Leafpad


Leafpad is an open source text editor for Linux, BSD, and Maemo. Created with the focus of being a lightweight text editor with minimal dependencies, it is designed to be simple and easy-to-compile. Leafpad is the default text editor for LXDE Desktop environment, including Lubuntu up to version 18.04 LTS. After Lubuntu moved to the LXQt desktop Leafpad was replaced by FeatherPad.
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Leafpad is free software.

Features

Leafpad's features include a codeset option, auto codeset detection, an unlimited Undo/Redo feature, and drag and drop capabilities.
Leafpad has a small footprint compared to editors such as gedit or Kate.