micro-editor/micro

Micro is a terminal-based text editor built with Go, designed to provide a modern, extensible editing experience within the terminal. It features a modular plugin architecture supporting syntax highlighting, linting, and automated code formatting, alongside a Lua scripting environment for deep customization. The system manages its own runtime assets, configuration, and build processes, ensuring portability and consistent behavior across platforms.

The project underwent a major architectural shift by rewriting the editor in Go, replacing the previous D-based implementation. This period focused on establishing a standard project layout, embedding runtime assets, and introducing new features such as a plugin system, syntax highlighting, and command-line utilities.

10 changes

This period focused on a comprehensive architectural overhaul of the editor's internal systems, including a complete rewrite of the syntax highlighting engine and the action execution framework. Significant features were introduced, such as literate programming support, an enhanced Lua scripting environment, and a modular configuration and plugin management system. The codebase also improved Unicode handling, terminal integration, and dependency management through Go modules.

15 changes

This period focused on expanding the editor's capabilities with new plugins for customizable status lines and buffer diffing, alongside significant improvements to clipboard handling for multi-cursor and terminal-based operations. Additionally, the project improved its packaging by integrating with the Debian alternatives system.

4 changes

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