chalk

Chalk is a line based text editor for the terminal. It was originally developed for colorsh a custom shell used for ssh accounts on the developers server. It has been split out here as its own application.

Install

Requires Python 3.6+. No other Python dependencies, standard library only. Copy the file chalk to anywhere on your system path (or add it to your system path). You should now be able to run chalk with the following command: chalk /path/to/file.txt The above command will open a file if a valid one is found at the path, or it will create one.

Commands

Commands are entered as the only text on their row. Enter the command and press enter.

. - Finish editing and, optionally, save. Then exit.

!d - Display all text in the document

!x - Delete line(s). If one number is entered, that line will be removed. If two numbers separated by a space are entered, a range inclusive of both numbers will be removed.

!i - Insert line(s) after the first line number entered. A second number separated from the first by a space can be included to as a count of how many lines to insert.

!# - Edit a line, where # is the line number. E.g. > !23

!? - View this list of available commands

Notes

This application uses the python readline library to allow for common terminal based hotkeys (ex. C-a to go to the beginning of the line). It also provides a convenient history that is accessible via up and down arrows.