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**micro** is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities
of modern terminals. It comes as a single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies; you can download and use it right now!
-To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing some of the default color schemes, see [here](http://zbyedidia.webfactional.com/micro/screenshots.html).
+To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing some of the default color schemes, see [here](https://micro-editor.github.io).
You can also check out the website for Micro at https://micro-editor.github.io.
- [macOS terminal](#macos-terminal)
- [Linux clipboard support](#linux-clipboard-support)
- [Colors and syntax highlighting](#colors-and-syntax-highlighting)
- - [Plan9, Cygwin, Mingw](#plan9-cygwin-mingw)
+ - [Cygwin, Mingw, Plan9](#cygwin-mingw-plan9)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Documentation and Help](#documentation-and-help)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- Easy to use and install.
- No dependencies or external files are needed — just the binary you can download further down the page.
- Multiple cursors.
-- Common keybindings (<kbd>Ctrl+S</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl+C</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl+V</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl+Z</kbd>, …).
+- Common keybindings (<kbd>Ctrl-s</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl-c</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl-v</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl-z</kbd>, …).
- 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).
- 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 Mingw/Cygwin is not (see below)
+ - Note that while Windows is supported Mingw/Cygwin is not (see below).
- Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua).
- micro has a built-in plugin manager to automatically install, remove, and update plugins.
-- Built-in diff gutter
-- Simple autocompletion
+- Built-in diff gutter.
+- Simple autocompletion.
- Persistent undo.
-- Automatic linting and error notifications
+- Automatic linting and error notifications.
- Syntax highlighting for over [130 languages](runtime/syntax).
- Color scheme support.
- By default, micro comes with 16, 256, and true color themes.
Use `micro -version` to get the version information after installing. It is only guaranteed that you are installing the most recent
stable version if you install from the prebuilt binaries, Homebrew, or Snap.
+A desktop entry file and man page can be found in the [assets/packaging](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/assets/packaging) directory.
+
### Prebuilt binaries
All you need to install micro is one file, the binary itself. It's as simple as that!
curl https://getmic.ro | bash
```
-The script will place the micro binary in the current directory. See its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/benweissmann/getmic.ro) for more information.
+The script will place the micro binary in the current directory. From there, you can move it to a directory on your path of your choosing (e.g. `sudo mv micro /usr/bin`). See its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/benweissmann/getmic.ro) for more information.
+
+To uninstall micro, simply remove the binary, and the configuration directory at `~/.config/micro`.
### Package managers
snap install micro --classic
```
-On Debian `unstable | testing | buster-backports` and Ubuntu `focal` (20.04), micro is available
-via `apt`:
-
-```
-sudo apt install micro
-```
-
-On Fedora, micro is available via `dnf`:
-
-```
-sudo dnf install micro
-```
-
**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 AUR, Nix, and package managers
-for other operating systems:
-
-* Windows: [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org) and [Scoop](https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop)
- * `choco install micro`
- * `scoop install micro`
-* OpenBSD: Available in the ports tree and also available as a binary package
- * `pkd_add -v micro`
-* Arch Linux, CRUX, Termux for Android
- * See details in the [wiki page](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/wiki/Installing-Micro)
+Micro is also available through other package managers on Linux such as apt, dnf, AUR, Nix, and package managers
+for other operating systems. These packages are not guaranteed to be up-to-date.
+
+* 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).
+ * `pacman -S micro` (Arch Linux).
+ * `eopkg install micro` (Solus).
+ * 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`.
+ * `scoop install micro`.
+* OpenBSD: Available in the ports tree and also available as a binary package.
+ * `pkd_add -v micro`.
+* NetBSD, macOS, Linux, Illumos, etc. with [pkgsrc](http://www.pkgsrc.org/)-current:
+ * `pkg_add micro`
### Building from source
### macOS terminal
-If you are using macOS, you should consider using [iTerm2](http://iterm2.com/) instead of the default terminal (Terminal.app). 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.
+If you are using macOS, you should consider using [iTerm2](http://iterm2.com/) instead of the default terminal (Terminal.app). 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->Presets...`, and select `Esc+` for `Left Option Key` in the same menu. The newest versions also support true color.
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>.
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 mode. Try changing the color scheme to `simple`
-by pressing <kbd>Ctrl+E</kbd> in micro and typing `set colorscheme simple`.
+by pressing <kbd>Ctrl-e</kbd> 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`.
## Documentation and Help
-micro has a built-in help system which you can access by pressing <kbd>Ctrl+E</kbd> and typing `help`. Additionally, you can
+micro has a built-in help system which you can access by pressing <kbd>Ctrl-e</kbd> and typing `help`. Additionally, you can
view the help files here:
- [main help](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tree/master/runtime/help/help.md)
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