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Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking...
Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking...
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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 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.
Features
Easy to use
Common keybindings (ctrl-s, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, ctrl-z...)
Extremely good mouse support
Cross platform
Syntax highlighting (in over 75 languages!)
Colorscheme support
True color support (set the MICRO_TRUECOLOR env variable to 1 to enable it)
Search and replace
Sane defaults
Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua)
Undo and redo
Unicode support
Copy and paste with the system clipboard
Small and simple
Easily configurable
Sync with Simplenote
Beginner friendly
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