julesgrc0 / ptext

A nano like text editor built with pure C

ptext

A nano like text editor built with pure C

ptext is a text editor based on kilo.
My goal in making this was to learn more about managing tui interfaces not using ncurses.

Preview🙈:

preview.mp4

How to install⬇️:

1. Clone this repo.

git clone https://github.com/proh14/ptext.git
cd ptext

2. Run make inside this repo's main directory.

make

3. go to build directory

cd build

4. run ptext!

./ptext <filename>

OR to install you may run the command

make install

then restart your shell and run

ptext <file name>

to start the editor.

A little bit of documentation📖:

• To exit you can press CTRL + q
• To save you can press CTRL + s
• To search you can press CTRL + f
• To search & replace you can press CTRL + r
• To goto the start of the line you can press CTRL + a
• To goto the end of the line you can press CTRL + e
• To goto the start of the file you can press CTRL + u
• To goto the end of the file you can press CTRL + d

Goals🥅:

1. Fix syntax highlighting.
2. Add a plugin system.
3. Add windows.
4. Add utf support.
5. Read the terminfo database.

Work in progress⚒️:

This is still a work in progress project!

Contributions💖:

I appreciate contributions but first of all, you must read the
Read the CONTRIBUTING.md Then you can send your pr!

Thank you Stargazers⭐:

Thank you Forkers🍴:

A huge thanks to🙏:

1. viewsourcecode
2. kilo