VietPad Cross-platform Vietnamese Unicode Text Editor

Usage:

VietPad requires Java Runtime Environment 1.4 (US English version is sufficient for Windows) to run. Launch VietPad with the Java interpreter either by double-clicking on the Vietpad.jar file object or by executing the following command from the command line:

java -jar Vietpad.jar

or

javaw -jar Vietpad.jar

Note: The filename is case-sensitive in some operating systems. Be sure the directory that contains the Vietpad.jar file is the current directory.

Set up your preference by selecting your favorite Vietnamese input method on the Settings menu; the SmartMark option gives you increased flexibility in entering diacritical marks at word ends besides the traditional method. Select a font that supports all Vietnamese characters on the Format menu; the Preview box in the Font dialog will help you choose the appropriate fonts. These options will be saved as VietPad program's settings, not as individual file's formats, when the program closes or exits.

You can begin entering Vietnamese text after you turn on Viet Mode.

Note: Turn off other external Vietnamese keyboard drivers when you use VietPad to avoid interference in interpreting key entries.

Be sure to select proper file type when you save your work. Choose a Unicode format when save your Vietnamese text. A .txt file extension will be automatically supplied if the given file name does not have a .txt extension when either Text Files option is selected. The file name for All Files type is as provided.

Files created by VietPad can be opened by Unicode-compatible text editors or word processors, such as Notepad of WinNT/2000/XP or Microsoft Word. For incompatible applications, the text would appear as raw, and obscure, UTF-8 or UTF-16 byte sequences, as follows for the example above:

Em hãy cùng ta mơ
Mơ một ngày đất mẹ

You can also open a file by dragging it from the desktop or file explorer and dropping on VietPad window. Again, be sure to set the appropriate Files of Type first; choose UTF-8 or UTF-16 type for Vietnamese Unicode text files and ANSI for others.

Vietnamese Unicode text in Vietpad can be copied/pasted to/from other Unicode-compatible applications, such as Microsoft Office 2000/XP, etc.