The idea of having php installed just to have my editor working terrifies me
(or a mandatory dependency of any language interpreter for that matter). I
liked the idea of vis in its early stage until it went the "lua" way.
The termbox requires python for compilation. So to get this editor working one
does need a gorilla holding a banana and entire jungle. :)
I agree with others here that syntax highlighting is mostly useless, even
though I like tinting comments in my editor.
On 29/03/17 09:57P, as_AT_php.net wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am announcing mle, a small terminal-based text editor written in C:
>
> https://github.com/adsr/mle
>
> mle weighs in at ~10k sloc, has 1 external dep[0], is configurable,
It definitely has more then 1 external deps (eg. php, pcre). Not sure why
dep[1-2] are not considered external? You need to build/install them
separately, don't you?
> extensible / scriptable, and fast. The default setup is nano- or
> emacs-like, but it supports modes as well. I've used it daily for 2+
> years. You can view some demos here: http://imgur.com/a/ZBmmQ
>
> ### Aims
>
> * Keep codebase small
> * Require minimal dependencies
> * Make extensibile and configurable
> * Favor simplicity over portability
> * Use shell commands to enhance functionality (e.g., grep, tree)
> * Enjoy writing C
> * Annoy the world with another text editor
>
> ### Features
>
> * Small codebase (~10k sloc)
> * Only 1 out-of-repo dependency (pcre)
> * Full UTF-8 support
> * Syntax highlighting (via pcre)
> * Stackable key maps (modes)
> * Extensible via any program capable of stdio
> * Scriptable rc file
> * Built-in text editing language (lel)
> * Key macros
> * Multiple splittable windows
> * Regex search and replace (with capture groups)
> * Large file support (beats vim in this benchmark
> http://i.imgur.com/VGGMmGg.gif)
> * Incremental search
> * Linear undo and redo
> * Multiple cursors
> * Headless mode
> * Movement via less
> * Fuzzy file search via fzf
> * File browsing via tree
> * File grep via grep
> * Decently portable (tested on Linux, cygwin, macOS)
>
> ### Notes
>
> * There is a TODO list here[1].
> * The editor back-end, mlbuf[2], is a standalone library which can be
> repurposed.
> * mlbuf's main data structure is a linked list of C strings, similar to nano.
> * The built-in editing language, lel, is an experiment. I question
> whether it belongs.
> * There is a fork of mle called eon[3] which adds mouse support, Lua
> plugins, and notepad-like defaults.
>
> As always, patches and feedback are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
> [0] pcre; termbox and uthash are included in-repo
> [1] https://github.com/adsr/mle/blob/1e9a467/mle.h#L637
> [2] https://github.com/adsr/mlbuf
> [3] https://github.com/tomas/eon
>
Received on Wed Mar 29 2017 - 21:22:04 CEST
