pine

(P)ine (I)s (N)ot (E)ditor

Pine is a terminal editor. It is inspired by uemacs and nano

Features

It has a very simple and retro editing style, yet I add few modern features to smooth your experience.

• Native UTF-8 characters: you can type and view Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and other language characters.
• Modern style horizontal scrolling
• Mouse support for navigating the content
• Dir Mode to explore directory within the editor
• Buffer management

Basic Keymapping

See help doc

Ctrl X + Ctrl X to exit the editor

Roadmap

• Mouse support for scrolling and moving the cursor
• Multiple buffers
• Directory Mode
• Wrap the line
• Auto indention
• Copy and paste within the editor
• Undo
• Search text

Install

golang is the only requirement.

run make tools and make all

move compiled binary file pe to any directory you prefer, e.g. /usr/local/bin and include in the PATH

Usage

To open a file, run pe /path/to/file

To explore files, run pe /path/to/directory/

Screenshots