Smith is a simple terminal-based text editor written in Rust.

Install

Using Cargo:

cargo install smith

To compile Smith with clipboard support on Ubuntu, you may need to install some libraries:

sudo apt-get install -qq xorg-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev

Features

• line numbers
• syntax highlighting
• undo/redo
• standard keybindings (Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C, Esc...)
• mouse support
• clipboard support

With more planned such as user configurations, search & replace, persistent undo, etc.

Here's what it looks like editing its own source code: