Mimic

Script and playback of text with syntax highlighting.

Mimic.mp4

Example

Create a example.echo file and add the following code:

// example.echo
load "src/main.rs" as main
extension "rs"
speed 20
jitter 20
line_pause 300

type main

Then run it with:

$ mimic example.echo

Syntax

To add syntax highlighting for a language currently not included: Copy the directory into your equivalent of ~/.config/mimic/syntax/<lang>.

Changing the UI

Mimic was made with Anathema and the templates are installed by default the first time the program is run.

The templates are located in the following directories depending on your platform:

• Lin: ~/.config/mimic/templates
• Win: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\mimic\templates
• Mac: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/mimic/templates

Example

To add support for TOML copy the TOML directory from this repository into ~/.config/mimic/syntax/TOML.

Markers

Markers are used as jump-to points in the code. A marker represents a line in the code.

Given the following code:

fn main() {
    // @marker
    println!("hello world");
}

A goto marker instruction would place the cursor at the beginning of the println macro:

fn main() {
->    println!("hello world");
}

Commands

Load

Load a file into memory

Syntax: load <filepath> as <ident>

Delete

Delete selected region and place the cursor at the start of the region.

Syntax: delete

Goto

Move the cursor to a marker if a marker named is given, or to a position relative to the current cursor. The position is given as row and col offset.

This means goto 0 0 keeps the cursor in its current position, where as goto 1 0 moves the cursor down one row but keeps it on the same column.

Note that goto <marker> will go to the line where the marker was inserted, and first column, regardless of what the column is before the goto.

Syntax: goto <marker>|<row> <col>

Insert

Insert either a string or content from memory.

Syntax: insert <marker>|<string> or insert <string>

Select

Select the text from the current cursor position given a width and a height.

Syntax: select <width> <height>

Type

Type out the given text in the editor.

Syntax: type <ident>|<string>

TypeNl

Type the given text in the editor, unlike the type command this will insert a newline character and move the cursor into the new empty line and start the typing. This has a more natural appearance when inserting new lines into existing code.

Syntax: typenl <ident>|<string> or optionally to remove the final trailing newline character: Syntax: typenl <ident>|<string> nonl

Wait / Sleep

Wait N seconds before loading the next command. sleep is an alias for wait

Syntax: wait <seconds>

Speed

This value is given in number of instructions per second.

Syntax: speed <integer> Default: 20

Line pause

Set the speed for which to wait after each newline char is typed

Syntax: line_pause|linepause <milliseconds> Default: 0

Replace

Selects, deletes and replaces the text.

Syntax: replace <string> <ident>|<string>

Numbers

Show / hide line numbers

Syntax: numbers <true|false> Default: false

Clear

Clear the screen

Syntax: clear

Extension

Set the file extension for the syntax highlighter

Syntax: extension "rs" Default: "txt"

Jitter

Pad the frame time with some jitter, making for a more natural appearance of typing.

Syntax: jitter 25 Default: 20

Theme

Set the theme. To see a list of themes run mimic --themes.

Syntax: theme <string>

Audio

Load a directory with audio files for typing sounds.

Each key will be mapped to an audio file with the same name. E.g a -> a.mp3, _ -> _.mp3 If no filename is found it will fallback to default.mp3. If default.mp3 is missing an error will be raised.

Syntax: audio <filepath>

Popup

Show a popup message

Syntax: popup <string>|<ident>

Close popup

Close a popup message

Syntax: close_popup|closepopup

Find

Move the cursor to a specific word on the same line as the cursor is on. A second argument decides the nth instance to find.

Syntax: find <string> <int>?

Finde

Same as find but places the cursor at the end of the result instead of the start.

Syntax: finde <string> <int>?

Write

Write the buffer to disk. This will fail if the file already exists.

Syntax: write <path>.

Command

Simulate typing a command to the command line in the editor

Syntax: command <string>|<ident>

Command clear timeout

Clear the command line after N milliseconds

Syntax: command_clear_timeout <milliseconds>

Set

Set a context value in the template

Syntax: set <ident> <string>|<bool>|<int>

Note This instruction is only relevant in the context of the template.

This can be accessed in the template as state.ctx.<ident>.

For more information on how this works see Anathema.

Include

Include another echo file. This file will have its own context (meaning given load "x" as x x is only relevant in the included echo file).

Syntax: include "other.echo"