Se o código aberto não for uma necessidade, o Jarte é um ótimo substituto gratuito para o Wordpad. Ele usa o mecanismo Wordpad da Microsoft, na verdade.
Some Features:
- Fully compatible with Windows Vista
- Tabbed interface to provide easy access to open documents
- Opens files with file extension RTF, file extension DOC, and file extension DOCX (new default format in Word 2007)
- Fast start up
- Compact screen size
- Hot Connect lets you use Jarte with other programs
- Optional "Clickless Operation" feature greatly reduces clicking
- Can be run directly from a pluggable USB flash drive
- High quality spell checker with custom user dictionary
- Included spelling dictionaries: English (American, British, & Canadian), Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch
- Link to, or import, your existing custom Word spelling dictionaries
- Support for templates
- Export to HTML or PDF
- Single click bookmarking and bookmark navigation
- Send documents via e-mail
- Full drag and drop file support
- Instant access to recently opened documents and folders
- Instant access to documents and folders designated as favorites
- Adjustable document zoom
- Detailed Help documentation
- Insert pictures, hyperlinks, tables, page breaks, equations and other embeddable objects
Não é o software mais bonito, mas funciona: