Lekh Text Editor

A simple cross-platform text editor written in Rust programming language that supports syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages, incremental search and window resize handling. This project is made as a learning experience and does not aim to be the best / the fastest text editor out there.

Installation • Key Features • How To Use

Installation

• Build from source

  git clone https://github.com/appleswiggy/lekh.git
  cd lekh/
  cargo build --release
  ./target/release/lekh [FILENAME]

Key Features

• Syntax Highlighting
  • Lekh supports dynamic syntax highlighting where each row is aware of the context of full document. If a change happens in one row of the document, the other rows re-highlight themselves to match the context otherwise the change could potentially render the highlighting invalid.
  • Lekh automatically detects and loads the appropriate syntax for the file using its file name or by reading the first line of the file.

• Incremental Search
  • Lekh supports incremental search where the file is searched after each key press when the user is typing in their search query.
  • User can search forward or backward using the arrow keys.

How To Use

• To open an empty text editor window, execute the binary:

  lekh

• To open a file from its path:

  lekh [FILEPATH]