cano(1)

📦 version 0.2.0-alpha, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 cano(1) 💖

okay so this is the General Commands Manual page for cano, and I'm gonna give you the whole rundown like we're in the group chat. every detail stays, bestie — no cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

cano is a VIM inspired modal-based text editor written in C using the ncurses library. that's the vibe. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cano [--options] [file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

cano is a small text editor based on kilo that edits file. tiny editor energy, and it's here to edit your file — periodt.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -v, --version — outputs version information and exits. byeee.
  • --config config-file — uses the specified config-file instead of the default config.
  • --help [help-page] — opens the specified help-page or the "general" page if no page was specified.

💜 EDITING 💜

Editing a file is fairly easy: you start the editor and start typing the letters that you want. You can move around with the arrow keys, and delete characters with the backspace or delete key. literally that's the whole editing arc, bestie. 🫶

🎀 KEY BINDINGS 🎀

  • Ctrl+Q — Exit cano.
  • Esc — Enter Normal Mode
  • h — Move cursor left
  • j — Move cursor down
  • k — Move cursor up
  • l — Move Cursor right
  • x — Delete character
  • g — Go to first line
  • G — Go to last line
  • 0 — Go to beginning of line
  • $ — Go to end of line
  • w — Go to next word
  • b — Go to last word
  • e — Go to end of word
  • o — Create line below current
  • O — Create line above current
  • Ctrl+o — Create line below current without changing mode
  • % — Move to corresponding brace
  • i — Enter insert mode
  • I — Go to beginning of line and enter insert mode
  • a — Insert mode on next char
  • A — Go to end of line and enter insert mode
  • v — Enter visual mode
  • V — Enter visual-line mode
  • u — Undo
  • U — Redo
  • / — Enter search mode
  • n — Jump to next
  • Ctrl+s — Save and exitr
  • r — Replace current char with next character
  • (n) + motion — Repeat next motion (n) times
  • Ctrl+n — Open file explorer

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • ~/.config/cano/config.cano — The default config file.
  • ~/.local/share/cano/help — The directory, where all help-pages are stored.

💀 BUGS 💀

You can report any bugs to https://github.com/CobbCoding1/Cano/issues. no gatekeeping, bestie.

🫶 AUTHOUR 🫶

Mainly developed by CobbCoding. You can see other contributers in the github page https://github.com/CobbCoding1/cano.

Apache-2.0 License. slay.

🦋 HOMEPAGE 🦋

https://github.com/CobbCoding1/cano

✨ cute sign-off: footer source/version is LINUX, date is 2024-1-24, and the manual name is cano(1) — byeee bestie, go make something iconic 💖

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