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A graphical text editor
https://github.com/as/a
a acme edit editor go golang pure sam text
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A graphical text editor
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/as/a
- Owner: as
- License: bsd-3-clause
- Created: 2017-06-15T05:56:00.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-30T12:30:27.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-08-01T13:16:38.124Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: a, acme, edit, editor, go, golang, pure, sam, text
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.64 MB
- Stars: 347
- Watchers: 16
- Forks: 25
- Open Issues: 64
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# A
[](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/as/a)
[](https://circleci.com/gh/as/a/tree/master)
A is a text editor inspired by the Sam and Acme text editors for the Plan 9 operating system.
# binary
- Latest Binaries
- https://github.com/as/a/releases/tag/v0.7.3
- Written in Go (no dependencies)
- Native
- Multi-Platform
- Graphical (http://github.com/as/frame)
- Not CGo
- Not a port/transpilation
- Resembles Acme and Sam text editors.
- Mouse chording
- Text is executable
- Standard UNIX keyboard shortcuts
- Implements the Edit command language
- Plumbing
- Graphics
- Frame implementation stores bytes and works with '\0'
- UTF-8 rendering support
- Structure highlighting
- Image support (TBD)
- Files
- Optimized for editing huge binary files.
# note
This repository is still in the alpha stage, and frequently changes. The program comes with
no warranty expressed or implied.
# install or build
Binary releases for linux, windows, and darwin are available for v0.6.7+. You can install
from source on these systems by running:
`go get -u -t github.com/as/a`
If you want to install a prior version (v0.5.5, for example, which uses the original exp/shiny)
```
go get github.com/as/a
go get github.com/golang/vgo
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/as/a
git checkout v0.5.5-release
vgo build
```
You can also build the latest with vgo, but vgo is not necessary for that
```
git checkout master
vgo build
```
# usage
a [file ...]
# differences and issues
- Compare to the true Acme
https://github.com/as/a/wiki/Alterations
- issues
https://github.com/as/a/issues
# hints
To reshape the windows and columns, click on the invisible 10x10px sizer that I haven't rendered yet with the left mouse button.
Hold the button down and move the window to the location.
Release the button.
# edit
- 80% of the sam command language is implemented.
Edit ,x,the standard editor is any editor,x,any editor,c,ed,
# commands
- Currently only in CWD
- Put ```[go build]``` in the tag
- Double click inside ```[```
- Middle click to execute
# look
- Right click on a string
- If its a file, it will open it
- If win32, it will also move the mouse
- if you highlight a valid mode in the guru tag, right clicking in a go source file will run guru on that selection
# mouse
```
1 Select text/sweep
1-2 Snarf (cut)
1-3 Paste
2 Execute select
3 Look select
```
# keyboard
```
^U Delete from cursor to start of line.
^W Delete word before the cursor.
^H Delete character before the cursor.
^A Move cursor to start of the line.
^E Move cursor to end of the line.
^+ Increase font size
^- Decrease font size
^i Run goimports (in a tag ending in .go)
```
# extras
- Looking (right click) in the main tag finds the result in all open windows
# future
- Fixing the bugs
- Cleaning the code up
- Live multi-client editing
- Go specific ast/compiler stuff
- Better CMD exec
- File system interface to shiny events
# see also
History of good text editors
- `The Acme User Interface for Programmers` (Rob Pike)
- `A Tutorial for the Sam Command Language` (Rob Pike)
- Plan 9
- Inferno
- Acme SAC