Free rich software for linux

Richie Rich project is an HTML document editor that runs within a Web browser.
Unlike other in-line HTML editors, this operates straight on the DOM to avoid incongruities between what is visible in the front end and the HTML that is created in the back end.
It supports undo, mouse selection, cursor positioning, and creation of headings, paragraphs, lists, links, bold, italic and underline.
Here are some commands:
- Click on the document to position the cursor
- Enter will create a new element
- Shift+Enter will append a line break without creating a new paragraph
- Ctrl+D delets the current node
- Ctrl+A creates a link
- Ctrl+L creates a new list, and exits a list
- Ctrl+Shift+L creates a nested list
- Ctrl+Shift+L descends into a nested list if one already exists
- Up and down arrows move between editable areas
- Left and right arrows move the cursor
- Home and End go to the beginning and end of an editable area
- Ctrl+left/right arrows move back and forth by word
- Alt+left/right arrows move back and forth by sentence (including commas)
- Ctrl + b, i and u do bold, italic and underline
- Ctrl + h followed by a number creates that kind of heading
- Ctrl + v will paste text in. Tags are stripped, the text is split according to line break and content is added as if you pressed enter for each line break
- ESC will take you out of edit mode
- Use the mouse to select text to apply formatting such as headings, bold, links (quite touchy!)
- Ctrl+Z == Undo (up to 50)
- Ctrl+R == Redo
Enhancements:
- This release featured increased usability.
- The sample page now shows the editor in its own scrollable area, and the troublesome scroll repositioning code was removed.
- You can preview the page by clicking outside the editor or by hitting esc.
- It is now recommended that the "backspace action" be disabled in Firefox.
- Instructions are on the Richie Rich website.

Spring-RCPs mission is to provide an elegant way to build highly-configurable, GUI-standards-following rich-client applications faster by leveraging the Spring Framework, and a rich library of UI factories and support classes.
The Spring Rich Client Project (RCP) is a sub-project of The Spring Framework. Spring-RCPs mission is to provide an elegant way to build highly-configurable, GUI-standards-following rich-client applications faster by leveraging the Spring Framework, and a rich library of UI factories and support classes. Initial focus is on providing support for Swing applications but a goal of Spring-RCP is to be view agnostic as much as possible.
Spring Rich Client Projects goal is to provide a viable option for developers that need a platform and a best-practices guide for constructing Swing applications quickly.
Specifically, spring-richclient seeks to:
Provide a way to build structured, highly-configurable, GUI-standards-following Swing applications faster by leveraging the Spring Framework.
Foster integration with existing rich-client-related projects where it make sense. For example, jgoodies-forms and TableLayout are two good layout managers. We dont need to develop another one.
Adhere to the principles set forth by the Spring Framework--programming to interfaces; the importance of sound OO design, documentation, and testing.
Main features:
- A command framework that provides centralized configuration of Swing actions and appropriate handler registration based on the current active view. Command configuration, as well as action bar contribution policies (to menus or toolbars), can be defined centrally and externalized in Spring bean defintiions.
- A forms data binding and validation framework, for connecting edits made in your UI controls with your domain model automatically--with as you type feedback.
- Support for multiple window management, page configuration, and view management. The concepts here are inspired by Eclipses perspective/view constructs. Views can be defined in the Spring container, associated with one or more pages, and a default page can be configured to be loaded at startup.
- Common support classes addressing various rich client requirements including: well formed dialogs, wizards, input validation (typing hints and validation results reporting), button bars,internationalization, image/icon caching, progress monitoring, UI threading (classes cleanly promoting responsive UIs), treetable/property sheet, table sorting/high-volume table updates, GUI standards builders/helpers, help/about, etc.
Spring-rich adds value for people needing to develop Swing applications and do so in a way that promotes consistent, well-designed, configurable Swing applications. The spring-rich developers strongly feel the old days of Swing apps not looking native and not being performant or web-accessible are gone with JDK1.4.2 and 1.5 and webstart.
It is our belief the only problem with Swing is that there are a limited number of higher-level abstractions available that assist in making the toolkit simpler and easier to use, and a limited number of design best practices. The goal of spring-richclient is to provide that.
Enhancements:
- [RCP-400] - jgoodies forms not included as spring-rich dependencies
- Regression bug: icons on MessageAreaPane didnt show up

JRCF is a Java/Swing application framework geared toward small-to-medium sized Rich Client applications.

JRCF allows developers to separate their softwares into logical "chunks" and provides easy access to i18n, stock UI widgets, icons and so on.

The Korseby Icon Package is a rich set of XPM and PNG icons created for use for window managers without available icons.

The Korseby Icon Package now includes 452 several icons with 4 different backgrounds. Hopefully they can cover mostly all of the existing file associations.

Archetypes project is a framework for developing new content types in Plone.
The power of Archetypes is first in automatically generating forms, second in providing a library of stock field types, form widgets, and field validators, third in easily integrating custom fields, widgets, and validators, and fourth in automating transformations of rich content.
Enhancements:
- Major bugfixes

Scriptio project is an open source framework for presenting animations and educational content in a rich online experience.
Featuring an easy-to-learn scripting language for fast prototyping and production-quality development, Scriptio is designed for rich Web 2.0 applications.
Scriptio is written in JavaScript, and exploits Ajax techniques. Ajax refers to tools and methods for creating interactive web applications. If accompanying narration or sound is needed, interfaces to Flash, QuickTime, and standard audio formats are supported.
Main features:
Intuitive scripting language
- The scripting language is a simple and easy to understand. It can also be extended since it is built in JavaScript.
Rich object set
- Text, images, rectangles, lines, and circles are supported. Input controls such as buttons, text entry fields, radio buttons, and checkboxes are used for created highly-interactive instructional presentations.
Multiple audio options
- If you need a music or narration soundtrack, interfaces for QuickTime and Flash are included. A Java applet that supports audio formats of Ogg, AU, and WAV has also been developed.
Authoring Tools
- An "author mode" gives valuable feedback as you work and develop your scripts.

Search::Xapian is a Perl XS frontend to the Xapian C++ search library. The project is a fairly complete wrapper: most features of the Xapian library are made available for use from Perl.

Xapian is a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It supports the Probabilistic Information Retrieval model as well as a rich set of boolean query operators. Its fast and scalable to hundreds of millions of documents.