Textadept

find.lua

-- ~/.textadept/find.lua

-- Fill the find field with the current buffer selection
--
-- Thanks to Mitchell and Niklas W from [email protected]

keys.cf = function()
  local s = buffer.selection_start
  local e = buffer.selection_end
  if s ~= e then
    ui.find.find_entry_text = buffer:text_range(s, e)
  end
  ui.find.focus()
end 

init.lua

-- ~/.textadept/init.lua
ui.set_theme('light')

textadept.file_types.extensions.gradle = 'groovy'

--means control+h whereas cH means control+shift+h
keys.ch = textadept.editing.highlight_word

-- import the find.lua 
require('find')

textadept.desktop

#/usr/local/share/applications/textadept.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Textadept
Comment=Editor
Exec=/opt/textadept/textadept %U
Icon=/opt/textadept/core/images/ta_256x256.png
Terminal=false
Categories=Utilities;Accessories;Programming