litefe

A minimal terminal text editor for Linux

• mouse support
• real selection
• copy / cut / paste, multi-level undo / redo, find, go-to-line

Build

Needs only a C compiler + libc:

cc -O2 -Wall -o litefe litefe.c
chmod +x litefe

Install (optional)

sudo cp litefe /usr/local/bin/

Keys

Key	Action
Ctrl-S / Ctrl-Q	save / quit
Ctrl-F · Ctrl-N/F3	find · find next
Ctrl-G	go to line
Ctrl-C Ctrl-X Ctrl-V Ctrl-A	copy · cut · paste · select all
Ctrl-Z / Ctrl-Y	undo / redo
Ctrl-D / Ctrl-K	duplicate line · cut line
Shift+arrows	select · Ctrl+Left/Right word jump
F1	help
F2	toggle in-app mouse

Press F1 inside the editor for the full list.