Orbiton

Jul 20, 2023

Small, fast and limited text editor in Go

Small, fast and limited text editor

Features and limitations

  • Has syntax highlighting for Go code.
  • Never asks before saving or quitting. Be careful.
  • Home and End are not detected by the key handler.
  • Can format Go code using gofmt press ctrl-f.
  • Expects utilities like gofmt to be in /usr/bin.
  • Will strip trailing whitespace whenever it can.
  • Must be given a filename at start.
  • Requires that /dev/tty is available.
  • Copy, cut and paste is only for one line at a time.
  • Some letters can not be typed in. Like the “ash” grapheme formed from the letters a and e.


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