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🙈:

https://github.com/proh14/ptext/assets/95998030/08ee068b-fe9b-4d3f-b3e4-49d3a66855d5

How to install⬇️:

Clone this repo.

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

Run make inside this repo's main directory.
```
make
```
go to build directory
```
cd build
```
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.

Documentation📖:

If you installed ptext (with the make install command) on a *nix system you can simply run

man ptext

to see the maual page of ptext. Otherwise take a look at [./docs](./docs] directory to see the manual in different formats! The markdown version of the manual

Goals🥅:

Add visual mode (Selecting, copy selection, paste selection, delete selection).
Fix replace.
Add keyboard configuration(like bind-key CTRL_X exit).
Add syntax highlighting configuration.
Add file browser mode.
Add shell mode.
Add a self contained help-system.
Add vertical and horizontal split.
Add VI mode.
Add utf support.

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!

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