Formerly xi-tui, xi-term is a terminal frontend for xi.
It is experimental and under development, so don't expect anything magical (yet!).
Installation
The frontend assumes that you have installed the
core editor
and is available in your PATH. The following should suffice:
git clone https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor
cd xi-editor/rust
cargo install --path .# if you want syntax highlighting, you need to install the syntect plugin:cd syntect-plugin
make install
# You need to add ~/.cargo/bin to your PATH# (this is where `cargo install` places binaries).# In your .bashrc (or equivalent), add `export PATH=$PATH:~/.cargo/bin`
Then you can clone this repository and run the frontend with
cargo run --release -- <your_file>.
your_file can be an existing file or any dummy name.
Logging
For debugging, it can be useful to have logs.
You can specify a location for log files xi-term with -l <logfile>.
Two files will be written:
<logfile>: all the xi-term logs
<logfile>.rpc: the RPC messages exchanged between the core and the frontend
Screenshots
Shortcuts
For now, there are only two shortcuts:
^w saves the current view
^c exits
Commands
xi-term supports a vim-like command prompt for executing commands, accessed
via Alt-X.
Currently supported commands:
Short form
Long form
Description
q
quit
Quits xi-term
s
save
Saves the current file
o filename
open filename
Open filename for editing
b
backspace
Delete the previous character and move the cursor one position back
d
delete
Delete the character under the cursor
bn
next-buffer
Switch to the next buffer
bp
prev-buffer
Switch to the previous buffer
pd
page-down
Advance the current view by one page
pu
page-up
Move the current view back by one page
ml
move-left
Move the cursor one position left
mr
move-right
Move the cursor one position right
mu
move-up
Move the cursor one line up
md
move-down
Move the cursor one line down
t theme
theme theme-name
Set the theme to theme
ln
line-numbers
Toggle displaying line numbers
Future commands:
Short form
Long form
Description
c
close
Closes the current view
? string
search string
Search for string
sl
select-left
Move the cursor one position left and update the current selection accordingly
sr
select-right
Move the cursor one position right and update the current selection accordingly
su
select-up
Move the cursor one line up and update the current selection accordingly
sd
select-down
Move the cursor one line down and update the current selection accordingly
Preferences
Xi-core supports several user-configurable options through a preferences.xiconfig file.
The default location for this is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xi/preferences.xiconfig, or, if
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, it defaults to $HOME/xi/preferences.xiconfig.
Caveats
Colors
If you have the syntect plugin installed, colors will be enabled by default, with two caveats:
you must have true colors enabled. Otherwise, some portions of text won't be displayed
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