Text Editor

Editing your text is easy!

This text editor shell provides you an ability to edit any and all the text files. The edit command infers the file type whether it's the text file, the JSON file, or the binary file. It contains many editing tools described in the below section by invoking its commands.

Commands

You can consult the below page for the list of text editor commands.

Commands List

Interactive TUI

In addition to the text editor being a shell, you can switch to an alternative mode when you're in the shell by executing the tui command. This way, you'll get access to the fully interactive text editor.

The interactive text editor works like any other interactive text editor, especially the well-known text editing utility available on Unix systems, vi and vim. However, it's just that it's different in terms of how it operates.

• To exit, press ESC.

• To get a list of available keybindings, press K.

The currently selected character in the current line is highlighted with the green color, depending on your kernel theme. Here are some of the common controls:

Key	Action
F1	Inserts a new line after the current line and moves down
F2	Removes a current line and moves up
Shift + F1	Inserts a new line after the current line
Shift + F2	Removes a current line
F3	Replaces the text in the current line with another text
Shift + F3	Replaces the text in all the lines with another text
I	Enters the insertion (enter) mode
Left Arrow	Advances one byte backward
Right Arrow	Advances one byte forward
Up Arrow	Advances one line backward
Down Arrow	Advances one line forward
Page Up	Goes to the previous page
Page Down	Goes to the next page
Home	Goes to the beginning of the text file
End	Goes to the end of the text file

When insertion mode is on, you can input any text, erase unnecessary text, and so on. This gives you an ability to edit text interactively. Here are the available controls for you to use:

Key	Action
Enter	Inserts a new line after the current line and moves down
Esc	Goes back to the viewer mode
Left Arrow	Advances one byte backward
Right Arrow	Advances one byte forward
Up Arrow	Advances one line backward
Down Arrow	Advances one line forward
Page Up	Goes to the previous page
Page Down	Goes to the next page
Home	Goes to the beginning of the text file
End	Goes to the end of the text file