nixscribe 0.1.2

A CLI Text Editor that supports Syntax Highlighting for .py, .html, .css and .js files.

nixscribe — Terminal Text Editor

By mhasanali2010

About nixscribe

nixscribe is a terminal-based text editor written in Python.
It supports CLI arguments:

• --create — create files
• --read — view files with syntax highlighting
• --edit — edit files with syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting is supported for Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Editing is powered by prompt_toolkit, while viewing uses rich for syntax highligh

Resources

PyPI Link

https://pypi.org/project/nixscribe

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/mhasanali2010/nixscribe

External Dependencies

Stated in requirements.txt:

• prompt_toolkit
• rich
• pygments

Installation

Install using pip:

pip install nixscribe

Usage

• To create a file:

  nixscribe --create <path\to\file>
  

• To read from a file:

  nixscribe --read <path\to\file>
  

• To edit a file:

  nixscribe --edit <path\to\file>
  

Keybinds in Edit Mode

• Ctrl+Q to quit editing without saving.
• Ctrl+S to save without quitting.
• F3 to save & quit.