nino

My personal text editor.

Inspired by kilo and snaptoken's Build Your Own Text Editor tutorial.

Why?

I'm not used to Vim and I don't like nano either, so I make my own text editor. (I don't know about micro back then...)

Features

• Basic syntax highlight
• Basic UTF-8 support
• Multiple editor tabs
• Automatic indentation and bracket completion
• Mouse support
• Cut, copy, and paste the selected section
• Multiple undo/redo
• Search with smart case sensitivity
• File explorer
• Split screen

Build

This project uses CMake for building. Follow these steps to build the project:

Prerequisites

• CMake (minimum required version, e.g., 3.15)
• A suitable C compiler (GCC, Clang, MSVC, etc.)

Cloning the Repository

git clone https://github.com/evanlin96069/nino.git
cd nino

Configuring the Build

Create a build directory and run CMake to configure the project:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

Building the Project

To build the project, run:

cmake --build .

Building Without CMake

For Unix-like systems, the project can also be built without CMake using the provided build script.

Prerequisites

• A C compiler (such as GCC or Clang)
• A POSIX-compatible shell

Building

Run the provided build script:

./scripts/build.sh

This method is not supported on Windows.

Documentation

• Configurations
• Controls
• Syntax Highlighting