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, a...@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 >
