MicroInfo.md

Micro PLugins Installed

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comment detectindent filemanager jump manipulator micro-autofmt micro-run glow misspell quoter

comment

ctrl + e comment set commenttype "/* %s */" settings.json Alt-/ (comments selected lines)

detectindent

set detectindent on

filemanager

• List of options:

Option	Purpose	Default
filemanager-showdotfiles	Show dotfiles (hidden if false)	true
filemanager-showignored	Show gitignore'd files (hidden if false)	true
filemanager-compressparent	Collapse the parent dir when left is pressed on a child file	true
filemanager-foldersfirst	Sorts folders above any files	true
filemanager-openonstart	Automatically open the file tree when starting Micro	false

• Commands and Keybindings (Ctrl-e):

  • Ctrl-w keybinding is to switch which buffer your

Command	Keybinding(s)	What it does	API for bindings.json
tree	-	Open/close the tree	filemanager.toggle_tree
-	Tab & MouseLeft	Open a file, or go into the directory. Goes back a dir if on ..	filemanager.try_open_at_cursor
-	→	Expand directory in tree listing	filemanager.uncompress_at_cursor
-	←	Collapse directory listing	filemanager.compress_at_cursor
-	Shift ⬆	Go to the target's parent directory	filemanager.goto_parent_dir
-	Alt Shift {	Jump to the previous directory in the view	filemanager.goto_next_dir
-	Alt Shift }	Jump to the next directory in the view	filemanager.goto_prev_dir
rm	-	Prompt to delete the target file/directory your cursor is on	filemanager.prompt_delete_at_cursor
rename	-	Rename the file/directory your cursor is on, using the passed name	filemanager.rename_at_cursor
touch	-	Make a new file under/into the file/directory your cursor is on, using the passed name	filemanager.new_file
mkdir	-	Make a new directory under/into the file/directory your cursor is on, using the passed name	filemanager.new_dir

jump

Use F4 to jump between functions and classes

micro-run

Press F5 to save and run the current file, F12 to make, F9 to make in background F12 compiles your project even if Makefile is in a higher directory. F9 runs 'make' in background, allowing you to keep editing while your project compiles.

manipulator

This is an simple plugin to extend text manipulation in Micro If you have a selection, the plugin will change all of the selection.

The following commands currently exists. Insert them with Ctrl-e:

• upper: UPPERCASE
• lower: lowercase
• reverse: Reverses
• base64enc: Base64 encodes
• base64dec: Base64 decodes
• rot13: ROT-13
• incNum: Increase number by one
• decNum: Decrease number by one
• capital: Capitalize First Letter
• brace: Adds brackets around selection
  • curly: Curly brackets ({ })
  • square: Square brackets ([ ])
  • angle: Angle brackets (< >)
  • dquote: Double quotes (" ")
  • squote: Single quotes (' ')

micro-autofmt

• Run fmt to format the current file.
• Files will be formatted on save, unless fmt-onsave is set to false (with Ctrl-e > set fmt-onsave false).

misspell

No idea

quoter

Press [ or { or ' or " while having text selected

Keybindings

Up	CursorUp
Down	CursorDown
Right	CursorRight
Left	CursorLeft
ShiftUp	SelectUp
ShiftDown	SelectDown
ShiftLeft	SelectLeft
ShiftRight	SelectRight
AltLeft	WordLeft
AltRight	WordRight
AltUp	MoveLinesUp
AltDown	MoveLinesDown
CtrlShiftRight	SelectWordRight
CtrlShiftLeft	SelectWordLeft
AltLeft	StartOfTextToggle
AltRight	EndOfLine
AltShiftRight	SelectWordRight
AltShiftLeft	SelectWordLeft
CtrlLeft	StartOfText
CtrlRight	EndOfLine
AltShiftLeft	SelectToStartOfTextToggle
CtrlShiftLeft	SelectToStartOfTextToggle
ShiftHome	SelectToStartOfTextToggle
AltShiftRight	SelectToEndOfLine
CtrlShiftRight	SelectToEndOfLine
ShiftEnd	SelectToEndOfLine
CtrlUp	CursorStart
CtrlDown	CursorEnd
CtrlShiftUp	SelectToStart
CtrlShiftDown	SelectToEnd
Alt-{	ParagraphPrevious
Alt-}	ParagraphNext
Enter	InsertNewline
Ctrl-h	Backspace
Backspace	Backspace
Alt-CtrlH	DeleteWordLeft
Alt-Backspace	DeleteWordLeft
Tab	Autocomplete|IndentSelection|InsertTab
Backtab	OutdentSelection|OutdentLine
Ctrl-o	OpenFile
Ctrl-s	Save
Ctrl-f	Find
Alt-F	FindLiteral
Ctrl-n	FindNext
Ctrl-p	FindPrevious
Ctrl-z	Undo
Ctrl-y	Redo
Ctrl-c	CopyLine|Copy
Ctrl-x	Cut
Ctrl-k	CutLine
Ctrl-d	DuplicateLine
Ctrl-v	Paste
Ctrl-a	SelectAll
Ctrl-t	AddTab
Alt-,	PreviousTab
Alt-.	NextTab
Home	StartOfText
End	EndOfLine
CtrlHome	CursorStart
CtrlEnd	CursorEnd
PageUp	CursorPageUp
PageDown	CursorPageDown
CtrlPageUp	PreviousTab
CtrlPageDown	NextTab
Ctrl-g	ToggleHelp
Alt-g	ToggleKeyMenu
Ctrl-r	ToggleRuler
Ctrl-l	command-edit goto
Delete	Delete
Ctrl-b	ShellMode
Ctrl-q	Quit
Ctrl-e	CommandMode
Ctrl-w	NextSplit
Ctrl-u	ToggleMacro
Ctrl-j	PlayMacro
Insert	ToggleOverwriteMode
// Emacs-style keybindings
Alt-f	WordRight
Alt-b	WordLeft
Alt-a	StartOfLine
Alt-e	EndOfLine
// Integration with file managers
F2	Save
F3	Find
F4	Quit
F7	Find
F10	Quit
Esc	Escape
// Mouse bindings
MouseWheelUp	ScrollUp
MouseWheelDown	ScrollDown
MouseLeft	MousePress
MouseMiddle	PastePrimary
Ctrl-MouseLeft	MouseMultiCursor
Alt-n	SpawnMultiCursor
AltShiftUp	SpawnMultiCursorUp
AltShiftDown	SpawnMultiCursorDown
Alt-m	SpawnMultiCursorSelect
Alt-p	RemoveMultiCursor
Alt-c	RemoveAllMultiCursors
Alt-x	SkipMultiCursor

Commands

Micro provides the following commands that can be executed at the command-bar by pressing Ctrl-e and entering the command. Arguments are placed in single quotes here but these are not necessary when entering the command in micro.

• bind 'key' 'action': creates a keybinding from key to action. See the keybindings documentation for more information about binding keys. This command will modify bindings.json and overwrite any bindings to key that already exist.

• help 'topic'?: opens the corresponding help topic. If no topic is provided opens the default help screen. Help topics are stored as .md files in the runtime/help directory of the source tree, which is embedded in the final binary.

• save 'filename'?: saves the current buffer. If the file is provided it will 'save as' the filename.

• quit: quits micro.

• goto 'line': jumps to the given line number. A negative number can be passed to jump inward from the end of the file; for example, -5 jumps to the 5th-last line in the file.

• replace 'search' 'value' 'flags'?: This will replace search with value. The flags are optional. Possible flags are:

  • -a: Replace all occurrences at once
  • -l: Do a literal search instead of a regex search

  Note that search must be a valid regex (unless -l is passed). If one of the arguments does not have any spaces in it, you may omit the quotes.

• replaceall 'search' 'value': this will replace all occurrences of search with value without user confirmation.

  See replace command for more information.

• set 'option' 'value': sets the option to value. See the options help topic for a list of options you can set. This will modify your settings.json with the new value.

• setlocal 'option' 'value': sets the option to value locally (only in the current buffer). This will not modify settings.json.

• show 'option': shows the current value of the given option.

• run 'sh-command': runs the given shell command in the background. The command's output will be displayed in one line when it finishes running.

• vsplit 'filename': opens a vertical split with filename. If no filename is provided, a vertical split is opened with an empty buffer.

• hsplit 'filename': same as vsplit but opens a horizontal split instead of a vertical split.

• tab 'filename': opens the given file in a new tab.

• tabmove '[-+]?n': Moves the active tab to another slot. n is an integer. If n is prefixed with - or +, then it represents a relative position (e.g. tabmove +2 moves the tab to the right by 2). If n has no prefix, it represents an absolute position (e.g. tabmove 2 moves the tab to slot 2).

• tabswitch 'tab': This command will switch to the specified tab. The tab can either be a tab number, or a name of a tab.

• textfilter 'sh-command': filters the current selection through a shell command as standard input and replaces the selection with the stdout of the shell command. For example, to sort a list of numbers, first select them, and then execute > textfilter sort -n.

• log: opens a log of all messages and debug statements.

• plugin list: lists all installed plugins.

• plugin install 'pl': install a plugin.

• plugin remove 'pl': remove a plugin.

• plugin update 'pl': update a plugin (if no arguments are provided updates all plugins).

• plugin search 'pl': search available plugins for a keyword.

• plugin available: show available plugins that can be installed.

• reload: reloads all runtime files.

• cd 'path': Change the working directory to the given path.

• pwd: Print the current working directory.

• open 'filename': Open a file in the current buffer.

• reset 'option': resets the given option to its default value

• retab: Replaces all leading tabs with spaces or leading spaces with tabs depending on the value of tabstospaces.

• raw: micro will open a new tab and show the escape sequence for every event it receives from the terminal. This shows you what micro actually sees from the terminal and helps you see which bindings aren't possible and why. This is most useful for debugging keybindings.

• showkey: Show the action(s) bound to a given key. For example running > showkey Ctrl-c will display Copy.

• term exec?: Open a terminal emulator running the given executable. If no executable is given, this will open the default shell in the terminal emulator.

Created by Jinsku Kripta from Kripta-Studios.