Formerly xi-tui, xi-term is a terminal frontend for xi.
It is experimental and under development, so don't expect anything magical (yet!).
The frontend assumes that you have installed the core editor and is available in your PATH. The following should suffice:
git clone https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor
cd xi-editor/rust
cargo install
# if you want syntax highlighting, you need to install the syntect plugin:
cd syntect-plugin
make install
# You need to add ~/.cargo/bin to your PATH
# (this is where `cargo install` places binaries).
# In your .bashrc (or equivalent), add `export PATH=$PATH:~/.cargo/bin`Then you can clone this repository and run the frontend with
cargo run --release -- <your_file>.
your_file can be an existing file or any dummy name.
For debugging, it can be useful to have logs.
You can specify a location for log files xi-term with -l <logfile>.
Two files will be written:
<logfile>: all thexi-termlogs<logfile>.rpc: the RPC messages exchanged between the core and the frontend
For now, there are only two shortcuts:
^wsaves the current view^cexits
xi-term supports a vim-like command prompt for executing commands, accessed
via Alt-X.
Currently supported commands:
| Short form | Long form | Description |
|---|---|---|
| q | quit | Quits xi-term |
| s | save | Saves the current file |
o filename |
open filename |
Open filename for editing |
| b | backspace | Delete the previous character and move the cursor one position back |
| d | delete | Delete the character under the cursor |
| bn | next-buffer | Switch to the next buffer |
| bp | prev-buffer | Switch to the previous buffer |
| pd | page-down | Advance the current view by one page |
| pu | page-up | Move the current view back by one page |
t theme |
theme theme-name |
Set the theme to theme |
Future commands:
| Short form | Long form | Description |
|---|---|---|
| c | close | Closes the current view |
? string |
search string |
Search for string |
| ml | move-left | Move the cursor one position left |
| mr | move-right | Move the cursor one position right |
| mu | move-up | Move the cursor one line up |
| md | move-down | Move the cursor one line down |
| sl | select-left | Move the cursor one position left and update the current selection accordingly |
| sr | select-right | Move the cursor one position right and update the current selection accordingly |
| su | select-up | Move the cursor one line up and update the current selection accordingly |
| sd | select-down | Move the cursor one line down and update the current selection accordingly |
We assume tabs (\t) are 4 columns large. If that is not the case in your
terminal, the cursor position will be inaccurate. On linux, to set the \t
width to four spaces, do:
tabs -4
If you have the syntect plugin installed, colors will be enabled by default, with two caveats:
- you must have true colors enabled. Otherwise, some portions of text won't be displayed
- the default theme is for dark backgrounds