it-edit (Integrated Terminal Editor)¶
| program: | it-edit |
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| version: | 3.0 |
| author: | Brüggemann Eddie |
| contact: | <mrcyberfighter@gmail.com> |
| license: | GPLv3 |
| website: | <http://www.open-source-projects.net/it-edit/it-edit> |
| release: | Apr 19, 2017 |
Motivation for writing it-edit¶
I think they are 2 sort of programmers in their habits of writing programs:
- They which use an I.D.E with full integrated functionalities, and master it to respond to most of their requirements.
- They which use an text editor to write their programs and a terminal to compile, debug or launch them and some other tools separately.
Because I’m an programmer from the second category and because i remark that i often use additional tools than the editor and the terminal.
I decide to write my own text editor program which provide me all the functionalities that i need to get a development environment fully adapt to my requirement.
So in fact it-edit is more than a basic programming text editor, but a powerful tool which I hope you will agree the concept.
Note
In fact in conjunction with my project generator mk-project which generate me a big do all Makefile.
I enjoy using it-edit every time !
Even when I only to type few targets like (make, make exec, make ddebug, make gdb,...) it-edit is useful for all task to do in a terminal.
All this with an accompanied editor.
| note: | By the way mk-project can be useful for every vim or T.U.I editor user. |
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Requirement of it-edit¶
it-edit requires
- gtk-3 as G.U.I
- gtksourceview-3.
- vte-2.91 for the virtual terminals emulation as a gtk-3 widget.
- Optionally gspell-1 as spell checker.
| warning: | You must install the development packages of all required library because it will be compiled and installed on the target host. |
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What it-edit does for me !¶
it-edit consist of a basic programming text editor with all basic functionalities with
intelligently integrated terminals the best positioned so that they are easy to reach into the main interface of the program.
With many others practices functionalities.
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it-edit integrated terminals in the best way I have thought for me.
A side bar terminal which you can add and remove items, a big full-screen terminal, the same divided into 4 terminals and as many top-level terminals as you want.
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it-edit provide an easy file access...
In fact it was thought for registering HTML documentation and so accessing it easily.
But you can register your winner song if you want when you have terminate all your assertions well,
to celebrate your victory !
it-edit will open the registered file with the default program for it if any available.
Saving and restoring your file(s) list.
$ cp /usr/local/share/it-edit/Files_handler/Files_handler.conf $HOMETo restore your file(s) list after upgrade per example.
$ cp $HOME/Files_handler.conf /usr/local/share/it-edit/Files_handler/Files_handler.conf
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You can launch graphical applications with it-edit very easily:
- At first it-edit will check your system, at first start, for some predefined applications and register it into their related category.
note: You can change the application(s), if found or not, as you want. - Then you can choose to register and delete the applications you want, into the category
Other.
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The version 3.**0** of it-edit embedded a configurable spell checker utility which you can use to write documentations
reachable as
- in-line spell-check (the misspelled words are underline)
or
- through launching a dialog spell-check window which permit you to correct all misspelled words of the current document.
it-edit spirit¶
it-edit offers:
A programming editor¶
A text-editor without favoring any language.
With all the basic text editor functionalities and overall useful shortcuts which you didn’t have to know all.
And some unusual like duplicate text or copy to clipboard the current edited absolute file-path (Ctrl + Shift + Y).
You will be able to open, open a recent, save, save as, save all, file(s).
Or reload your last session file(s) as documentation and launched applications.
it-edit provides some informations like:
- Line
- Column
- Total lines
- Total characters
- The filename (hold the mouse over the notebook tab, you will know the absolute file-path).
By opening the file informations you will get more informations and can do some basic functions on (and strictly over) the file on disk (not the current edited buffer):
- The file base-name.
- Language, Mime-type and Extension.
- Lines, Words and Chars count.
- MD5, SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 checksum in hexadecimal notation.
You will be able to see and to modify:
- The file permissions.
| warning: | By saving the configured mask will overwrite your changes. |
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- The last
- Access time
- Modification time (can be useful with make and system clock disturbing).
- Last status change time (this one isn’t modifiable).
- Rename, Copy, Compress (using the gzip algorithm), Move file.
Terminal integration¶
it-edit provides the best terminals integration for everyone:
- The sidebar terminals can be useful by editing and requiring immediately a terminal in the same window.
- The single “Big Terminal” can be useful if you need space: you can mask the button bar and made it full-screen.
- The 4 divided “Big Terminal” can be useful if you need severals terminals on the screen.
- The top level terminal is re-sizable and in a separate window.
| note: | It’s recommended to use it-edit with a Makefile (easy self-build or not) for compiled languages, else enjoy the terminals for launching your scripts and commands. |
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make makes the life easier !
All this terminals have a good contextual menu and I had problems to add some items, as sync current directory in every terminal, and so on.
it-edit writing spirit¶
it-edit is written in C (-std=c99) using gtk-3 and related libraries.
it-edit writing style takes cares of:
- structure variables order: so that no unneeded padding is added from the compiler.
- cache optimizing: so that we get the best cache-hits we can.
it-edit make strong usage of the gtk-3 types.
it-edit provide an optional spell checker useful for writing documentation or simply comments.
it-edit make usage of /** **/ comments so for commenting out a code section, by hacking it-edit, use the preprocessor: #if 0 ... #endif.
| note: | The spirit of it-edit says that you have to do a thing a single time then it’s automatize. |
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Conclusion¶
Control all your system with it-edit and show us that you can dialog with it through the best medium: the terminal.