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A simple vulkan-based modal editor written in zig. The project is only for the purposes of learning and is not intended for productive use.

Dependencies

• glfw (lib)
• vulkan (lib)
• freetype2 (lib + headers)

Running

zig build run

NOTE: Only tested on linux

Keymaps

Toggle mode: Ctrl-j

Command mode only

• Cursor Up: k
• Cursor Down: j
• Cursor Left: l
• Cursor Right: h
• Scroll Up: i
• Scroll Down: m

Cli commands

To begin a cli command, press ':' when in command mode.

E.g :w /path/to/file or :q

Commands

• Write: w <filename>
• Open: o <filename>
• Quit: q

Issues and Limitations

• Fixed text buffer size (1MB)
• No syntax highlighting
• Cursor movement differs from standard behaviour (Does not remember previous larger x-position when moving up and down lines)
• Entire vertex buffer is updated when change is detected
• Poor code quality in places
• Hardcoded font (/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Hack-Regular.ttf) and font size (16 pixels)