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https://github.com/proh14/ptext

A nano like text editor built with pure C
https://github.com/proh14/ptext

bsd-2-license c collaborate hacktoberfest-accepted kilo terminal text-editor tui

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A nano like text editor built with pure C

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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⬇️:
1. Clone this repo.
```shell
git clone https://github.com/proh14/ptext.git
cd ptext
```
2. Run `make` inside this repo's main directory.
```shell
make
```

3. go to build directory
```shell
cd build
```
4. run ptext!
```shell
./ptext
```

OR to install you may run the command
```shell
make install
```
then restart your shell and run
```shell
ptext
```
to start the editor.

### Documentation📖:
If you installed ptext (with the make install command) on a *nix system you can simply run
``` shell
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](./docs/manual.md)

### Goals🥅:
1. Add visual mode (Selecting, copy selection, paste selection, delete selection).
2. Fix replace.
3. Add keyboard configuration(like `bind-key CTRL_X exit`).
4. Add syntax highlighting configuration.
5. Add file browser mode.
6. Add shell mode.
7. Add a self contained help-system.
8. Add vertical and horizontal split.
9. Add VI mode.
10. 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](CONTRIBUTING.md) Then you can send your pr!

### Thank you Stargazers⭐:
[![Stargazers repo roster for @proh14/ptext](http://reporoster.com/stars/proh14/ptext)](https://github.com/proh14/ptext/stargazers)

### Thank you Forkers🍴:
[![Forkers repo roster for @proh14/ptext](http://reporoster.com/forks/proh14/ptext)](https://github.com/proh14/ptext/network/members)

### A huge thanks to🙏:
1. [viewsourcecode](https://viewsourcecode.org)
2. [kilo](https://github.com/antirez/kilo)