NoteBetter - A Terminal-Based Text Editor

NoteBetter is a lightweight, terminal-based text editor written in C, inspired by kilo editor.

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Prerequisites

• GCC compiler
• Make build system
• Linux/Unix-based operating system

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Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/prajwal678/NoteBetter.git
cd NoteBetter

2. Build and install:

sudo make install

3. To build without installing:

make

This will compile and add the binary to the bin directory.

Usage

This will compile the source code and install the binary to /usr/local/bin. Thus can be run from any terminal like

notebetter <filename>

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Uninstallation and cleaning

To remove NoteBetter from your system:

sudo make uninstall

To clean build files:

make clean

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Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl-S: Save file
• Ctrl-Q: Quit (will warn if unsaved changes exist)
• Ctrl-F: Find text in file
• Ctrl-H or Backspace: Delete character before cursor
• Arrow Keys: Move cursor
• Page Up/Down: Scroll page up/down
• Home/End: Move to start/end of line

Features

• Syntax highlighting for C/C++ files
• Search functionality (Ctrl-F)
• Simple and intuitive keyboard shortcuts
• Status bar with file information
• Line numbers
• Auto-save warnings
• Multi-line editing support