Build instructions for ubuntu 23.10

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install libncursesw6 pkg-config
• git clone https://github.com/D-Chandrahas/giga-text-editor
• cd giga-text-editor/src
• g++ -O3 *.cpp -o ../bin/giga $(pkg-config ncursesw --cflags --libs)
• cd ../bin
• you can find the compiled binary in giga-text-editor/bin
• (optional) make it globally accesible with sudo cp giga /usr/local/bin/

Usage

giga [filepath]

filepath: optional, if not provided, opens a new file

Examples

giga ~/Desktop/notes.txt
giga /home/user/Desktop/notes.txt

Interface

The editor looks like this in the default ubuntu terminal:

The options area changes based on the selected option and state of the editor.

Examples

The text overflow indicators are shown when a line is too long to fit in the screen and must be scrolled horizontally to view the entire line.

Options

• Ctrl + W : Write Out - Write the contents of the editor to a file. If the file does not exist, it will be created. If the file exists, it will be overwritten.

• Ctrl + X : Exit - Exit the editor. No prompt to save changes is given. Unsaved changes will be lost.

• Ctrl + O : Open File - Open a file in the editor. If the file does not exist, error message is shown. Any unsaved changes will be lost.

• Ctrl + G : Go To Line - Go to a specific line number in the editor.

• Ctrl + C : Cancel - Cancel the current operation. Option is only displayed when available.

• Enter : Continue - Continue after a successful operation. Option is only displayed when available.