Ven

Ven

Vi Enhanced. A text editor which is an enhancement to vi, and is similar to vim, but written in Go. Uses a gap buffer to store the text.

Installation

• Download golang if you have not yet done so
• Run: go get github.com/bkthomps/Ven
• Run: go build $GOPATH/src/github.com/bkthomps/Ven
• Then add this to your bashrc: alias ven='$GOPATH/src/github.com/bkthomps/Ven/Ven'
• You can now run Ven from anywhere using ven or ven <filename>

Commands

There are three modes: normal mode, command mode, and insertion mode.

Normal Mode

• : to go into command mode
• / to go into command (search) mode
• i to go into insertion mode at the cursor
• a to go into insertion mode after the cursor
• A to go into insertion mode at the end of the line
• I to go into insertion mode at the beginning of the line
• o to open a new line under the cursor and go into insertion mode
• O to open a new line above the cursor and go into insertion mode
• j or down arrow to go down
• k or up arrow to go up
• h or left arrow to go left
• l or right arrow to go right
• H to move the cursor to the top of the screen
• M to move the cursor to the middle of the screen
• L to move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
• 0 to move the cursor to the start of the line
• $ to move the cursor to the end of the line
• gg to move the cursor to the start of the file
• G to move the cursor to the end of the file
• w to move the cursor to the start of the next word
• b to move the cursor to the start of the current word
• e to move the cursor to the end of the current word
• ctrl-f to go a page forward
• ctrl-b to go a page backward
• x delete character under the cursor
• X delete character before the cursor
• dd delete entire line
• D delete rest of line

Command Mode

• esc to go into normal mode
• /<search> to search for a string (supports regex)
• :w to save the file
• :wq to save and quit
• :q to safely quit
• :q! to force quit without saving

Insertion Mode

• esc to go into normal mode
• any character press gets inserted