Bim is a terminal text editor with syntax highlighting.
Inspired by Vim and featuring similar mode-based editing, Bim was originally written for ToaruOS, but should work on most Unix-like operating systems with minimal modification.
- Vim-like modal interactions.
- Arrow-key and traditional vi hjkl navigation.
- Syntax highlighting (currently for C, Python, and Makefiles).
- Themes, including 256-color and 24-bit color support.
- Indentation adjustment.
- Multiple editor tabs.
- Basic Unicode support (sufficient for things like Japanese, but not capable of more complex scripts).
- Efficient screen redrawing.
- Terminal support tested in ToaruOS, Sortix, xterm, urxvt, Gnome, XFCE, Linux console, FreeBSD console.
- Mouse support in Xterm-like terminals.
- Line selection and yanking.
- Incremental forward search.
Bim has no external dependencies beyond a functioning C library and sufficient escape code support in the hosting terminal.
Unicode support is recommended, but not completely required.
256-color and 24-bit color are optional. The default theme uses only the standard 16 colors.
Scrolling is normally done through ^[[1S and ^[[1T, but this can be disabled with the :noscroll command.
Mouse support with ^[[?1000h is available. The alternate screen is used if available with ^[[?1049h.
Bim is still primarily developed alongside ToaruOS-NIH. This repository is a mirror with fake history going back to the start of that project. Pull requests merged here will be patched into ToaruOS-NIH.