Ven

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Ven

Vi Enhanced. A text editor which is an enhancement to vi, and is similar to vim, but written in Go. Uses a gap buffer to store the text.

Installation

• Download golang if you do not yet have it
• Get Ven:

  go get github.com/bkthomps/Ven
  

• Go to the Ven directory:

  cd ~/go/src/github.com/bkthomps/Ven
  

• Build Ven:

  go build
  

• Add this to your bashrc:

  alias ven='~/go/src/github.com/bkthomps/Ven/Ven'
  

• Now you can run Ven anywhere with ven <filename>

Commands

There are three modes: normal mode, command mode, and insertion mode.

Normal Mode

• i to go into insertion mode
• : to go into command mode
• / to go into command (search) mode
• x delete character under the cursor
• X delete character before the cursor
• dd delete entire line
• D delete rest of line

Command Mode

• esc to go into normal mode
• /<search> to search for a string (currently doesn't support regex)
• :w to save the file
• :wq to save and quit
• :q to safely quit
• :q! to force quit without saving

Insertion Mode

• esc to go into normal mode
• any character press gets inserted