June 30th, 2024

Chr – terminal editor inspired by Turbo Pascal editor from 1997

A terminal-based text editor "chr" on GitHub mimics desktop editors' shortcuts, blending modern GUI with retro text mode. Developed with Tui Widget, it welcomes contributions. Installation involves cloning, building, and compiling.

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Chr – terminal editor inspired by Turbo Pascal editor from 1997

A terminal-based text editor named "chr" is available on GitHub, offering keyboard shortcuts similar to default desktop editors. It combines modern GUI features with a retro text mode interface for efficient terminal-based workflows. Developed from scratch using Tui Widget, the project encourages contributions and merge requests on its GitHub repository. To install the editor, users can clone the repository, set up the build, compile, and install it following specific commands. The software is licensed under the Boost Software License 1.0. Detailed documentation and manual pages are provided for further information.

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By @NonEUCitizen - 5 months
Does it [also] support wordstar keybindings like 1980's Turbo Pascal did?
By @az09mugen - 5 months
First of all, thanks a lot to the creator to use these GUI keybindings in a cli editor. It's very difficult to find these days.

Second, just a typo in the "-b --big-file" option it's "Open bigger files than 100MB "

By @metadat - 5 months
Right on the heels of a related submission-

That Editor

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40818573 (19 comments)