AshEdit

A barebones terminal-based text editor written in C using VT100 escape sequences. Inspired by antirez.

Features

• View and Edit Files: Open and modify text files effortlessly.
• Syntax Highlighting: Basic highlighting for C keywords.
• Find: Find multiple occurences of a string
• Save and Quit: Easily save changes and exit the editor.

Installation

To install AshEdit, simply download the zip file in the latest release, unzip and move the precompiled ashedit binary to a directory in your system's PATH. Or compile from scratch by running the "make" command in the src directory

Arch Linux

sudo mv ashedit /usr/bin/
chmod +x /usr/bin/ashedit

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo mv ashedit /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ashedit

macOS

sudo mv ashedit /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ashedit

Fedora

sudo mv ashedit /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ashedit

Usage

To open a file with AshEdit, run:

ashedit filename

Replace filename with the file you want to edit.

You can also run ashedit without a filename to open a blank file, which can later be saved.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Ctrl + Q: Quit the editor
• Ctrl + S: Save the current file
• Ctrl + F: Search for text within the file, use the up and down arrow keys to navigate between multiple results

Repository Structure

/ashedit
├── src/
│   ├── ashedit.c  # Main source code
│   ├── Makefile   # Makefile
├── README.md      # Documentation
└── ashedit        # Precompiled binary

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests to enhance AshEdit.

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Enjoy coding with AshEdit! 🚀