### Keybindings
-These are the default keybindings, along with their actions.
-
-
-#### Editor bindings
-
-* Ctrl-q: Quit
-* Ctrl-e: Execute a command
-* Ctrl-g: Toggle help text
-* Ctrl-b: Run a shell command
-
-#### Buffer bindings
-
-* Ctrl-s: Save
-* Ctrl-o: Open file
-* Ctrl-z: Undo
-* Ctrl-y: Redo
-* Ctrl-f: Find
-* Ctrl-n: Find next
-* Ctrl-p: Find previous
-* Ctrl-a: Select all
-* Ctrl-c: Copy
-* Ctrl-x: Cut
-* Ctrl-k: Cut line
-* Ctrl-v: Paste
-* Ctrl-u: Half page up
-* Ctrl-d: Half page down
-* PageUp: Page up
-* PageDown: Page down
-* Home: Go to beginning of line
-* End: Go to end of line
-* Ctrl-r: Toggle line numbers
+Here are the default keybindings in json form which is also how
+you can rebind them to your liking.
+
+```json
+{
+ "Up": "CursorUp",
+ "Down": "CursorDown",
+ "Right": "CursorRight",
+ "Left": "CursorLeft",
+ "ShiftUp": "SelectUp",
+ "ShiftDown": "SelectDown",
+ "ShiftLeft": "SelectLeft",
+ "ShiftRight": "SelectRight",
+ "AltLeft": "WordLeft",
+ "AltRight": "WordRight",
+ "AltShiftRight": "SelectWordRight",
+ "AltShiftLeft": "SelectWordLeft",
+ "CtrlLeft": "StartOfLine",
+ "CtrlRight": "EndOfLine",
+ "CtrlShiftLeft": "SelectToStartOfLine",
+ "CtrlShiftRight": "SelectToEndOfLine",
+ "CtrlUp": "CursorStart",
+ "CtrlDown": "CursorEnd",
+ "CtrlShiftUp": "SelectToStart",
+ "CtrlShiftDown": "SelectToEnd",
+ "Enter": "InsertEnter",
+ "Space": "InsertSpace",
+ "Backspace": "Backspace",
+ "Backspace2": "Backspace",
+ "Alt-Backspace": "DeleteWordLeft",
+ "Alt-Backspace2": "DeleteWordLeft",
+ "Tab": "InsertTab",
+ "CtrlO": "OpenFile",
+ "CtrlS": "Save",
+ "CtrlF": "Find",
+ "CtrlN": "FindNext",
+ "CtrlP": "FindPrevious",
+ "CtrlZ": "Undo",
+ "CtrlY": "Redo",
+ "CtrlC": "Copy",
+ "CtrlX": "Cut",
+ "CtrlK": "CutLine",
+ "CtrlD": "DuplicateLine",
+ "CtrlV": "Paste",
+ "CtrlA": "SelectAll",
+ "Home": "Start",
+ "End": "End",
+ "PageUp": "CursorPageUp",
+ "PageDown": "CursorPageDown",
+ "CtrlG": "ToggleHelp",
+ "CtrlR": "ToggleRuler",
+ "CtrlL": "JumpLine",
+ "Delete": "Delete",
+ "Esc": "ClearStatus",
+ "CtrlB": "ShellMode",
+ "CtrlQ": "Quit",
+ "CtrlE": "CommandMode",
+
+ // Emacs-style keybindings
+ "Alt-f": "WordRight",
+ "Alt-b": "WordLeft",
+ "Alt-a": "StartOfLine",
+ "Alt-e": "EndOfLine",
+ "Alt-p": "CursorUp",
+ "Alt-n": "CursorDown"
+}
+```
You can use the alt keys + arrows to move word by word.
Ctrl left and right move the cursor to the start and end of the line, and
You can hold shift with all of these movement actions to select while moving.
-The buffer bindings may be rebound using the `~/.config/micro/bindings.json`
+The bindings may be rebound using the `~/.config/micro/bindings.json`
file. Each key is bound to an action.
-For example, to bind `Ctrl-y` to undo and `Ctrl-z` to redo, you could put the
+For example, to bind `Ctrl-y` to undo and `Ctrl-z` to redo, you could put the
following in the `bindings.json` file.
```json
{
- "CtrlY": "Undo",
- "CtrlZ": "Redo"
+ "CtrlY": "Undo",
+ "CtrlZ": "Redo"
}
```
-Here are the defaults:
-
-```json
-{
- "Up": "CursorUp",
- "Down": "CursorDown",
- "Right": "CursorRight",
- "Left": "CursorLeft",
- "ShiftUp": "SelectUp",
- "ShiftDown": "SelectDown",
- "ShiftLeft": "SelectLeft",
- "ShiftRight": "SelectRight",
- "AltLeft": "WordLeft",
- "AltRight": "WordRight",
- "AltShiftRight": "SelectWordRight",
- "AltShiftLeft": "SelectWordLeft",
- "CtrlLeft": "StartOfLine",
- "CtrlRight": "EndOfLine",
- "CtrlShiftLeft": "SelectToStartOfLine",
- "CtrlShiftRight": "SelectToEndOfLine",
- "CtrlUp": "CursorStart",
- "CtrlDown": "CursorEnd",
- "CtrlShiftUp": "SelectToStart",
- "CtrlShiftDown": "SelectToEnd",
- "Enter": "InsertEnter",
- "Space": "InsertSpace",
- "Backspace": "Backspace",
- "Backspace2": "Backspace",
- "Tab": "InsertTab",
- "CtrlO": "OpenFile",
- "CtrlS": "Save",
- "CtrlF": "Find",
- "CtrlN": "FindNext",
- "CtrlP": "FindPrevious",
- "CtrlZ": "Undo",
- "CtrlY": "Redo",
- "CtrlC": "Copy",
- "CtrlX": "Cut",
- "CtrlK": "CutLine",
- "CtrlV": "Paste",
- "CtrlA": "SelectAll",
- "Home": "Start",
- "End": "End",
- "PgUp": "PageUp",
- "PgDn": "PageDown",
- "CtrlU": "HalfPageUp",
- "CtrlD": "HalfPageDown",
- "CtrlR": "ToggleRuler",
- "Delete": "Delete"
-}
-
-```
-
-
### Possible commands
You can execute an editor command by pressing `Ctrl-e` followed by the command.
* `run sh-command`: runs the given shell command in the background. The
command's output will be displayed in one line when it finishes running.
+* `bind key action`: creates a keybinding from key to action. See the sections on
+ keybindings above for more info about what keys and actions are available.
+
### Options
Micro stores all of the user configuration in its configuration directory.
default value: `default`
Note that the default colorschemes (default, solarized, and solarized-tc)
- are not located in configDir, because they are embedded in the micro binary
+ are not located in configDir, because they are embedded in the micro binary
- The colorscheme can be selected from all the files in the
- ~/.config/micro/colorschemes/ directory. Micro comes by default with three
- colorschemes:
+ The colorscheme can be selected from all the files in the
+ ~/.config/micro/colorschemes/ directory. Micro comes by default with three
+ colorschemes:
- * default: this is the default colorscheme.
- * solarized: this is the solarized colorscheme (used in the screenshot).
- You should have the solarized color palette in your terminal to use it.
- * solarized-tc: this is the solarized colorscheme for true color, just
- make sure your terminal supports true color before using it and that the
- MICRO_TRUECOLOR environment variable is set to 1 before starting micro.
+ * default: this is the default colorscheme.
+ * solarized: this is the solarized colorscheme (used in the screenshot).
+ You should have the solarized color palette in your terminal to use it.
+ * solarized-tc: this is the solarized colorscheme for true color, just
+ make sure your terminal supports true color before using it and that the
+ MICRO_TRUECOLOR environment variable is set to 1 before starting micro.
* `tabsize`: sets the tab size to `option`
default value: `on`
-* `tabsToSpaces`: use spaces instead of tabs
+* `tabstospaces`: use spaces instead of tabs
default value: `off`
* `autoindent`: when creating a new line use the same indentation as the
previous line
- default value: `on`
+ default value: `on`
* `ruler`: display line numbers
- default value: `on`
+ default value: `on`
* `statusline`: display the status line at the bottom of the screen
- default value: `on`
+ default value: `on`
+
+* `savecursor`: remember where the cursor was last time the file was opened and
+ put it there when you open the file again
+
+ default value: `off`
+
+* `saveundo`: when this option is on, undo is saved even after you close a file
+ so if you close and reopen a file, you can keep undoing
+
+ default value: `off`
+
+* `scrollmargin`: amount of lines you would like to see above and below the cursor
-* `scrollSpeed`: amount of lines to scroll
+ default value: `3`
+
+* `scrollspeed`: amount of lines to scroll for one scroll event
default value: `2`
* `linter`: lint languages on save (supported languages are C, D, Go, Java,
Javascript, Lua). Provided by the `linter` plugin.
- default value: `on`
+ default value: `on`
* `goimports`: Run goimports on save. Provided by the `go` plugin.
- default value: `off`
+ default value: `off`
* `gofmt`: Run gofmt on save. Provided by the `go` plugin.
- default value: `on`
+ default value: `on`
Any option you set in the editor will be saved to the file
~/.config/micro/settings.json so, in effect, your configuration file will be
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