left

Left is graphical plain-text editor written in Uxntal. Left doesn't do much, but packs many useful features in a tiny 13kb rom.

It supports Uxntal syntax highlight, proportional text, inline images and the snarf buffer.

Getting Started

Left is distributed as a rom for the Uxn system, you must have an emulator available for your machine. To begin, navigate to the folder in which you want your project files to be saved, and enter the following to launch the left.rom:

Controls

ctrl + n

new

ctrl + r

rename

ctrl + o

open

ctrl + s

save

ctrl + p

send

ctrl + b

build

ctrl + q

exit

ctrl + c

copy

ctrl + v

paste

ctrl + s + v

paste binary

ctrl + x

cut

backspace

erase

delete

delete

ctrl + /

go to directory

ctrl + enter

go to selection

ctrl + t

strip

ctrl + i

trim

ctrl + y

clip

ctrl + j

join

tab

tab

s + tab

untab

ctrl + tab

select word

ctrl + g

select symbol

s

select line start

ctrl + a

select all

escape

select reset

ctrl + f

find selection

ctrl + h

View hint

ctrl + space

Symbol

ctrl + l

Categories

ctrl + shift + u

Unicode input

Tutorial

Renaming a file

To rename a file, press ctrl + r and save it with a .txt extension.

Snarf

It is not possible to copy text from another document to paste directly into Left, but it is possible using a .snarf file. To do this, open the command line (making sure you're in the same project file) and type:

Paste your text, press enter and exit with ctrl + c. Then, select the text, copy it and paste it in your Left file.

Finding a word

Find multiple occurences of a word by selecting one, and pressing ctrl + f. A menu will appear on the left side showing the various occurences of the selected word, scroll through the list using alt + (↑ or ↓ arrows). To leave the word finding mode press escape.

Directory

A listing of the files in the active directory can be seen by the sequence ctrl + /. To open a file, select a word and press ctrl + enter.

Saving a file

To save a file, press ctrl + s.

At the top left corner of the window is a diamond shape, it changes color to indicate whether or not you have unsaved changes. Teal means unsaved, Black means saved.