Re: [dev] [edit] Introducing edit, a simple text editor

From: Daniel Littlewood <danielittlewood_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:58:55 +0100

Hi Arthur, I tried to build your project, but it failed for me:

termbox2.h:2209:22: error: storage size of ‘sa’ isn’t known
termbox2.h:2345:46: error: ‘struct sigaction’ has no member named ‘sa_handler’
termbox2.h:2345:44: error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct sigaction’

All the best,
Dan

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 1:15 PM Arthur Jacquin <arthur_AT_jacquin.xyz> wrote:
>
> Hello suckless developers,
>
> This is my first time here, I hope I'm doing everything correctly :)
>
> There is a bit of a story leading to this post. About a year ago, I
> discovered the kakoune text editor. At that time I was a pretty happy
> vim user, but kakoune arguments for its reversed grammar[0] resonated
> with me and soon made me want a vim replacement.
>
> Already aware of and enthusiastic about the suckless philosophy, I
> started by exploring the text editors referenced there[1]. I was
> looking for the combination of a simple yet powerful editing model and
> a truly suckless development style. As none satisfied me, I decided to
> write my own.
>
> The result is edit[2] (yeah, quite creative on the name).
>
> It uses a kakoune-inspired selection-centric, selection-then-action
> model. This makes multi-cursor or column/block editing natural,
> without getting in the way for simple editing.
>
> In a typical suckless fashion, edit is written in C99 with no external
> dependencies, and is very easy to configure, hack on and extend. The
> terminal drawing stuff is done by termbox2.h, a single-header library
> discovered on [1].
>
> In about 2.2K lines (plus 2.7K lines for termbox2.h), edit packs quite
> a few features, such as syntax highlighting, autocompletion, a line
> clipboard, and a search and replace engine supporting regular
> expressions and subpatterns and fields reuse.
>
> By now, it's fairly stable. No major change is expected, and I'm
> gradually polishing it towards version 1.0. If you're interested in
> taking the time to discover edit, the online manual page[3] might be a
> good starting point. I'm looking forward some feedback, so feel free
> to share your comments ;)
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> Arthur
>
> [0]: https://kakoune.org/why-kakoune/why-kakoune.html
> [1]: https://suckless.org/rocks/
> [2]: https://jacquin.xyz/edit
> [3]: https://jacquin.xyz/edit.1
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