Get Started Micro Editor
Micro editor is a text editor for coders. It's probably the easiest TUI (text user interface) editor to start, but provides extensive features for programmers.
Learn how to start your journey with micro!
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Command Palette, Cheatsheet, Run and Make - New Micro Editor Plugins
I published three new plugins for Micro editor this week
- Palettero - Command palette
- Run - Run a file & 'make' the whole project
- Cheat - cheatsheet for current language
You can install them all today.
Published micro-run Plugin - F5 to Save & Run
Published Run plugin for Micro editor.
Press F5 to save and run the current file. Supports Go, Go test, Python 3, Lua and executable files.
Press F12 to 'make' the project, F9 to make in background. Also works in subdirectories of your project, thanks to MakeUp(tm) functionality.
onAction() Functions - Reacting to Micro Editor Events
Micro editor plugins can react to user events.
All events that can be bound to keyboard shortcuts, can be used as events in plugins.
function onCursorUp(bp)
-- reacts to CursorUp
end
This post has a table of Micro's every action, onAction function and default keybinding - with explations.
Micro Editor Plugin - a Hello World Tutorial
Write your first plugin for Micro editor.
Yours truly (Tero) is the author of micro-jump plugin, and a contributor to micro-lsp. With this beginner friendly tutorial, you can create your first "hello world" plugin.
The plugin we write is very short, just nine lines of code. But here, I explain every little detail of it.
Go LSP for Micro
Coding in Go, with Micro editor? See function signature (alt-k), definition (alt-d) and references (alt-r).
You can now install language server support in three commands
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -y install gopls micro golang-go
$ micro --plugin install lsp
Micro editor LSP support for Python and Go
Install Language Server Protocol (LSP) support for Micro editor
- Show function signature (Alt-K)
- Jump to function definition (Alt-D)
- Find references (Alt-R) (new!)
- Show tips for wrong types in the gutter
- All without leaving your terminal, in Micro editor
Micro-jump - Jump to Symbol
Press F4 to jump to a symbol, such as a function or a class. Supports Python, C, Go and 40 other languages.
Are you a writer or a researcher? Micro-jump also supports Markdown, F4 shows table of contents for a jump.
My micro-jump is now an official micro-editor plugin.
Jump Plugin for Micro
Jump to any function, class or heading with F4. Go, JavaScript, Python, C... A plugin for micro editor.
And if you're writing books, Jump plugin creates a table of contents from MarkDown, and allows you to jump to headings.
Show Go Function Definition in Micro Editor
Show Go function definitions in Micro Editor. Definitions are only shown when you press F3, so they don't constantly pop on your face.
Backend uses Language Server Protocol (LSP), the same used by Sublime, neovim and VSCode.
Update: New LSP plugin has show signature (alt-k), definition (alt-d) and references (alt-r). It's just three line install - including Go language server and micro.