Vi Editor in Rust

This project implements a basic Vi text editor in Rust using the Crossterm library for terminal manipulation. Vi is a popular text editor known for its modal editing style, and this implementation aims to provide a simplified version of Vi's functionality.

Features

• Insert mode for typing and editing text
• Save mode for saving changes to a file
• Basic cursor movement (left, right, up, down)
• Insertion, deletion, and modification of text
• Saving edited content to a file

Installation

To use the Vi editor, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone 

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd vi

3. Build and run the application:

cargo run

How to Use

1. Insert Mode: When you launch the Vi editor, you'll start in insert mode. Here, you can type and edit text directly.

2. Save Mode: Press Esc to enter save mode. In save mode, you can save your changes to a file by pressing s. Press q to quit without saving.

3. Navigation: Use arrow keys to move the cursor left, right, up, and down.

4. Editing: Use the backspace key to delete characters. You can also insert characters at the cursor position.

5. File Management: When you run the Vi editor, you can specify a file path as a command-line argument to edit an existing file. Changes will be saved to the same file.

Example

To edit a file named a, run the Vi editor with:

cargo run a

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or create a pull request on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

This project was inspired by the classic Vi text editor and built using the Crossterm library for Rust terminal manipulation.