TextEd (Discontinued)

A minimal terminal-based text editor written in C++ for Windows.

Features

• Open, edit, and save text files
• Simple keyboard-driven controls
• Lightweight and fast
• Built using standard C++

Build

Single file to compile.

g++ main.cpp -o texted

Release

https://github.com/VectorBlue-06/Texed/releases

TEXTED - Minimal Text Editor — v0.2

A lightweight, keyboard-driven console text editor for Windows.

Features

• Menu-based startup:
  • Open existing file
  • Create new file
  • Read-only mode
• Command mode (:) with:
  • e <n> edit line
  • s save
  • sq save & quit
  • q quit
  • d <n> to delete a single line
  • d <n>,<m> to delete given lines
  • d <n> to <m> to delete multiple lines from n to m including m and n
• Improved line editor:
  • Arrow keys + Home/End
  • ESC cancels edit safely
• Read-only mode enforcement (no edit/save)
• Colored console UI (Not working properly)

Fixes & Improvements

• Safe file saving using temporary file swap
• Fixed cursor redraw and ESC deletion bug
• Cleaner command parsing and state handling
• And other bugs fixed

Platform

• Windows only (WinAPI based)
• Cross-platform support coming soon...

Planned

• Undo/redo
• Search
• Status bar
• Cross-platform support
• Color