package zed
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Description
Zed is an abstract engine for text edition. It can be used to write text editors, edition widgets, readlines, ... Zed uses Camomile to fully support the Unicode specification, and implements an UTF-8 encoded string type with validation, and a rope datastructure to achieve efficient operations on large Unicode buffers. Zed also features a regular expression search on ropes. To support efficient text edition capabilities, Zed provides macro recording and cursor management facilities.
Published: 22 Aug 2023
README
Zed
Zed is an abstract engine for text edition. It can be used to write text editors, edition widgets, readlines, ... You just have to connect an engine to your inputs and rendering functions to get an editor.
Zed provides:
edition state management,
multiple cursor support,
key-binding helpers,
general purpose unicode rope manipulation functions.
Installation
To build and install zed, use opam:
$ opam install zed
Modules
Zed_edit: the main module, it defines edition engines.Zed_cursor: manages cursors. Cursors are automatically updated when the text is modified.Zed_lines: maintains the offsets of beginning of lines.Zed_input: helpers for implementing key bindings.Zed_macro: helpers for writing macro systems.Zed_utf8: general purpose UTF-8 strings manipulation.Zed_rope: general purpose unicode ropes manipulation.Zed_char: general purpose unicode characters manipulation.Zed_string: general purpose unicode strings manipulation.