Installing Textpad in Windows

  1. Go to https://www.textpad.com and click "download".
    Step 1
  2. Find the Textpad 7 Downloads (the NMU site license is for version 7. Not for 8 or 9.) and select the English version.
    Step 2
  3. Choose to save the install file to the desktop (you can delete it in step 5).
    Step 3
  4. Run the installer (it may be inside a .zip file, depending on the version) and go with all the defaults. Windows may warn about making changes to this computer. Say yes.
  5. Once the install has finished, you can delete the install file.
  6. Run Textpad. Once the program opens, select "Preferences" from the "Configure" menu.
    Step 4
  7. Click on the word "Tools". The options "Compile Java", "Run Java Application", and "Run Java Applet" should appear; if so, good. If not, then select the "Add" button and click "Java SDK Commands", then "Apply" and "OK". (What if I neither of these appeared for me?)
    Step 5
  8. Now you have a nice text editor to write your Java programs with. Next you will use it to write your first program.