This is an in-development modal text editor inspired by vim but with an actual GUI interface instead of yet another terminal program nobody asked for.
- Install the nix package manager.
- Run
nix build .#editorornix run .#editor.
- Install the VS Build Tools from here.
- Install rustup
- Download the 2025-01 version of the Odin compiler here, and extract to a folder next to this one called
odin-2025-01 - Clone the tree-sitter-odin and checkout commit
e8adc739b78409a99f8c31313f0bb54cc538cf73, again next to this folder - Run the
x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VSshortcut. - Run
build
This will create a bin directory with an editor.exe
Yes. It's capabilities are slightly higher than that of the Windows Notepad. However, the ergonomics of using the editor aren't quite where I'd like them to be. It's at a point where I can bear using it to further improve it, but still wouldn't use it for real work.
See the todo list
