What is "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 both the LXDE Desktop environment and Xubuntu 11.10 and 12.04.

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Leafpad is free software.