Guides¶

Four pages. The first is the whole editing model; the other three are the parts you reach for once that is in your hands.

Editing. Modes, the operator motion grammar, text objects, registers, undo, . and macros. Start here: nothing else in the editor is unusual once this is.

Searching. / and ? in this buffer, :s to substitute, and Ctrl+G to search every file in the project into a quickfix list you can walk and rewrite.

Files and windows. Several buffers, split windows, the fuzzy file picker, the system clipboard, what is done about encodings and line endings, and crash recovery.

Settings. :set, the config file that is a list of ex commands, .editorconfig, and syntax colouring.

The two references¶

Keys is every binding, by mode. Commands is every : command with its abbreviations. Skim both once, then keep them open.

What is underneath¶

How it is built is the same editor from the other side: one frozen value per keystroke, a pure keymap over it, and a session that performs what the keymap is not allowed to.