xnano

xnano is a fast text editor, inspired by nano, written from the ground-up in Rust. Includes syntax highlighting, themes, soft line-wrap, line numbers, etc. Efficient and easy to use. 30 included themes.

Build

In suitable directory, run

git clone https://github.com/mabognar/xnano
cd xnano
cargo install --path .
xnano

Alternatively,

cargo install xnano

Help

Themes & Configuration:

- To cycle through the included themes, type Meta+T (ALT+T,
  Option+T) when in editor
- On MacOS, make sure you have 'Use Option as Meta' selected 
  in your terminal settings
- Theme, line numbers, soft wrap are persistent
- Settings are stored in ~/.xnano/xnanorc
- Themes are stored in ~/.xnano/themes
- Additional .tmTheme themes can be added to ~/.xnano/themes

Movement:

Ctrl+P, Up       Move up one line
Ctrl+N, Down     Move down one line
Ctrl+B, Left     Move left one character
Ctrl+F, Right    Move right one character
Ctrl+A           Move to start of line
Ctrl+E           Move to end of line
Ctrl+Y, F7, PgUp Move up one page
Ctrl+V, F8, PgDn Move down one page

Editing:

Ctrl+K, F9       Cut current line into clipboard
Ctrl+U, F10      Paste contents of clipboard
Ctrl+D, Del      Delete character under cursor
Backspace        Delete character before cursor
Ctrl+J, F4       Justify current paragraph
Ctrl+I, Tab      Insert tab
Ctrl+^, Meta+A   Mark beginning of selected text.
                 This key also unselects text.
                 Note: Ctrl+^ = Ctrl+Shift+6

Search & Replace:

Ctrl+W, F6       Where is (Search)
Ctrl+\           Search and Replace

File & System:

Ctrl+O, F3       Write Out (Save)
Ctrl+R, F5       Read File (Insert)
Ctrl+G, F1       Get Help (this screen)
Ctrl+X, F2       Exit xnano

Tools:

Ctrl+C, F11      Current Position
Ctrl+T, F12      To Spell (Spell check)
                 Does NOT work on Windows
Ctrl+L           Go to line number
Meta+T           Cycle Syntax Theme
Meta+L           Toggle Line Numbers
Meta+S           Toggle Soft Wrap