https://github.com/purplemonkeymad/PSano

Pure Powershell text editor that is similar to nano.
https://github.com/purplemonkeymad/PSano

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Pure Powershell text editor that is similar to nano.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/purplemonkeymad/PSano
• Owner: purplemonkeymad
• Created: 2020-08-21T14:49:07.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-03T14:17:24.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T13:37:03.770Z (3 months ago)
• Language: PowerShell
• Size: 121 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# PSano

Text Editor a bit like nano, written in pure powershell.

## Features

Main feature that psano has over native editor is that it has access to

powershell objects, such as variables and functions. PSano supports

editing the following objects:

* Local files on the current computer.

* Remote files via a PSSession.

* Function definitions, changes will take effect in the current session.

* Variables, may be converted to a string array.

More or less anything that supports `Get/Set-Content` can work, but

the above have proper conversions.

## Usage

You can edit a file by just passing the path to psano, if you want to

create a new file just use the path you want to create.

    psano -Path .\test.txt

For remote files establish a session and pass it to psano.

    $RemoteSession = New-PSSession -ComputerName computer01

    psano -Path c:\full\path\test.txt -Session $RemoteSession

Separate parameters are used for variable and functions.

    psano -Variable myvar

    psano -Function New-Guid

## Hotkeys

Hotkeys are displayed at the bottom the of the window. Only basic actions

are implemented at this point in time.

* Control + X: Exit without saving.

* Control + O: Save file.

* Control + K: Cut current line and place it on the Clipboard.

* Control + U: Paste from the clipboard.

The Hotkeys mirror those used in nano for similar actions.

## Author

PurpleMonkeyMad  

https://github.com/purplemonkeymad  

/u/purplemonkeymad  

## About origin

I originally created it after if saw a post about editing files in a

PSSession without installing new files. I prototyped this but in the

end it was not going to work anyway for the problem. But since I had

the idea I finished a basic editor. It was not until later I realized

that the USP for this was going to be accessing PSDrives that were

not basic file systems.

This editor is not intended to be used for large editing jobs, just

the quick small changes that you might have messed something up and

you might need a character here or there.