-<img alt="micro logo" src="./assets/micro-logo.svg" width="500px"/>
+<img alt="micro logo" src="./assets/micro-logo-drop.svg" width="500px"/>
[](https://travis-ci.org/zyedidia/micro)
[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/zyedidia/micro)
- [Features](#features)
- [Installation](#installation)
- - [Prebuilt binaries](#prebuilt-binaries)
+ - [Prebuilt binaries](#pre-built-binaries)
- [Package Managers](#package-managers)
- [Building from source](#building-from-source)
- [Fully static binary](#fully-static-binary)
Use `--tag VERSION` to download a specific tagged version.
```
-eget --tag nightly zyedidia/micro # download the nightly version (compiled every day at 8pm ET)
+eget --tag nightly zyedidia/micro # download the nightly version (compiled every day at midnight UTC)
eget --tag v2.0.8 zyedidia/micro # download version 2.0.8 rather than the latest release
```
+You can install `micro` by adding `--to /usr/local/bin` to the `eget` command, or move the binary manually to a directory on your `$PATH` after the download completes.
+
See [Eget](https://github.com/zyedidia/eget) for more information.
### Package managers
snap install micro --classic
```
-**Note for Linux:** for interfacing with the local system clipboard, `xclip` or `xsel`
-must be installed. Please see the section on [Linux clipboard support](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro#linux-clipboard-support)
-further below.
-
-Micro is also available through other package managers on Linux such as apt, dnf, AUR, Nix, and package managers
+Micro is also available through other package managers on Linux such dnf, AUR, Nix, and package managers
for other operating systems. These packages are not guaranteed to be up-to-date.
+<!-- * `apt install micro` (Ubuntu 20.04 `focal`, and Debian `unstable | testing | buster-backports`). At the moment, this package (2.0.1-1) is outdated and has a known bug where debug mode is enabled. -->
+
* Linux: Available in distro-specific package managers.
- * `apt install micro` (Ubuntu 20.04 `focal`, and Debian `unstable | testing | buster-backports`). At the moment, this package (2.0.1-1) is outdated and has a known bug where debug mode is enabled.
* `dnf install micro` (Fedora).
+ * `apt install micro` (Ubuntu and Debian).
* `pacman -S micro` (Arch Linux).
+ * `emerge app-editors/micro` (Gentoo).
* `eopkg install micro` (Solus).
+ * `pacstall -I micro` (Pacstall).
* See [wiki](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro) for details about CRUX, Termux.
* Windows: [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org) and [Scoop](https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop).
* `choco install micro`.
* `pkd_add -v micro`.
* NetBSD, macOS, Linux, Illumos, etc. with [pkgsrc](http://www.pkgsrc.org/)-current:
* `pkg_add micro`
+* macOS with [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org):
+ * `sudo port install micro`
+
+**Note for Linux desktop environments:**
+
+For interfacing with the local system clipboard, the following tools need to be installed:
+* For X11 `xclip` or `xsel`
+* For [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/) `wl-clipboard`
+
+Without these tools installed, micro will use an internal clipboard for copy and paste, but it won't be accessible to external applications.
### Building from source
If your operating system does not have a binary release, but does run Go, you can build from source.
-Make sure that you have Go version 1.11 or greater and Go modules are enabled.
+Make sure that you have Go version 1.16 or greater and Go modules are enabled.
```
git clone https://github.com/zyedidia/micro
If you still insist on using the default Mac terminal, be sure to set `Use Option key as Meta key` under
`Preferences->Profiles->Keyboard` to use <kbd>option</kbd> as <kbd>alt</kbd>.
-### Linux clipboard support
-
-On Linux, clipboard support requires:
-
-- On X11, the `xclip` or `xsel` commands (for Ubuntu: `sudo apt install xclip`)
-- On Wayland, the `wl-clipboard` command
-
-If you don't have these commands, micro will use an internal clipboard for copy and paste, but it won't work with external applications.
-
### Colors and syntax highlighting
If you open micro and it doesn't seem like syntax highlighting is working, this is probably because
micro also supports creating buffers from `stdin`:
```sh
-ifconfig | micro
+ip a | micro
```
You can move the cursor around with the arrow keys and mouse.
I also recommend reading the [tutorial](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/tutorial.md) for
a brief introduction to the more powerful configuration features micro offers.
+There is also an unofficial Discord, which you can join at https://discord.gg/nhWR6armnR.
+
## Contributing
If you find any bugs, please report them! I am also happy to accept pull requests from anyone.
You can use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues)
to report bugs, ask questions, or suggest new features.
-For a more informal setting to discuss the editor, you can join the [Gitter chat](https://gitter.im/zyedidia/micro).
+For a more informal setting to discuss the editor, you can join the [Gitter chat](https://gitter.im/zyedidia/micro) or the [Discord](https://discord.gg/nhWR6armnR). You can also use the [Discussions](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/discussions) section on Github for a forum-like setting or for Q&A.
Sometimes I am unresponsive, and I apologize! If that happens, please ping me.
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