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The ultimate editor for ambitious projects
Engineered for everyone : Get it working out of the box
Built for the Mission Director : Make it your own kind of powerful
Kerbin is the stable launch pad for your unstable ideas
Kerbin is a hyper customizable text editor written in pure rust.
Kerbin isn't hyper opinionated, so unlike tools like helix and vim,
Kerbin is built to be changed. You shouldn't just be using kerbin as it comes,
though it's built to do so with. You should install more modules (plugins), and
utilize the strong and customizable config system to build this for yourself!
Kerbin is built with using commands as a tool. Whether those commands are built in,
like bind or insert, or they're from your shell, like yazi or fzf, kerbin
is built to be used with them. Internal commands are incredibly customizable, and
there are built in IPC systems that heavily encourage tool composition.
As well, kerbin uses a concept I call the mode stack. This allows you to build compositions
of modes, overwrite keybinds, or just add some commands to prefix. This allows for incredibly
powerful configuration. Like in the core config, you have the MULTICURSOR mode that allows
users to use many cursors with ease!
Modes are defined by users. There is only a default n (NORMAL) mode, and then you define all other modes.
Though many of these modes are built in for you in the default configurations.
Plugins aren't meant to be changed constantly. You should choose your plugins, build your editor with them in mind, then use the command-based config to build your options and how you'd use the plugins.
For example, tree-sitter is built into the editor as a plugin, allowing for Native speeds, and then all config
comes from commands within the .kb files in your configuration
Install booster, kerbin's installation and update manager
cargo install kerbin-booster --git https://github.com/EmeraldPandaTurtle/Kerbin.gitRun the interactive installation system
booster installFollow the instructions in booster
Finally, run kerbin
Type :tutor into your terminal after running kerbin
This will give you tutoring on how to use kerbin