Zim

Minimal Vim‑inspired terminal text editor written in C++.

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📸 Example

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Modal editing (Normal / Insert modes)
• 🧭 Real‑time cursor navigation
• 📊 Status bar with current mode display
• 📄 Line‑based editing engine
• 🎨 ANSI color support for the status bar
• 🖥️ Automatic terminal size detection

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🚀 Installation

git clone https://github.com/Zibgame/Zim.git
cd Zim
make

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▶️ Usage

./zim

Keyboard controls

Key	Action
h	Move cursor left
j	Move cursor down
k	Move cursor up
l	Move cursor right
i	Enter Insert mode
Esc	Return to Normal mode
Enter	Create a new line
Backspace	Delete character
q	Quit the editor

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🎛 Customization

• Status bar colors can be changed using ANSI color codes in draw_status_bar()
• Future support planned for a .zimrc configuration file
• Designed to allow custom themes and editor behavior

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🛠 Project Goals

• Build a lightweight modal editor similar to Vim
• Understand terminal rendering and ANSI escape sequences
• Implement a minimal line‑based text editing engine

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

Please keep the code:

• clean
• readable
• consistent with the existing style

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📜 License

MIT License

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