X-Git-Url: https://git.lizzy.rs/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=818f97242f4a482bffb12e898f0c6ebf09fb8ac4;hb=2afbcef825d9c6488ee756aea088b5c81687740d;hp=3006809e466ce487e0e495f6d4fef647e2f24f77;hpb=5c3d9db5c9b7d546e721389d0d1d0ad6edad4fdc;p=micro.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3006809e..818f9724 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/zyedidia/micro)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/zyedidia/micro) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/zyedidia/micro](https://badges.gitter.im/zyedidia/micro.svg)](https://gitter.im/zyedidia/micro?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/LICENSE) +[![Snap Status](https://build.snapcraft.io/badge/zyedidia/micro.svg)](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. @@ -19,15 +20,33 @@ To see more screenshots of micro, showcasing all of the default colorschemes, se You can also check out the website for Micro at https://micro-editor.github.io. +# Table of Contents +- [Features](#features) +- [Installation](#installation) + - [Prebuilt binaries](#prebuilt-binaries) + - [Package Managers](#package-managers) + - [Building from source](#building-from-source) + - [MacOS terminal](#macos-terminal) + - [Linux clipboard support](#linux-clipboard-support) + - [Colors and syntax highlighting](#colors-and-syntax-highlighting) + - [Plan9, Cygwin](#plan9-cygwin) +- [Usage](#usage) +- [Documentation and Help](#documentation-and-help) +- [Contributing](#contributing) + +- - - + # 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 +* Nano-like menu to help you remember the keybindings * 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) @@ -48,7 +67,7 @@ You can also check out the website for Micro at https://micro-editor.github.io. * 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)), and multiple cursors ([#5](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/5)) in the future. +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 @@ -67,7 +86,19 @@ and you'll see all the stable releases with the corresponding binaries. If you'd like to see more information after installing micro, run `micro -version`. -### Package Managers +### Installation script + +There is a great script which can install micro for you by downloading the latest prebuilt binary. You can find it at https://getmic.ro (the github repo for it is [here](https://github.com/benweissmann/getmic.ro)). + +Then you can easily install micro: + + $ curl https://getmic.ro | bash + +The script will install the micro binary to the current directory. + +See the [Github page](https://github.com/benweissmann/getmic.ro) for more information. + +### Package managers You can install micro using Homebrew on Mac: @@ -75,37 +106,51 @@ You can install micro using Homebrew on Mac: brew install micro ``` -On Windows, you can install micro through Chocolatey: +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 --beta +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 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 1.5 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). +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 recommend setting it to `~/go` if you don't have one). ``` -go get -d github.com/zyedidia/micro/... +go get -d github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/zyedidia/micro make install ``` The binary will then be installed to `$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 -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. The newest versions also support true color. +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 @@ -133,11 +178,11 @@ 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, NaCl, Cygwin +### 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, NaCl, and Cygwin (although this may change in the future). +Plan9, and Cygwin (although this may change in the future). Micro also doesn't support NaCl (but NaCl is deprecated anyways). # Usage