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The Text Editor Sim (ssnf.xyz)
15 points by rkta on Dec 29, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



From the website:

> sim is a simple, interactive, multi-file text editor designed for screens with monospaced font. It is heavily inspired on the 'vim' and 'sam' text editors, hence the name sim. The main goal of this software is portability. It only depends only on the C89 standard, and tries to minimize the usage of system calls as much as possible, making it easy (or not even necessary) to port to another environment.


Well I had to scout around a bit, but this is a 2021/2022 project, despite what that background might have you believe.

the editor itself is only about 1000 lines of C.


Yes, its latest commit was 3 days ago.

I just stumbled over it. I find it very interesting. Exactly because it made such a strange impression on the first look. The web design and the choice of C89 are not that common in nearly 2023.




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