RED

Introduction

red is a console-based text editor designed to be simple and efficient. It provides a straightforward interface for users who prefer command-line editing.

Features

Intuitive

red provides a clean and straightforward interface, making it easy to navigate and edit text efficiently. red also features intuitive key bindings, allowing users to perform common tasks quickly and effortlessly.

Performance

red leverages Rust's efficiency for blazing-fast text editing, ensuring that it consumes fewer resources as possble. With optimized cursor movement, content redraw, and Tree Sitter integration for highlighting, it ensures a responsive and efficient editing experience.

Mouse Support

red provides robust mouse and touchpad support, enabling smooth navigation, scrolling, selection. Furthermore, red is designed with keyboard-only users in mind, ensuring a seamless experience for all input preferences.

Code execution

With red, executing code to a Tmux session is as simple as a button click. Enjoy the convenience of seamlessly integrating code execution with your Tmux sessions, streamlining your workflow with ease.

Lsp

red supports the Language Server Protocol (LSP), enhancing your coding experience with intelligent code completion, real-time diagnostics, go to definition, references and more.

Search

red offers both local and global search capabilities, allowing users to effortlessly find text within their documents. With simple match movement, navigating through search results is intuitive and efficient, ensuring a seamless editing experience.

Themes

red comes with a variety of themes to personalize your editing experience. Choose from a selection of carefully crafted themes or create your own to suit your preferences. Compare to others terminal editors, red distinguishes itself by prioritizing background color customization, allowing the window to be fully transparent in accordance with glassmorphism design trends.

Discussion

https://t.me/red_rs_editor

Prerequisites

Rust: Ensure you have Rust installed on your system.
Cargo: red is built using Cargo, Rust's package manager.

Installation

From releases

Linux:

curl -L https://github.com/red-rs/red/releases/latest/download/red-linux.tar.gz | tar -xz --overwrite
sudo mv red /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/red
red --help

Macos:

curl -L https://github.com/red-rs/red/releases/latest/download/red-universal-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar -xz --overwrite
sudo mv red /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/red
red --version

From sources

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/red-rs/red.git

Navigate to the project directory:
```
cd red
```

Install Rust:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env

Build the project:
```
cargo build --release
```

Set the RED_HOME env, add it to the PATH and apply (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

# bash
echo "export RED_HOME=$(pwd)" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$RED_HOME/target/release:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# zsh
echo "export RED_HOME=$(pwd)" >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="$RED_HOME/target/release:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Run red:
```
red file.txt
```

Key bindings and features:

Control + q - quit
Control + s - save
Control + c - copy
Control + v - paste
Control + x - cut
Control + d - duplicate
Control + z - undo
Control + y - redo
Control + f - find
Control + f, type prefix, Control + g - global find
Control + o - cursor back
Control + p - cursor forward
Shift + arrow - select text
Option + right/left - smart horizontal movement
Option + down/up - smart selection
Option + delete - delete line
Option + / - comment line
Control + Shift + down/up - lines swap
mouse selection - select text
mouse double click - select word
mouse triple click - select line
Control + space - lsp completion
Control + h - lsp hover
Control + g / Control + mouse click - lsp definition
Control + r / Option + mouse click - lsp references
Control + e - lsp diagnostic (errors)

LSP

red assumes that you will install the LSP server by yourself and lsp is available from the terminal.

# rust 
# curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
rustup component add rust-analyzer

# python
pip install -U 'python-lsp-server[all]'

# js/ts
npm i -g typescript typescript-language-server

# html
npm i -g vscode-langservers-extracted

# c/c++
# go to https://clangd.llvm.org/installation.html
clangd

# go
go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

# java 
# jdtls

# kotlin
# https://github.com/fwcd/kotlin-language-server
# mac
brew install kotlin-language-server

# swift
# https://github.com/apple/sourcekit-lsp
xcrun

# bash
npm i -g bash-language-server


# zig
# mac
brew install zls

You can change the LSP settings in the config.toml file.

Performance Comparison

In the following test cases, the performance of red is compared to other popular editors, including Neovim (nvim), Helix, IntelliJ IDEA (idea), and different terminal emulators.

Test Case	`red`	`nvim`	`nvim (astro)`	`helix`	`red+alacritty`	`red+alacritty +rust-analyzer`	`idea`	`red+mac terminal`	`red+iterm`
Cursor movement, cpu %	0.5	5	6	4	0.4 + 12		60	25	30
Arrow scrolling, cpu %	3	7	20	6	3+20		65	40	50
Mouse scrolling, cpu %	10	30	45	30	20+30		55	60	130
Text editing, cpu %	1.5	10	30	8	4+20	4+20+70	600	40	45

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