Articles about terminal editing
- A Neovim-style editor without modes, with mouse and gesturesWant Neovim's terminal speed and IDE features without Normal and Insert mode? Options for modeless editing, and how Skink maps Vim habits to mouse and keys.
- An editor as easy as nano, with LSP and syntax highlightingLike nano but want code completion, errors, syntax colours and tabs? How far nano's nanorc goes, and modeless editors that add LSP without a learning curve.
- Can you run Zed in the terminal? A terminal alternativeZed has no terminal (TUI) mode; it is a GPU-rendered desktop app. Here is how Zed's remote mode works and which terminal editors give you Zed-style features.
- Copy and paste over SSH to your local clipboard (OSC 52)Copy from a remote Vim, Neovim, tmux or terminal editor to your local clipboard over SSH with OSC 52. Terminal support, tmux set-clipboard, and editor settings.
- Edit files on a remote server without a GUIFour ways to edit files on a remote server from the terminal - an editor over SSH, sshfs, scp round-trips, Vim's scp:// - and when each one makes sense.
- How to exit Vim (and editors where you don't need to ask)Exit Vim: press Esc, then type :q and Enter. Save and quit with :wq, quit without saving with :q!. Also why Vim traps you, and editors that quit with Ctrl+Q.
- How to use mouse clicks in Vim and NeovimEnable the mouse in Vim with set mouse=a and ttymouse=sgr, use Neovim's mouse=nvi default, and fix the mouse over SSH and tmux. Plus a modeless option.
- Run Claude Code (or any AI agent) inside your terminal editorRun Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex or opencode next to your code in the terminal - with tmux, Neovim's :terminal, or an editor that speaks ACP like Skink.
- Terminal text editors with mouse supportWhich terminal editors support the mouse, and how to turn it on - Vim, Neovim, nano, Micro, Helix, Emacs and Skink - plus why mouse fails in tmux or over SSH.
- The best terminal editor for SSH and remote serversWhich terminal editor to use over SSH? Compare Vim, Neovim, nano, Micro, Helix and Skink on install, mouse, clipboard, LSP and minimal hosts.