snip is text editor to speed up testing code snippets

snip is a command line text editor that allows writing and testing short code snippets. It is not intended to be a replacement for traditional text editors or IDEs. Minimal text editing features are included along with options to make it easy to work with online gists and pastes.

Installation

snip is built in Nim and can be obtained in various ways.

• Download the pre-built binary from the Releases page

• Install via the Nimble package manager included with the Nim compiler

  nimble install https://github.com/genotrance/snip
  

Simply place the binary in the system PATH. If compiling locally, Nimble installs the binary in the ~/.nimble/bin directory which can be added to the system PATH.

Features

• Console text editor
• Supported on Windows, OSX and Linux, over SSH
• Support for various programming languages
• Basic syntax highlighting
• Output window showing results of compile / execution
• Load gist/snippet, create new gist
• Monitor file for changes and reload/recompile
• Custom key maps if desired

There is a long TODO list since snip is still under heavy development.

Usage

Usage: snip [file|url]

URLs:
    https://gist.github.com/usr/hash
    https://pastebin.com/hash
    https://play.nim-lang.org/?gist=hash

Flags:
    --mon               Monitor file and load changes
    --map               Show keymap
    --act               List all editor actions
    --key               List all key definitions

    --nc                Nim C
    --ncp               Nim CPP
    --njc               Nim ObjC
    --njs               Nim JS
    --py                Python
    --js                NodeJS
    --gcc               C - gcc
    --g++               C++ - g++

Key Mapping

The default key mapping can be listed with the --map flag. If a different mapping is preferred, a keymap.txt file can be created in the same directory as the snip executable with a KEY = ACTION mapping. List of all available editor actions can be listed with the --act flag. A list of all special keys can be seen with the --key flag.

Colors

The default colors can be overridden with a colors.txt file in the same directory as snip. Format should be the same as the default definitions in ui.nim.

Feedback

snip is a work in progress and any feedback or suggestions are welcome. It is hosted on GitHub with an MIT license so issues, forks and PRs are most appreciated.