sustext

• sustext
  • About
  • Pre requisites
  • Running the editor
  • Editor Commands
  • Command Line Args
  • Features
  • TODO

About

Text editor made in C++ ran in the linux terminal.

The escape sequences are based off VT100 Terminals which can be clearly seen in the source files of IO and Terminal

Pre requisites

g++ compiler

sudo apt install g++ ncurses

sudo pacman -S g++ ncurses

Running the editor

To run the editor as of currently, clone the repository and run make

After doing so run ./sustext

If you want to run the terminal and open a specific file you can pass it in as a parameter

Example

./sustext <flags> [path_to_file]

More info about different commands in the editor found in Editor Commands

For more information about the different support commands line arguments look at Command Line Args

Editor Commands

ctrl + q -> exit the editor

ctrl + s -> save file

ctrl + f -> find string in file

Command Line Args

-f -> specify file to open (might be removed because of redundancy)

-s -> sus mode (not implemented)

(By default the editor will open a file in write mode)

-r -> open file in read only mode (not implemented)

Features

• Open files
• Basic key bindings for control
• Search through file

TODO

• Resize the row count if the terminal window is resized (dynmaic sizing)
• different highlighting modes in viewer
• different modes of opening (viewer, editor, etc...)
• syntax highlighting??
• Console Colors
  • 3-4 bit support
  • 256 bit support