README.md

J.A.T.E.

Just Another Terminal-based Editor (JATE) is an attempt to make a fully functional bare bones text editor in C ( without any dependencies by directly manipulating terminal via V100 escape sequences )

Insipred from kilo text editor

Status : Beta Version

The editor can now :

• View already existing file on the system.
• Edit a text file
• Check if the file is in modified state or not ( and warn if you try to exit a modified file without saving )
• Save chagnes to the open file ( using Ctrl-s )
• Quit (using Ctrl-q )

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But still it can't :

• Create a new file
• Save a blank file ( Save-as feature )
• support text highlithing for C/C++

⚠️ WARNING: The software is still in Beta version so if you planning to use it, I suggest making regular backups of your work in case you run into bugs in the editor.

Platform supported

Linux, macOS, windows(with cygwin)

Prerequisites

• Cmake
• C compiler

Get it running

• git clone or download.

• Navigate to the repository.

• Run cmake . command and let CMake generate a Makefile according to your system configuration.

• Run a make command on your terminal to compile source.

• Run exectuatable with the name JATE.

$ cd text-editor
$ cmake .
$ make
$ ./JATE <optional: file name that you want to open>

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