Helis

Description

Simple terminal code editor with basic vim-like bindings and syntax highlighting

Preview

Installation

Clone the repo into your folder

cd *your-folder*
git clone https://github.com/mediocreeee/helis.git

Compile the program with make

make

Run the helis binary

./helis

or with file you want to edit

./helis textfile.c

Usage

Movement

Normal Mode

• h - move cursor left
• j - move cursor down
• k - move cursor up
• l - move cursor right

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• 0 - move cursor to the beginning of a line
• $ - move cursor to the end of a line

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• PageUp - scroll one page up
• PageDown - scroll one page down

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• gg - move cursor to the beginning of a file
• G - move cursor to the end of a file

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• / - search for a text
• ArrowUp/ArrowRight - go to the next occurrence
• ArrowDown/ArrowLeft - go to the previous occurrence

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• x - delete a character under the cursor

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• : - enable Cmd mode

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• i - enable Insert mode
• I - move cursor to the beginning of a line and enable Insert mode
• a - move cursor right and enable Insert mode
• A - move cursor to the end of a line and enable Insert mode
• o - create newline down and enable Insert mode
• O - create newline up and enable Insert mode

Cmd mode

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• q/quit - exit from helis
• w/write - write changes to the disk