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Ec

What is this?

Simple text editor inspired by Plan9 text editors (Sam & Acme) for macOS

Concept

Mouse Action

Ec support right-click, left-click action on Acme(Sorry mouse-chords is not yet implemented..)

Command Language

Ec support basic acme(sam) command and add some extensions.

Command Action
Edit EditCommand Apply EditCommand to document body
Look text Forward search text
LookBack text Backward search text
win Launch terminal on current document directory
| Unix-command Replace dot by result of command applied to dot
> Unix-command Send dot to standard input of command
< Unix-command Replace dot by standard output of command

Simple Address

Address Meaning
Number Line number
+Number Relative line number
-Number Relative line number
/regexp/ The first following match of regexp
+regexp/ The first following match of regexp
+regexp/ The first previous match of regexp
$ The end of the file
0 The head of the file
. Dot

Compound addresses

Address Meaning
a1,a2 From left of a1 to the right of a2
a1+a2 The address a2 evaluated starting at right of a1
a1-a2 a2 evaluated in the reverse direction starting at left of a1

Edit Commands

Command Action
a/text/ Append text after dot
i/text/ Insert text after dot
c/text/ Change text in dot
d Delete text in dot
a/text/ Append text after dot
x/regexp/ command For each match of regexp, set dot and run command
y/regexp/ command Between adjecent matches of regexp, set dot and run command
g/regexp/ command If dot contains matche of regexp, run command
v/regexp/ command If dot does not contain a match of regexp, run command
| Unix-command Replace dot by result of command applied to dot
> Unix-command Send dot to standard input of command
< Unix-command Replace dot by standard output of command
{ commands } Group of commands

Preference File

Preference file is at ~/.ec.yml
Key Meaning Value Default Value
mainBgColor Background color of main text view #rgb hex code #FFFEEB
mainFgColor Foreground color of main text view #rgb hex code #000000
subBgColor Background color of tagline text view #rgb hex code #E4FEFF
leftSelectBgColor Background color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #EEEB91
leftSelectFgColor Foreground color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #000000
rightSelectBgColor Background color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #015B00
rightSelectFgColor Foreground color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #FFFFFF
otherSelectBgColor Background color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #A00000
otherSelectFgColor Foreground color of left mouse selection #rgb hex code #FFFFFF
fontName Font name of text views Fontname System font
fontSize Font size of text views Number System font size
expandTab Expand tab true, false false
autoIndent Automatic indent newline with previous line. true, false false
tabWidth Tab character width Number 4
File Path based settiongs(fileTypes)
Override settings for file path:
fileTypes:
    - path: "^.*\.go$"
      expandTab: false
    - path: Makefile
      expandTab: false    
                
Example