Turbo is an experimental text editor for the terminal, based on the Scintilla code editing component by Neil Hodgson and the Turbo Vision application framework.
It was created to demonstrate new features in Turbo Vision. In particular, it has served as testing ground for Turbo Vision's Unicode capabilities.
As a text editor, Turbo aims at being intuitive and easy to use. Usability and productivity are its two other major objectives, although it has not got that far yet. And only for being a Turbo Vision application, it offers a vintage look and feel.
The original location of this project is https://github.com/magiblot/turbo.
turbo-x86.zip
: 32-bit executable built with MSVC. Windows Vista or later required.turbo-x64.zip
: 64-bit executable built with MSVC. x64 Windows Vista or later required.First of all, you should clone this repository along its submodules with the --recursive
option of git clone
.
Then, make sure the following dependencies are installed:
libncursesw
(note the 'w') (Unix only).Additionally, you may also want to install these optional dependencies:
libmagic
for better recognition of file types (Unix only).libgpm
for mouse support on the linux console (Linux only).xsel
, xclip
and/or wl-clipboard
for system clipboard integration (Unix only, except macOS).Turbo can be built with the following commands:
cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && # Or 'RelWithDebInfo', or 'MinSizeRel', or 'Debug'.
cmake --build .
The above will generate the turbo
binary.
In order to open several files in a directory tree you should use wildcards or subcommands, if they are supported by your command shell. For example, in Unix:
# Open all .c and .h files in the current directory and its subdirectories
turbo `find . -type f -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h'`
# Open all files in the current directory and its subdirectories, excluding executables and hidden files or directories
turbo `find . -type f \! -executable \! -path '*/.*'`
As said earlier, Turbo has been designed to be intuitive. So you probably already know how to use it!
Some keybindings are:
Ctrl+C
/Ctrl+Ins
: copy.Ctrl+V
/Shift+Ins
: paste.Ctrl+X
/Shift+Del
: cut.Ctrl+Z
, Ctrl+Y
: undo/redo.Tab
, Shift+Tab
: indent/unindent.Ctrl+E
: toggle comment.Ctrl+A
: select all.Shift+Arrow
: extend selection.Ctrl+F
: find.Ctrl+R
: replace.Ctrl+G
: go to line.Ctrl+Back
/Alt+Back
, Ctrl+Del
: erase one word left/right.Ctrl+Left
/Alt+Left
, Ctrl+Right
/Alt+Right
: move one word left/right.Ctrl+Shift+Up
/Alt+Shift+Up
, Ctrl+Shift+Down
/Alt+Shift+Down
: move selected lines up/down.Ctrl+N
: create new document.Ctrl+O
: "open file" dialog.Ctrl+S
: save document.Ctrl+W
: close focused document.F6
, Shift+F6
: next/previous document (in MRU order).Ctrl+Q
/Alt+X
: exit the application.In environments with extended keyboard support (e.g. the Linux console, Windows or Kitty ≥ 0.20.0), the following key shortcuts may also work:
Ctrl+Shift+Z
: redo.Ctrl+Tab
/Alt+Tab
, Ctrl+Shift+Tab
/Alt+Shift+Tab
: next/previous document (in MRU order).Shift+Enter
: find previous (in the "find" text box).Ctrl+/
/Ctrl+_
: toggle comment.Support for these key combinations may vary among terminal applications, but any issue on this should be reported to Turbo Vision instead.
See the Turbo Vision documentation.
Scintilla has lots of features, of which Turbo only offers a few. Making more of them available is just a matter of time, so contributions are welcome.
Below is a TO-DO list of features I would like to implement in Turbo: