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About
Atto is a lightweight, opinionated text editor written in Go. The current feature set is quite limited, but Atto is being actively developed. Many features and improvements should be added in the coming weeks.
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Features
The following features are currently available in Atto:
- Core editor functionality (text viewing & editing)
- Multiple simultaneous buffers
- Simple syntax highlighting (Go & C)
- User configuration files (options limited)
In addition to the features above, the following features are planned:
- Copy/cut/paste functionality
- Smarter syntax highlighting with user-definable language syntax files
WARNING: Atto currently compiles on macOS, Linux, and Windows, but is only being actively developed and tested on macOS at this time. Atto may be unstable on other platforms at this time.
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Installation
Just build and place the binary somewhere in your PATH.
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Usage
$ atto
For help using Atto, a list of shortcuts & usage information can be shown by pressing ^H inside Atto.
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Configuration
When you start Atto for the first time, a configuration folder will be created for you at '~/.atto'. Inside you will find a config.yml file which you can edit to change the editor's exposed preferences.
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License
Atto is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more info.