sled is a simple text editor with a terminal UI.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Four modes of operation:
- Insert mode – the initial mode which is active on startup. It behaves like one would expect from a “normal” text editor: most characters are self-inserting, arrow keys and Backspace/Delete work as expected, and so on.
- Command mode – command mode behaves more like vi: characters like h, j, k, l no longer insert themselves but execute commands (in this case movement commands).
- Overwrite mode – this is the same as insert mode, except that newly inserted characters replace the existing ones instead of being inserted among them.
- Selection mode – in this mode, moving around the file extends the selection, and most commands that alter text instead delete the selection and exit selection mode.
- Three “modal modes – active as long a modal dialog is shown on screen. They are: help mode, input mode and numerical input mode.
Website: strahinja.srht.site/sled
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Developer: Strahinya Radich
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
sled is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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DOS *shudder*
You are so boring.
That’s what Linux needs, another text editor!!!!!
Q: Why?
A:
EDIT.COMis usually perceived as more familiar: type text straight away,C-Sto save, thenC-Q. (Sled still has vim‑like behavior, but it is “reverse” – default is insert mode, from which you can enter command mode.)suckless principles?
The suckless community is a group of like-minded people with the aim of creating software that is: