Mitchell

Textadept Mitchell

Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. This quick reference contains a wealth of knowledge on how to script and configure Textadept using the Lua programming language. It groups the editor's rich API into a series of tasks in a convenient and easy-to- use manner. This book covers how to: Leverage Textadept's important files and foldersAdeptly navigate and manipulate textMark lines and text visuallyShow interactive lists and call tipsPrompt for user input in various waysSpawn asynchronous, interactive child processesConfigure colors, themes, and other settingsDefine lexers for highlighting source codeAnd much more