dim

dim editing its own source code below

How to run

Navigate to dim, and type
python3 setup.py
to install the dim alias. Then type dim to run!
NOTE:
Tested only on zsh and bash. If this doesn't work for your shell please log it as an issue, containing the name of your shell and your config ('bashrc, zshrc, etc) file if you can.

Usage!

Movement

Basic movement

Super similar to vim bindings, so if you use vim bindings a lot you'll be (mostly) right at home!

• j to move down
• k to move up
• l to move right
• h to move left

Switching to other states from normal

• i to enter INSERT mode
• a to move right one character and enter INSERT mode
• A to move to the end of the current line, move right one character and enter INSERT mode
• v to enter VISUAL mode
  • Not implemented yet!
• : to enter CMD_LINE mode
• \`` to enter FILE_NAV` mode
• . to enter OPTIONS mode

More advanced features

• w to jump forward a word and then the whitespace in front of the word
• e to jump forward a word
• b to jump backward a word
• g to jump to the beginning of the file
• $ to jump to the end of the current line
• 0 to jump to the beginning of the current line
• x to delete the current character under the cursor
• d to move to delete mode
  • any movement command following d will delete instead of move the cursor
  • dd will delete the current line
  • dw will delete the next word and whitespace in front of the word
  • db will delete the previous word
• Any numbers to do an operation multiple times. A couple of examples are below:
  • 75g to jump to the 75th line
  • 3w to jump forward 3 words (including whitespace at the end)
• Deletion and numbers can be combined. Examples below:
  • d3w deletes the next 3 words (and whitespace)
• / to search for a substring in the current text and store it in a buffer
  • n to cycle through the search buffer

Other features accessed from Normal mode

• u while in Normal mode to undo
• ctrl+r while in Normal mode to redo

Insert Mode

Type as normally! To exit insert mode and go back to NORMAL mode, press ESC.

Command Line Mode

Entering command line mode will bring you to the line at the bottom of the editor and you can enter in a command below.
Available commands are:

• q to quit the editor
• w to save the currently edited file
  • w fileName to save a file with name fileName within the current directory
• wq to save and exit
• ! with some other commands to run them in terminal
  • !ls will perform the ls command and output to dim
  • !python3 FILENAME.py will run FILENAME.py with the python3 interpreter

File navigation

When in NORMAL mode, press \`` to enter FILE_NAV` mode.
(Picture of what this looks like coming soon!)
Folders are colored in a cyan like color in default color scheme, and files are a middle grey color.

File navigation subscreen movement

• j to move down
• k to move up
• ? to enter a searching submode. Enter in any prefix of a file you want to search for, and if there's anything in the current directory that matches the characters to the beginning it will move your cursor to that point.
• Press \`` to go back to NORMAL` mode.

Directory movement

• Press enter to go to the directory selected, or if it's a file it will open it in the text editor.