Kaa is a small and easy text editor for console environment.

• Python 3.3 or later

• Headers and librares for ncurses. Consult documentation of your platform for detail. With Debian/Ubuntu, you can install ncurses library with :

  $ sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev

• (optional) Cython

1. Get source from github :

   $ git clone git@github.com:atsuoishimoto/kaa.git

2. Install kaa :

   $ cd kaa
   $ python setup.py install

To start kaa, type :

$ kaa [FILE]...

Using kaa is intuitive. Typing alphabet keys will update file as you expected. Functional keys like arrow or delete keys also works.

To display menu, type F1 key. Each items in the menu has one underlined character. Typing the underlined character extecutes the menu item.

To hide menu, type escape key.

Open

Open existing file.

Save

Save current file.

Save As

Save current file as new file.

Close

Close current frame.

Quit

Terminate kaa.

Cut

Cut selected text.

Copy

Copy selected text.

Paste

Paste from clipboard.

Undo

Undo last modification.

Redo

Redo last undo.

Start record

Start macro recording.

End record

End macro recording.

Run macro

Run last macro.

Frame list

Show list of frame windows. Use left/right arrow key to change active frame.

Split vert

Split current window vertically.

Split horz

Split current window horizontally.

Move separator

Move window separator. Use left/right arrow key to move separator.

Next window

Activate next window.

Join window

Join splitted window.

Switch file

Switch content of active window.

Arrow keys

Move cursor.

Shift+arrow keys

Select text.

Control+left/right arrow keys

Move cursor to next/prev word boundary.

Backspace

Delete the character to the left.

Delete

Delete the character at the cursor.

Control+z

Undo last change.

Control+r

Redo last undoi.

F6

Toggle macro recording on/off.

F5

Run macro.

Control+S

Search text.

Alt+S

Replace text.

Control+bControl+prightdown.

Alt+b|Alt+f

Move cursor to next/prev word boundary.