ferro
| Crates.io | ferro |
| lib.rs | ferro |
| version | 0.6.0 |
| created_at | 2023-03-08 07:17:15.651094+00 |
| updated_at | 2023-03-11 20:02:33.34755+00 |
| description | A lightweight text editor written in Rust |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/alexxyu/ferro |
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| id | 804325 |
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Alex Yu (alexxyu)
documentation
https://alexxyu.github.io/ferro
README
Ferro
A lightweight text editor built in Rust.
Based on Philipp Flenker's Rust text editor tutorial.
Features
- vim-like navigation controls
- Syntax highlighting for Rust, Java, and Python (with more languages coming soon)
- Incremental forward and backward search
- Search-and-delete / search-and-replace
- Auto-indentation
- Built-in calculator for math expressions
Documentation
API documentation is located here.
For reference on controls and usage, see docs/usage.md.
If you're interested in contributing, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.
Installation
Using cargo
The simplest way to install ferro is to run cargo install ferro on your machine. You can then
run ferro [file] to start editing!
From source
The following instructions assume that you've already installed Rust.
git clone https://github.com/alexxyu/ferro
cd ferro
cargo build --release
This will generate the binary for ferro in the target/release directory.