diff --git a/srcpkgs/textadept/patches/cmake.patch b/srcpkgs/textadept/patches/cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cf34f9199c4198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/textadept/patches/cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ set(deps_dir ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps)
+ if(POLICY CMP0135) # CMake 3.24 adds DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP to FetchContent_Declare()
+ 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
+ endif()
+-function(fetch name url)
++function(fetch name url hash)
+ 	string(REGEX MATCH "[^/]+$" archive ${url})
+ 	list(FIND nightlies ${name} can_use_nightly)
+ 	if(NIGHTLY AND can_use_nightly GREATER -1)
+@@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ function(fetch name url)
+ 	if(EXISTS ${patch})
+ 		set(patch_command PATCH_COMMAND patch -N -p1 < ${patch})
+ 	endif()
+-	FetchContent_Declare(${name} URL ${url} ${patch_command})
++	FetchContent_Declare(${name} URL ${url} URL_HASH SHA256=${hash} ${patch_command})
+ 	# Note: cannot FetchContent_MakeAvailable(${name}) here, as name must be a literal.
+ endfunction()
+-fetch(scintilla https://www.scintilla.org/scintilla557.tgz)
+-fetch(scinterm https://github.com/orbitalquark/scinterm/archive/scinterm_5.5.zip)
+-fetch(scintillua https://github.com/orbitalquark/scintillua/archive/scintillua_6.6.zip)
+-fetch(lua https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.8.tar.gz)
+-fetch(lpeg https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg-1.1.0.tar.gz)
+-fetch(lfs https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/archive/v1_8_0.zip)
+-fetch(regex https://github.com/orbitalquark/lua-std-regex/archive/1.0.zip)
+-fetch(cdk https://github.com/ThomasDickey/cdk-snapshots/archive/refs/tags/t20240619.tar.gz)
+-fetch(termkey https://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtermkey/libtermkey-0.22.tar.gz)
+-fetch(reproc https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc/archive/refs/tags/v14.2.5.zip)
++fetch(scintilla https://www.scintilla.org/scintilla557.tgz b37e1a239ff8c77cebd72db6ce25264b35cbecbbffad60f9ce7e838f5195a21e)
++fetch(scinterm https://github.com/orbitalquark/scinterm/archive/scinterm_5.5.zip 1bf084ccd564c0997c0881664a3b5510e5f56c3aa79e73bd8494775632d07f79)
++fetch(scintillua https://github.com/orbitalquark/scintillua/archive/scintillua_6.6.zip ac5cdaf7f21279eb771ac122f6608cea6525f66a6d05f38a59bc4cc98290bc60)
++fetch(lua https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.8.tar.gz 4f18ddae154e793e46eeab727c59ef1c0c0c2b744e7b94219710d76f530629ae)
++fetch(lpeg https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg-1.1.0.tar.gz 4b155d67d2246c1ffa7ad7bc466c1ea899bbc40fef0257cc9c03cecbaed4352a)
++fetch(lfs https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/archive/v1_8_0.zip e3a6beca7a8a90522eed31db6ccdc5ed65a433826500c6862784e27671b9e18a)
++fetch(regex https://github.com/orbitalquark/lua-std-regex/archive/1.0.zip 5b684a1ce7ea632a37aa4f98bcf265cd97d9d70c5998c56985295c6aa97e74e1)
++fetch(cdk https://github.com/ThomasDickey/cdk-snapshots/archive/refs/tags/t20240619.tar.gz 69a2c96ce23b3137929ecc011c67b030554cc532ab00a011cbbccf01dacaa611)
++fetch(termkey https://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtermkey/libtermkey-0.22.tar.gz 6945bd3c4aaa83da83d80a045c5563da4edd7d0374c62c0d35aec09eb3014600)
++fetch(reproc https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc/archive/refs/tags/v14.2.5.zip 21b168c38adb22f4b48391d8193dbc3927f1f2e678c2058d6944a29b64acc6c9)
+ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(scintilla scinterm lua lpeg lfs regex cdk termkey)
+ if(POLICY CMP0169) # CMake 3.28 adds EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL to FetchContent_MakeAvailable()
+ 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0169 OLD)
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if(WIN32)
+ 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pdcurses iconv)
+ endif()
+ if(QT)
+-	fetch(singleapp https://github.com/itay-grudev/SingleApplication/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.3.zip)
++	fetch(singleapp https://github.com/itay-grudev/SingleApplication/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.3.zip ec8a68a24da974397668370a5a9d1fe281bfcbd7390ed1b14642921634f1881f)
+ 	set(QAPPLICATION_CLASS QApplication CACHE STRING "Inheritance class for SingleApplication")
+ 	set(QT_DEFAULT_MAJOR_VERSION ${QT_VERSION_MAJOR})
+ 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(singleapp)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/textadept/template b/srcpkgs/textadept/template
index e97f96f2a8c693..b1668989d79eab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/textadept/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/textadept/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'textadept'
 pkgname=textadept
-version=11.1
+version=12.9
 revision=1
-build_wrksrc="src"
+build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="tar unzip pkg-config"
-makedepends="gtk+3-devel ncurses-devel"
+makedepends="qt6-base-devel qt6-qt5compat-devel gtk+3-devel ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Fast, minimalist, and extensible text editor for programmers"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -13,75 +13,62 @@ homepage="https://orbitalquark.github.io/textadept/"
 # for distfiles and skip_extraction variables on every new release (and
 # checksums updated accordingly). This is so that XBPS can cache them. Details:
 # https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/15627#issuecomment-549018252
+# This goes for cmake.patch as well.
 distfiles="https://github.com/orbitalquark/textadept/archive/textadept_${version}.tar.gz
- https://www.scintilla.org/scintilla445.tgz
- https://github.com/orbitalquark/scinterm/archive/6a774158d8a3c7bc7ea120bc01cdb016fa351a7e.zip
- https://github.com/orbitalquark/scintillua/archive/scintillua_4.4.5-2.zip
- https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
- http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.2.tar.gz
+ https://www.scintilla.org/scintilla557.tgz
+ https://github.com/orbitalquark/scinterm/archive/scinterm_5.5.zip
+ https://github.com/orbitalquark/scintillua/archive/scintillua_6.6.zip
+ https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.8.tar.gz
+ https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg-1.1.0.tar.gz
  https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/archive/v1_8_0.zip
- https://github.com/orbitalquark/gtdialog/archive/64587546482a1a6324706d75c80b77d2f87118a4.zip
- https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/cdk/cdk-5.0-20200923.tgz
- http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtermkey/libtermkey-0.20.tar.gz"
-checksum="55d153fba03aa2e12c2865f38f378154bbc7d2d3e3448a3682b46ee17056fb4c
- 4f2168684b4024dc3d6b267320fff1d729192047f4a1b79aeab9ec7c64f733ec
- 3b1e3cc3ee48bb158d1d666c7c86d190905c973918914876f6ab3712f8dd7d20
- ccd5b3d615116b8c4376086cf1d03b6ef1f67a565e57446b15eba3f39ef0c180
- 0c2eed3f960446e1a3e4b9a1ca2f3ff893b6ce41942cf54d5dd59ab4b3b058ac
- 48d66576051b6c78388faad09b70493093264588fcd0f258ddaab1cdd4a15ffe
+ https://github.com/orbitalquark/lua-std-regex/archive/1.0.zip
+ https://github.com/ThomasDickey/cdk-snapshots/archive/refs/tags/t20240619.tar.gz
+ https://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtermkey/libtermkey-0.22.tar.gz
+ https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc/archive/refs/tags/v14.2.5.zip
+ https://github.com/itay-grudev/SingleApplication/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.3.zip"
+checksum="b675549ea3a77638f7bc02cf0f065c35eb2b3eb8ea721c40ea4539752a14b08b
+ b37e1a239ff8c77cebd72db6ce25264b35cbecbbffad60f9ce7e838f5195a21e
+ 1bf084ccd564c0997c0881664a3b5510e5f56c3aa79e73bd8494775632d07f79
+ ac5cdaf7f21279eb771ac122f6608cea6525f66a6d05f38a59bc4cc98290bc60
+ 4f18ddae154e793e46eeab727c59ef1c0c0c2b744e7b94219710d76f530629ae
+ 4b155d67d2246c1ffa7ad7bc466c1ea899bbc40fef0257cc9c03cecbaed4352a
  e3a6beca7a8a90522eed31db6ccdc5ed65a433826500c6862784e27671b9e18a
- 093a4f973196083610c4489e8d9272f340ebf82d48c064f1542c6464eda2af82
- 007f5de880cb2eebd8556df7e4cd8673d5e64c9970147eee6923a814c29faaed
- 6c0d87c94ab9915e76ecd313baec08dedf3bd56de83743d9aa923a081935d2f5"
-skip_extraction="scintilla445.tgz
- 6a774158d8a3c7bc7ea120bc01cdb016fa351a7e.zip
- scintillua_4.4.5-2.zip
- lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
- lpeg-1.0.2.tar.gz
- v1_8_0.zip
- 64587546482a1a6324706d75c80b77d2f87118a4.zip
- cdk-5.0-20200923.tgz
- libtermkey-0.20.tar.gz"
+ 5b684a1ce7ea632a37aa4f98bcf265cd97d9d70c5998c56985295c6aa97e74e1
+ 69a2c96ce23b3137929ecc011c67b030554cc532ab00a011cbbccf01dacaa611
+ 6945bd3c4aaa83da83d80a045c5563da4edd7d0374c62c0d35aec09eb3014600
+ 21b168c38adb22f4b48391d8193dbc3927f1f2e678c2058d6944a29b64acc6c9
+ ec8a68a24da974397668370a5a9d1fe281bfcbd7390ed1b14642921634f1881f"
+skip_extraction="scintilla557.tgz
+scinterm_5.5.zip
+scintillua_6.6.zip
+lua-5.4.8.tar.gz
+lpeg-1.1.0.tar.gz
+v1_8_0.zip
+1.0.zip
+t20240619.tar.gz
+libtermkey-0.22.tar.gz
+v14.2.5.zip
+v3.5.3.zip"
 
 post_extract() {
-	# We copy the downloaded dep files to src directory so that they are found
-	# and not downloaded again by the build process. This helps to utilize caching.
+	# We copy the downloaded dep files to build directory so that cmake doesn't try to redownload them.
+	# This prevents build errors (xbps-src cmake can't use FetchContent) and improves caching.
+	mkdir -p "${wrksrc}/${build_wrksrc}/${cmake_builddir:=build}/_deps"
 	echo "${skip_extraction}" | while read archive; do
 		if [ -f "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${sourcepkg}-${version}/${archive}" ]; then
 			cp "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${sourcepkg}-${version}/${archive}" \
-				"${wrksrc}/${build_wrksrc}/"
+				"${wrksrc}/${build_wrksrc}/${cmake_builddir:=build}/_deps"
 		fi
 	done
 }
 
-pre_configure() {
-	# For cross builds
-	vsed -i \
-		-e '/^CC =/d' \
-		-e '/^CFLAGS =/d' \
-		-e '/^CXX =/d' \
-		-e 's/^CXXFLAGS =.*/CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17/' Makefile
-}
-
-do_build() {
-	make deps
-	# fix build with gcc 12 https://github.com/orbitalquark/textadept/issues/110
-	# from https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/PKGBUILD?h=textadept&id=c07c879175c8bea2f43169c71887bd9ebdf8969d
-	vsed -i '1008s/volatile//;1099s/volatile//;' scintilla/gtk/ScintillaGTKAccessible.cxx
-	make ${makejobs} GTK3=1
-	make ${makejobs} curses
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" install
-	make curses PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" install
-
-	# Binaries in /usr/share/textadept are not allowed
-	# So we relocate to /usr/lib/textadept
+post_install() {
+	# Binaries in /usr/share/textadept are not allowed, so we relocate to /usr/lib/textadept
+	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin"
 	mv "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/textadept" "${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/textadept"
 	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept" "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/textadept"
-	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept-curses" \
-		"${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/textadept-curses"
+	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept-gtk" "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/textadept-gtk"
+	ln -sf "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept-curses" "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/textadept-curses"
 
 	# For icons
 	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps"
@@ -90,5 +77,11 @@ do_install() {
 	ln -s "/usr/lib/textadept/core/images/ta_48x48.png" \
 		"${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps/textadept.png"
 
-	vlicense ../LICENSE
+	# .desktop entries
+	# We don't link the GTK entry, as it has the same name as the QT entry
+	mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications"
+	ln -s "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications"
+	ln -s "/usr/lib/textadept/textadept-curses.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications"
+
+	vlicense "${wrksrc}/${build_wrksrc}/LICENSE"
 }