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@ -6,37 +6,23 @@ and is my daily driver for most things coding related.
https://github.com/neurocyte/flow/assets/1552770/97aae817-c209-4c08-bc65-0a0bf1f2d4c6
# Requirements
- A modern terminal with 24bit color and kitty keyboard protocol support. Kitty, Foot
and Ghostty are the only recommended terminals at this time. Most other terminals
- A modern terminal with 24bit color and, ideally, kitty keyboard protocol support. Kitty,
Foot and Ghostty are the only recommended terminals at this time. Most other terminals
will work, but with reduced functionality.
- NerdFonts support
- Linux, MacOS, (somewhat experimental) Windows, Android (Termux) or FreeBSD. Other BSDs
probably work too, but nobody has tried it yet.
- A UTF-8 locale (very important!)
- NerdFont support. Either via terminal font fallback or a patched font.
- Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android (Termux) or FreeBSD.
- A UTF-8 locale
# Building
Make sure your system meets the requirements listed above.
Flow tracks zig master most of the time. Build with:
Flow builds with zig 0.13 at this time. Build with:
```shell
zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast
```
Sometimes zig master may introduce breaking changes and Flow may take a few days to
catch up. In that case there is a simple zig wrapper script provided that will download
and build with the last known compatible version of zig. The version is stored in
`build.zig.version`.
Build with the zig wrapper:
```shell
./zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast
```
The zig wrapper places the downloaded zig compiler in the `.cache` directory and does
not touch your system. It requires `bash`, `curl` and `jq` to run.
Thanks to Zig you may also cross-compile from any host to pretty much any
target. For example:
@ -48,7 +34,7 @@ zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast -Dtarget=aarch64-linux-musl --prefix zig-out/aa
# Running Flow Control
The output binary is:
The binary is:
```shell
zig-out/bin/flow
@ -60,7 +46,13 @@ Place it in your path for convenient access:
sudo cp zig-out/bin/flow /usr/local/bin
```
Flow Control is a single statically linked binary. No further runtime is required.
Or if you prefer, let zig install it in your home directory:
```shell
zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast --prefix ~/.local
```
Flow Control is a single statically linked binary. No further runtime files are required.
You may install it on another system by simply copying the binary.
```shell
@ -68,11 +60,12 @@ scp zig-out/bin/flow root@otherhost:/usr/local/bin
```
Configuration is mostly dynamically maintained with various commands in the UI.
It stored under the standard user configuration path. Usually `~/.config/flow`.
(%APPDATA%\Roaming\flow on Windows)
It is stored under the standard user configuration path. Usually `~/.config/flow`
on Linux. %APPDATA%\Roaming\flow on Windows. Somewhere magical on MacOS
Logs, traces and per-project most recently used file lists are stored in the
standard user runtime cache directory. Usually `~/.cache/flow`.
standard user application state directory. Usually `~/.local/state/flow` on
Linux and %APPDATA%\Roaming\flow on Windows.
Files to load may be specifed on the command line:
@ -80,6 +73,9 @@ Files to load may be specifed on the command line:
flow fileA.zig fileB.zig
```
The last file will be opened and the previous files will be placed in reverse
order at the top of the recent files list. Switch to recent files with Ctrl-e.
Common target line specifiers are supported too:
```shell
@ -98,6 +94,8 @@ Use the --language option to force the file type of a file:
flow --language bash ~/.bash_profile
```
Show supported language names with `--list-languages`.
See `flow --help` for the full list of command line options.
# Terminal configuration
@ -126,11 +124,11 @@ For Ghostty each conflicting binding has to be reconfigured individually.
- theme support (compatible with vscode themes via the flow-themes project)
- infinite undo/redo (at least until you run out of ram)
- stuff I've forgotten to mention...
- find in files
- command palette
# Features in progress (aka, the road to 1.0)
- completion UI/LSP support for completion
- find in files
- command palette
- persistent undo/redo
- file watcher for auto reload

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@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ settings) is persisted in the configuration file automatically.
- F2 => Cycle major input modes (flow, vim, ...)
The current input mode Input mode is displayed in the `modestatus`
widget at the left side of the statusbar.
The current input mode is displayed in the at the left side of the statusbar.
## Flow mode
@ -70,15 +69,15 @@ cycle style of editing.
- Ctrl-t, Ctrl-b =>
Enter move to next/previous character mode
- Ctrl-n, Ctrl-p, F3, Shift-F3, Alt-n, Alt-p =>
- Ctrl-n, Ctrl-p, F3, Shift-F3 =>
Goto next/previous match
- Ctrl-l =>
Scroll cursor to center of screen, cycle cursor to
top/bottom of screen
Scroll cursor to center of screen. Press again to cycle the cursor to
the top/bottom/center of the screen
- MouseLeft =>
Clear all cursors and selections and place cursor at mouse pointer
Clear all cursors and selections and the place cursor at the mouse pointer
- MouseWheel =>
Scroll
@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ cycle style of editing.
Select word under cursor, or add cursor at next match
(see Multi Cursor Commands)
- Ctrl-Space =>
- Ctrl-Shift-Space =>
Reverse selection direction
- Double-MouseLeft =>
@ -204,6 +203,9 @@ cycle style of editing.
- Alt-Shift-f =>
Reformat file or selection
- Alt-u, Alt-l =>
Convert the selection or word at cursor to upper/lower case
### File Commands
- Ctrl-s =>
@ -213,13 +215,7 @@ cycle style of editing.
Open file
- Ctrl-e =>
Open recent file, repeat for quick select
- Ctrl-q =>
Exit
- Ctrl-q =>
Exit
Open recent file. Repeat for quick select
- Ctrl-q =>
Exit
@ -247,7 +243,8 @@ cycle style of editing.
### Language Server Commands
- Alt-n, Alt-p
Goto next/previous diagnostic
Goto the next/previous diagnostic, or if the matching files list is open,
goto the next/previous matching file position.
- F12 =>
Goto definition of symbol at cursor
@ -266,8 +263,8 @@ cycle style of editing.
- F7 =>
Dump current line to log view
- F11, Ctrl-J, Alt-l =>
Toggle log view
- F11, Ctrl-J =>
Toggle panel view (defaults to log view)
- Ctrl-Shift-/ =>
Dump current widget tree to log view

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@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
.{ "select_buffer_end", "C-S-end" },
.{ "select_down", "S-down" },
.{ "select_end", "S-end" },
.{ "selections_reverse", "C-space" },
.{ "selections_reverse", "C-S-space" },
.{ "select_left", "S-left" },
.{ "select_page_down", "S-pgdn" },
.{ "select_page_up", "S-pgup" },
@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
.{ "toggle_input_mode", "F2" },
.{ "toggle_inputview", "A-i" },
.{ "toggle_inspector_view", "F5, C-F5, C-S-i" },
.{ "toggle_logview", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_panel", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_whitespace", "C-F10" },
.{ "to_lower", "A-l" },
.{ "to_upper", "A-u" },

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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
return switch (modifiers) {
mod.CTRL => switch (keynormal) {
'F' => self.sheeran(),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
'W' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
'O' => self.cmd("enter_open_file_mode", .{}),
@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
'Q' => self.cmd("quit_without_saving", .{}),
'R' => self.cmd("restart", .{}),
'F' => self.cmd("enter_find_in_files_mode", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_logview"),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_panel"),
'I' => self.cmd_async("toggle_inputview"),
'/' => self.cmd("open_help", .{}),
else => {},
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
else => {},
},
mod.ALT => switch (keynormal) {
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'I' => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
key.LEFT => self.cmd("jump_back", .{}),
key.RIGHT => self.cmd("jump_forward", .{}),
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
key.F06 => self.cmd("open_config", .{}),
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
key.UP => self.cmd("home_menu_up", .{}),
key.DOWN => self.cmd("home_menu_down", .{}),
@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
.{ "theme_next", "F10" },
.{ "theme_prev", "F9" },
.{ "toggle_inputview", "F12, A-i, C-S-i" },
.{ "toggle_logview", "F11, C-j, A-l, C-S-l" },
.{ "toggle_panel", "F11, C-j, A-l, C-S-l" },
});

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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
'E' => self.cmd("open_recent", .{}),
'U' => self.cmd("move_scroll_page_up", .{}),
'D' => self.cmd("move_scroll_page_down", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Z' => self.cmd("undo", .{}),
'Y' => self.cmd("redo", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
key.F07 => self.cmd("dump_current_line", .{}),
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("goto_definition", .{}),
key.F34 => self.cmd("toggle_whitespace", .{}), // C-F10
key.F58 => self.cmd("gutter_mode_next", .{}), // A-F10

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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
'O' => self.cmd("jump_back", .{}),
'I' => self.cmd("jump_forward", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Z' => self.cmd("undo", .{}),
'Y' => self.cmd("redo", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
key.F07 => self.cmd("dump_current_line", .{}),
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("goto_definition", .{}),
key.F34 => self.cmd("toggle_whitespace", .{}), // C-F10
key.F58 => self.cmd("gutter_mode_next", .{}), // A-F10
@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
.{ "toggle_input_mode", "F2" },
.{ "toggle_inputview", "A-i" },
.{ "toggle_inspector_view", "F5, C-F5, C-S-i" },
.{ "toggle_logview", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_panel", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_whitespace", "C-F10" },
.{ "to_lower", "A-l" },
.{ "to_upper", "A-u" },

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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
'O' => self.cmd("jump_back", .{}),
'I' => self.cmd("jump_forward", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Z' => self.cmd("undo", .{}),
'Y' => self.cmd("redo", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
key.F07 => self.cmd("dump_current_line", .{}),
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("goto_definition", .{}),
key.F34 => self.cmd("toggle_whitespace", .{}), // C-F10
key.F58 => self.cmd("gutter_mode_next", .{}), // A-F10
@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ const hints = tui.KeybindHints.initComptime(.{
.{ "toggle_input_mode", "F2" },
.{ "toggle_inputview", "A-i" },
.{ "toggle_inspector_view", "F5, C-F5, C-S-i" },
.{ "toggle_logview", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_panel", "C-j, F11" },
.{ "toggle_whitespace", "C-F10" },
.{ "to_lower", "A-l" },
.{ "to_upper", "A-u" },

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@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
const keynormal = if ('a' <= keypress and keypress <= 'z') keypress - ('a' - 'A') else keypress;
return switch (modifiers) {
mod.CTRL => switch (keynormal) {
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
'W' => self.cmd("close_file", .{}),
'P' => self.cmd("command_palette_menu_up", .{}),
@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
'Q' => self.cmd("quit_without_saving", .{}),
'W' => self.cmd("close_file_without_saving", .{}),
'R' => self.cmd("restart", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_logview"),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_panel"),
'I' => self.cmd_async("toggle_inputview"),
else => {},
},
@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
},
mod.ALT => switch (keynormal) {
'P' => self.cmd("command_palette_menu_up", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'I' => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
else => {},
},
@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
0 => switch (keypress) {
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
key.ESC => self.cmd("exit_overlay_mode", .{}),
key.UP => self.cmd("command_palette_menu_up", .{}),

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@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
const keynormal = if ('a' <= keypress and keypress <= 'z') keypress - ('a' - 'A') else keypress;
return switch (modifiers) {
mod.CTRL => switch (keynormal) {
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'J' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
'W' => self.cmd("close_file", .{}),
'E' => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_down", .{}),
@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
'Q' => self.cmd("quit_without_saving", .{}),
'W' => self.cmd("close_file_without_saving", .{}),
'R' => self.cmd("restart", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_logview"),
'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_panel"),
'I' => self.cmd_async("toggle_inputview"),
'E' => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_up", .{}),
else => {},
},
mod.ALT => switch (keynormal) {
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
'L' => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
'I' => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
else => {},
},
@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, egc: u32, modifiers: u32) !void {
0 => switch (keypress) {
key.F09 => self.cmd("theme_prev", .{}),
key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_panel", .{}),
key.F12 => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
key.ESC => self.cmd("exit_overlay_mode", .{}),
key.UP => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_up", .{}),