Xi Editor

(pronounced "Zigh")

A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.

xi-qt

A Qt front-end for xi-editor.

Screenshot

Getting started

Requirements

• QT5 (Tested 5.12.2)
• Visual Studio 2019
• Windows OS 64Bit (Tested Windows 10 17763.437)

Building xi-qt

• Building core
• Make sure xi-core can be found in system path
• Clone xi-qt

  git clone https://github.com/zhiyaluo/xi-qt
  

• Open xi-qt.pro in Qt Creator

Configuration

Font

• Inconsolata

Syntax

• syntect plugin

Shortcuts

Command	Keybinding
Open	Ctrl+O
Close	Ctrl+W
Save	Ctrl+S
New	Ctrl+N
Scroll Test	F8

Roadmap

Next

• Drag file
• Notification
• Improve selection
• Find/Replace
• Preferences
• Hover
• Menu
• Statusbar
• Quick open
• Command palette

Future/Long-term

• Blink cursor
• Effective text layout
• OpenGL
• SIMD
• Portable (Linux)

Completed

• Mouse interactive (input/selection)
• Multi input
• Saving
• Copy/Paste/Cut
• Shortcuts
• IME
• Gutter
• Undo/Redo
• FPS Counter

Links

xi-editor

Contributions

Pull requests are very welcome.