Micro (CLI text editor)

[Midas]

Anyone looking for a CLI only text editor? Thought so... Here's Micro (https://micro-editor.github.io/), a multi-platform FOSS console only but highly configurable text editor.

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.

Download Micro 32 or 64-bit latest release (currently v1.1.4) from https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases.

[TP109]

This looked like it could be lightweight so I quickly tested it, but it's not as light on usage as might be supposed. It's installation size isn't that small either at 7.5MB and it has about the same usage for RAM, Pk RAM, and VM as Notepad++ or the x-Context programming editors, and those are at at the top of the resource usage scale. It's minimum RAM usage is average at about 3MB, but the Pk RAM on start and VM are surprisingly high. As a comparison, it uses almost x10 the resources and at least x10 the disk space as MetaPad, Editor2, or Notepad2.

[rbon]

micro 2.0.8 released (October 6, 2020)

micro is a CLI editor for write and editing code (but yet text files) in over 75 programming languages.
This program come as a single executable written in Go language for Windows 32 and 64 bit with no external dependences.
All platforms are: Linux, MacOS, BSD, Windows, ARM Linux.
• Web site: https://micro-editor.github.io
• GitHub web project: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro
• GitHub download page: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/tag/v2.0.8
• direct download Windows 32 bit: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/relea ... -win32.zip
• direct download Windows 64 bit: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/relea ... -win64.zip
• license: MIT
• Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programmi ... idia.shtml
• Slant detailled review: https://www.slant.co/topics/3772/viewpo ... tors~micro

Slant review:

• Rating = 94 - Excellent

PROS
• Mouse support
• Small and portable
• Uses standard key-bindings (IBM CUA - Common User Access) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_ ... _shortcuts
• Syntax highlighting for many languages
• Beginner-friendly terminal editor
• Can be extended through plugins
• Great colorscheme support
• Runs in terminal
• Easy to configure
• Multiple cursor support
• Great for beginners
• Split panes
• Macros
• Snippet support
• Great tabs support
• Written in Golang (Go programming language)
• Installable on Linux using Snappy https://snapcraft.io/

CONS
• Small community & ecosystem
• Non-existent plugins for very common languages
• Limited compatibility

Features (from GitHub)

• Easy to use and 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).
• Note that while Windows is supported Mingw/Cygwin is not (see below).
• Plugin system (plugins are written in Lua).
• micro has a built-in plugin manager to automatically install, remove, and update plugins.
• Built-in diff gutter.
• Simple autocompletion.
• Persistent undo.
• Automatic linting and error notifications.
• Syntax highlighting for over 130 languages.
• Color scheme support.
• By default, micro comes with 16, 256, and true color themes.
• True color support (set the MICRO_TRUECOLOR environment variable to 1 to enable it).
• Copy and paste with the system clipboard.
• Small and simple.
• Easily configurable.
• Macros.
• Common editor features such as undo/redo, line numbers, Unicode support, soft wrapping, …

• Plugin list: https://micro-editor.github.io/plugins.html
• Chat on Gitter https://gitter.im/zyedidia/micro?utm_so ... tent=badge

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