🖍 DamEdit - Python Code Editor

DamEdit (or actull Damavand Code Editor) is a lightweight, config-driven Python code editor built with Tkinter. It offers syntax highlighting, line numbers, a file browser sidebar, customizable themes, and a built-in search dialog, providing a minimal yet functional environment for Python development.

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🌟 Features

• 🎨 Syntax Highlighting
  • Built-in Python support
  • Load custom language configs (configs/*.json)
  • Regex-based or keyword-based highlighting
• 🎨 Themes
  • Built-in dark theme
  • Load custom theme JSONs dynamically
  • Reset to default theme
• 📂 File Management
  • Open, Save, Save As
  • File sidebar for browsing current directory
• 📝 Editor Utilities
  • Line numbers with automatic updates
  • Highlight current line
  • Increment/decrement font size
• 🔍 Search
  • Find next/previous in the editor
  • Highlight search matches
• 🖥️ UI
  • Toolbar with file, programming language, theme, and find options
  • Scrollbars synchronized with text area and line numbers
  • Cross-platform (Windows, Linux)

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Artin-khodayari/DamEdit.git
cd DamEdit

2. Ensure Python 3.10+ is installed.

3. Run the editor:

python main.py

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🖥️ Usage

• Open a file: File → Open or Ctrl+O
• Save a file: File → Save or Ctrl+S
• Save As: File → Save As or Ctrl+Shift+S
• Change language: Language → Load language JSON...
• Change theme: Theme → Load Theme JSON...
• Find text: Ctrl+F or Find button
• Increase/decrease font size: Ctrl + / Ctrl -

The editor automatically detects language config based on file extension. If no config exists, it defaults to Python highlighting for .py files.

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⚙️ Configs & Themes

• Place language configs in the configs/ folder (JSON format).

• Language JSON can define:

  • type: "python" or "regex"
  • keywords: dictionary of tag → word list
  • patterns: regex-based highlighting rules
  • theme or colors: optional color overrides
  • extensions: file extensions it applies to

• Themes are JSON files mapping editor tags to hex colors:

{
  "editor_bg": "#1C1B21",
  "editor_fg": "#D8D8D8",
  "control": "#569CD6",
  "string": "#F29E74"
}

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🖼 GUI

• Minimal dark-themed design
• Sidebar for file navigation
• Active-line highlighting
• Custom scrollbars and styled buttons
• Separate find window with search controls

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit (git commit -am 'Add new feature')
5. Push (git push origin feature-name)
6. Open a Pull Request

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🧑‍💻 About the Developer

This project is made by Artin Khodayari.
You can contact me and report bugs via Gmail.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.