and scroll automatically.
• Toggle comment - Ctrl + / to comment/uncomment selected lines.
• Line numbers - Easily locate your code by line number.
• Find/Replace/Go To - Full search, replace, and navigation support.
• Automatically saving settings - Remembers your theme (dark/light) and window size.
• "Open with coding-pudding" - Right-click any file to open it directly.
• Word counting - Press Ctrl + Shift + W at the same time to open Word Count dialog.
• Horizontal scrolling - Press Shift + Scroll to do horizontal scroll.
• Settings dialog - Press Ctrl + , to configure font, font size, theme, and editor behavior.
• Remember opened tabs - The editor remembers tabs that belong to the last coding session.
• Tab context manager - Right-click on tabs card now can open a menu.
• Close all tabs - Press Ctrl + Alt + W to close all tabs (if there are unsaved files, it will show a Warning dialog).
• Indentation size setting - Change many sizes of indentation inside Settings dialog.
• Bookmarks - Note many important parts of your project.
• Open Recent files - Files --> Open Recent to show the TEN most recently opened files.

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Installation

Option 1: Download coding-pudding.exe (Recommended)

1. Download coding-pudding.exe from Releases.
2. Run the file (no Python installation required).
3. Right-click any file --> "Open with coding-pudding".

Option 2: Run from source code (coding-pudding.py)

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/caoductri698/coding-pudding.git
cd coding-pudding

# Install dependencies
py -m pip install PyQt6

# Run app
py coding-pudding.py

Option 3: Build coding-pudding.exe by yourself

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/caoductri698/coding-pudding.git

# Install PyInstaller
py -m pip install pyinstaller

# Build
py -m PyInstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=icon.ico --add-data="icon.ico;." --name coding-pudding coding-pudding.py

# File .exe is ready in dist/coding-pudding.exe

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Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 7/8/10/11
• RAM: at least 2GB (for best performance)
• Python version (if running from source code): 3.8+ (tested on 3.14)

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + N	New file
Ctrl + T	New tab
Ctrl + O	Open file
Ctrl + S	Save
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save as
Ctrl + W	Close tab
Ctrl + Q	Exit
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + F	Find
Ctrl + H	Replace
Ctrl + G	Go To
Ctrl + /	Toggle comment
Ctrl + Tab	Next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Previous tab
F5 or Fn + F5	Time/Date
Tab	1 indentation (line start)/4 spaces
Shift + Tab	Unindent
Ctrl + Shift + W	Word count
Shift + Scroll	Horizontal scrolling
Ctrl + ,	Settings dialog
Ctrl + Alt + W	Close all tabs
Ctrl + Scroll	Zoom in or out
Ctrl + F2 or Ctrl + Fn + F2	Toggle bookmark at current line
F2 or Fn + F2	Jump to the next bookmark
Shift + F2 or Shift + Fn + F2	Jump to the previous bookmark
Ctrl + Shift + B	Open Bookmarks dialog

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How to use

Open a file

• Option 1: Ctrl + O --> Choose file
• Option 2: Right-click file --> "Open with coding-pudding"
• Option 3: Drag file into the app window

Tear-off tab

• Click and hold a tab
• Drag it outside the tab bar --> A new window appears with that file

Automatically scrolling

• Middle-click anywhere in the editor --> An anchor appears
• Move mouse up/down --> The page scrolls automatically
• The further from the anchor, the faster it scrolls
• Middle-click again to disable the anchor

Register context menu

• Automatically: Run the app once --> it registers automatically
• Manually: Help --> Register 'Open with' Menu
• Removing: Help --> Unregister 'Open with' Menu

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Built with

• Python 3.14 - Programming language
• PyQt6 - GUI framework
• PyInstaller - Packaging tool
• winreg - Windows Registry integration

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request (PR)

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Bug reports

If you find a bug, please create an Issue with:

• Description of the bug
• Steps to reproduce
• Screenshots (if possible)
• Windows version

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Contact

• GitHub: @caoductri698
• Gmail: caoductri698@gmail.com
• TikTok: tdwc208
• Instagram: tdwc208
• Hotline: +84342513045
• Facebook: tri6462 (Trii Dwck)

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⭐ If you find this application useful, please give me a star, that will be a lot to me!

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License

This project is licensed under the GPL v3.0 License

You are free to:

• Use commercially
• Modify
• Distribute
• Use privately

Under the following conditions:

• Source code MUST be provided with any distribution
• Derivatives must also be licensed under GPL v3.0
• Original copyright notice must be preserved

For more details, see the LICENSE file or visit gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.