-# Micro
+# 
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-
-> Micro is very much a work in progress
+[](https://build.snapcraft.io/user/zyedidia/micro)
Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities
of modern terminals. It comes as one single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies, and you can download and use it right now.
+As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use in a pinch, but micro also aims to be
+enjoyable to use full time, whether you work in the terminal because you prefer it (like me), or because you need to (over ssh).
+
Here is a picture of micro editing its source code.
-
+
+
+To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing all of the default colorschemes, see [here](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/screenshots.html).
+
+You can also check out the website for Micro at https://micro-editor.github.io.
# Features
* Easy to use and to install
* No dependencies or external files are needed -- just the binary you can download further down the page
+* Multiple cursors
* Common keybindings (ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-z...)
* Keybindings can be rebound to your liking
+* Sane defaults
+ * You shouldn't have to configure much out of the box (and it is extremely easy to configure)
+* Splits and tabs
* Extremely good mouse support
+ * This means mouse dragging to create a selection, double click to select by word, and triple click to select by line
* Cross platform (It should work on all the platforms Go runs on)
+ * Note that while Windows is supported, there are still some bugs that need to be worked out
* Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua)
-* Syntax highlighting (for over [75 languages](runtime/syntax)!)
+ * Micro has a built-in plugin manager to automatically install, remove, and update all your plugins
+* Persistent undo
+* Automatic linting and error notifications
+* Syntax highlighting (for over [90 languages](runtime/syntax)!)
* Colorscheme support
+ * By default, micro comes with 16, 256, and true color themes.
* True color support (set the `MICRO_TRUECOLOR` env variable to 1 to enable it)
-* Sane defaults
+* Snippets
+ * The snippet plugin can be installed with `> plugin install snippets`
* Copy and paste with the system clipboard
* Small and simple
* Easily configurable
-* Common editor things such as undo/redo, line numbers, unicode support...
+* Macros
+* Common editor things such as undo/redo, line numbers, Unicode support, softwrap...
+
+Although not yet implemented, I hope to add more features such as autocompletion ([#174](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/174)) or a tree view ([#249](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/249)) in the future.
# Installation
-This section gives instructions for how to simply install micro using the prebuilt binaries, or building from source.
+To install micro, you can download a [prebuilt binary](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases), or you can build it from source.
-You can also install micro with a few package managers (on OSX, Arch Linux, and CRUX).
-See the [wiki page](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro) for details.
+If you want more information about ways to install micro, see this [wiki page](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro).
### Prebuilt binaries
-To easily install micro on any of the operating systems listed below, just download the tar file,
-extract it, and run the binary inside. It's as simple as that!
+All you need to install micro is one file, the binary itself. It's as simple as that!
+
+Download the binary from the [releases](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases) page.
+
+On that page you'll see the nightly release, which contains binaries for micro which are built every night,
+and you'll see all the stable releases with the corresponding binaries.
-Micro has no released version, instead these binaries are compiled every night and you can find the
-commit it was compiled with by running `micro -version`.
+If you'd like to see more information after installing micro, run `micro -version`.
-Nightly binaries:
-* [Mac OS X](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-osx.tar.gz)
-* [Linux 64](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-linux64.tar.gz)
-* [Linux 32](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-linux32.tar.gz)
-* [Linux Arm](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-linux-arm.tar.gz)
-* [FreeBSD 64](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-freebsd64.tar.gz)
-* [FreeBSD 32](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-freebsd32.tar.gz)
-* [OpenBSD 64](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-openbsd64.tar.gz)
-* [OpenBSD 32](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-openbsd32.tar.gz)
-* [NetBSD 64](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-netbsd64.tar.gz)
-* [NetBSD 32](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-netbsd32.tar.gz)
-* [Windows 64](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-win64.zip)
-* [Windows 32](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/binaries/micro-win32.zip)
+### Package Managers
-To run the micro binary just run `./micro` (you probably want to place the binary on your `$PATH` for ease of use).
+You can install micro using Homebrew on Mac:
+
+```
+brew install micro
+```
+
+On Windows, you can install micro through [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) or [Scoop](https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop):
+
+```
+choco install micro
+```
+
+or
+
+```
+scoop install micro
+```
+
+On Linux, you can install micro through [snap](https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install)
+
+```
+snap install micro --classic
+```
+
+On OpenBSD, micro is available in the ports tree. It is also available as a binary package.
+
+```
+pkg_add -v micro
+```
### Building from source
-Make sure that you have Go version 1.4 or greater.
+If your operating system does not have a binary release, but does run Go, you can build from source.
-```sh
-go get -u github.com/zyedidia/micro/...
+Make sure that you have Go version 1.5 or greater (Go 1.4 will work if your version supports CGO) and that your `GOPATH` env variable is set (I recommand setting it to `~/go` if you don't have one).
+
+```
+go get -d github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro
+cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/zyedidia/micro
+make install
```
-### Clipboard support
+The binary will then be installed to `$GOPATH/bin` (or your `$GOBIN`).
+
+Please make sure that when you are working with micro's code, you are working on your `GOPATH`.
+
+You can install directly with `go get` (`go get -u github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro`) but this isn't recommended because it doesn't build micro with version information which is useful for the plugin manager.
+
+### MacOS terminal
-On Linux, clipboard support requires 'xclip' or 'xsel' command to be installed.
+If you are using MacOS, you should consider using [iTerm2](http://iterm2.com/) instead of the default Mac terminal. The iTerm2 terminal has much better mouse support as well as better handling of key events. For best keybinding behavior, choose `xterm defaults` under `Preferences->Profiles->Keys->Load Preset`. The newest versions also support true color.
+
+### Linux clipboard support
+
+On Linux, clipboard support requires the 'xclip' or 'xsel' commands to be installed.
For Ubuntu:
If you don't have xclip or xsel, 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
+you are using a terminal which does not support 256 color. Try changing the colorscheme to `simple`
+by pressing CtrlE in micro and typing `set colorscheme simple`.
+
+If you are using the default Ubuntu terminal, to enable 256 make sure your `TERM` variable is set
+to `xterm-256color`.
+
+Many of the Windows terminals don't support more than 16 colors, which means
+that micro's default colorscheme won't look very good. You can either set
+the colorscheme to `simple`, or download a better terminal emulator, like
+mintty.
+
+### Plan9, Cygwin
+
+Please note that micro uses the amazing [tcell library](https://github.com/gdamore/tcell), but this
+means that micro is restricted to the platforms tcell supports. As a result, micro does not support
+Plan9, and Cygwin (although this may change in the future). Micro also doesn't support NaCl (but NaCl is deprecated anyways).
+
# Usage
Once you have built the editor, simply start it by running `micro path/to/file.txt` or simply `micro` to open an empty buffer.
You can move the cursor around with the arrow keys and mouse.
-You can also use the mouse to manipulate the text. Simply clicking and dragging will select text. You can also double click
-to enable word selection, and triple click to enable line selection.
+You can also use the mouse to manipulate the text. Simply clicking and dragging
+will select text. You can also double click to enable word selection, and triple
+click to enable line selection.
+
+# Documentation and Help
-You can run `$ micro -version` to get the version number. Since there is no release, this just gives you the
-commit hash. The version is unknown if you built with `go get`, instead use `make install` or `make` to get a binary
-with a version number defined.
+Micro has a built-in help system which you can access by pressing `Ctrl-E` and typing `help`. Additionally, you can
+view the help files here:
-### Help text
+* [main help](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/help.md)
+* [keybindings](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/keybindings.md)
+* [commands](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/commands.md)
+* [colors](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/colors.md)
+* [options](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/options.md)
+* [plugins](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/plugins.md)
-See the [help text](./runtime/help/help.md) for information about keybindings, editor commands, colorschemes and
-configuration options.
+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.
# 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).
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