A simple command-line text editor.
eve is a lightweight, user-friendly text editor for the terminal that aims to be simple and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities of advanced text editors.
The project is in alpha stage and will provides essential and powerful editing features (see Roadmap), making it ideal for editing configuration files, creating scripts or witing source codes from the command-line.
- A Unix-like operating system: GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, etc. On Windows, you can use WSL2 or Cygwin. On Android, use Termux.
- Tools for building the executable:
makegcc
You can install all the required tools on Linux (Debian-based) with this command:
sudo apt install make gccIf you haven't already clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/cezelot/eve.gitNavigate to the repo directory and run make:
cd eve
makeIt'll build an executable named eve.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
make |
Compile eve executable. |
make clean |
Remove objects files. |
make fclean |
Remove objects files and eve executable. |
make re |
Re-compile eve executable. |
To install eve, copy the executable into ~/.local/bin:
cp eve ~/.local/binOr into /usr/local/bin, note that you must have adequate privileges:
sudo cp eve /usr/local/binTo open and edit a file:
eve <filename>To create a new file:
eveThen use Ctrl-S to create and save the new file.
List of features planned for version 1.0.0:
- Text viewer
- Text editor
- Search feature
- Syntax highlighting and filetype detection
- Line number
- Config file
- Text formatting
- Soft indent
- Auto indent
- Hard-wrap lines
- Soft-wrap lines
- Cut, Copy and paste
- Modal editing
- Undo/Redo
Pull requests are welcome. For reporting a bug or suggesting an enhancement, feel free to open an issue.
Please make sure to read the contributing guidelines before.
Ismaël Benjara ib@cezelot.me
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
eve is free software distributed under the GNU Public License, for details see COPYING.