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A tiny terminal text editor built with Textual

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tini-editor 📝

tini is a minimal, terminal-based text editor built with Python's curses module. It's inspired by nano, but written in Python and designed for simplicity and speed.

✨ Features

  • Open and edit any text file from the terminal
  • Keyboard shortcuts:
    • Ctrl+S – Save
    • Ctrl+Q – Quit
  • Built with the standard Python curses TUI framework

🚀 Installation

pip install tini-editor

🧑‍💻 Usage

tini <filename>

Example:

tini notes.txt

If the file doesn’t exist, it will be created when saved.


📦 Development Setup

Clone the repo and install dependencies:

git clone https://codeberg.org/yourusername/tini-editor.git
cd tini-editor
pip install -e .

Run locally:

python -m tini.app <filename>

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.


🙏 Acknowledgments

  • Built with curses
  • Inspired by nano, but even tinier

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