led - a lightweight Line EDitor for Linux(R) and Lanos

This is a work licensed under the terms of GPLv2.
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
Created by eXerigumo Clanjor (哆啦比猫/兰威举), 2010-2012.

Have a try

Clone

Clone this repo by using:

git clone https://github.com/cjxgm/led.git

Compile and run

You can build led by using:

make

Or, just type:

make debug

The latter one will build led and run it.

If you want to clean up the source code directory, you can try:

make clean

or

make cleanall

The latter will do the same thing as the former, but with executable removed.

Install

Just

make install

You need root account or sudo to do this.

Uninstall

If you don't like led, you can uninstall it by:

make uninstall

You need root account or sudo to do this.

How to use led?

Once you fire up led, you will see the led logo, then press any key to get into the main interface. In the main interface, you can use led commands to operate on the text.

Commands

Commands are all one-character ones. '+' means finished.

c	+	create a new file
l	+	load a file
s	+	save to a file
a	+	append to current line
i	+	insert to current line
d	+	delete current line
D	+	delete current line and the following few lines
n	+	next line
N	+	next a few lines
p	+	previous line
P	+	previous line
f	+	find forward in the file
F	+	find backward in the file
v	+	view all (20 lines at a time)
V	+	view all (a few lines at a time)
q	+	quit
h	+	head
t	+	tail

>	+	go to line
?	+	help

<bs>+	<backspace>, remove the last character of current line
<cr>+	<return>, new line next to current line.
<sp>+	<space>, find next

About the prompt

If you tried the command 'a', then you will see the prompt ':'. There are 2 types of prompts in led. They are:

:		You should input a string, then press RETURN key.
		You can also just press the RETURN key to cancel.
>		You should input a integer number, then press RETURN key.
		You can also just press the RETURN key to cancel.