Text Editor

Building something like nano, pico, or similar that opens a file into a buffer and allows you to navigate it and edit it.

This is a bit of a dream project, as I don't have much of a clue as to how to go about this. This is part of why it's appealing.

Mock-Up

Here's what nano looks like:

Screenshot of the Nano editor with the Projectbook README.md open

Spec

  • Start the program
  • Receive input to type characters
  • Move cursor to edit document buffer
  • Save document buffer to disk
  • Load a file from disk