Command Line Editor

AUTHOR:

• Chandramohan Jagtap

DESCRIPTION:

This was a mini project given to us for the course, CS-302: System Programming during the academic year 2016-2017, with the aim to understand the role of data structures in a software. I have provided a vim like interface to access the files in our file system.

BUILDING AND USING THE EDITOR SYSTEM:

• Dependency:libreadline6

  The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands.

  Installing libreadline6 in Debian based distros: sudo apt-get install libreadline6

• Build:

  Type make in your terminal/console to build the source code and make the executable. The final output i.e. the executable, named editor will be installed in bin directory.

• Executing the application:

  Enter make run to execute editor file present in bin directory. For futher help, type h in editor's menu after executing make run. After main menu you can use h for sub menu help also.

• Clean project:

  Enter make clean to remove all the object files and the final executable.

Note:- Make sure your in editor directory.