CLI text editor for the masses
slap strives to make editing from the terminal easier. It has first-class mouse support, GUI editor-like keybindings, copy/paste support, syntax highlighting for many languages, and many other features that will make you leave nano, vim, and emacs behind.
Make sure NodeJS is installed, then:
$ sudo npm install -g slap
$ slap file.c
Copy some or all of the default configuration to ~/.slaprc to
change keybindings, styles, etc. You can also pass options in via command line:
$ slap --editor.tabSize 2 file.c
Most terminal emulators in Windows do not support mouse events. Currently slap does not work in Cygwin due to joyent/node#6459.
If you are using Linux or X.Org, ensure xclip is installed.