====== Micro ======

**File:** ''~/.config/micro/''\\
**Set as:** ''$EDITOR'' and ''$VISUAL'' in [[terminal:shell:profile|~/.profile.d/00-env.sh]]

A modern, terminal-based text editor. Keybindings work like a normal GUI editor (Ctrl-S to save, Ctrl-Q to quit) — no modal editing. Good for quick server-side edits and the default for [[tilde:tools|BBJ]], commit messages, and any ''$EDITOR'' invocation.

===== Key Bindings =====

^ Shortcut ^ Action ^
| ''Ctrl-S'' | Save |
| ''Ctrl-Q'' | Quit |
| ''Ctrl-Z'' | Undo |
| ''Ctrl-Y'' | Redo |
| ''Ctrl-F'' | Find |
| ''Ctrl-H'' | Find and replace |
| ''Ctrl-A'' | Select all |
| ''Ctrl-C'' | Copy |
| ''Ctrl-X'' | Cut |
| ''Ctrl-V'' | Paste |
| ''Ctrl-G'' | Go to line |
| ''Ctrl-E'' | Run a command |
| ''Ctrl-B'' | Toggle file browser sidebar |
| ''Tab'' | Indent / trigger autocomplete |

===== Config (~/.config/micro/settings.json) =====

Key settings (~/.config/micro/settings.json):

^ Setting ^ Value ^ Notes ^
| ''autoindent'' | true | Can be toggled per-file |
| ''tabsize'' | 4 | |
| ''tabstospaces'' | true | Spaces, not tabs |
| ''wordwrap'' | true | Soft wrap long lines |
| ''ruler'' | true | Line numbers |
| ''colorcolumn'' | 80 | Visual guide at 80 chars |
| ''rmtrailingws'' | true | Strip trailing whitespace on save |
| ''eofnewline'' | true | Ensure final newline |
| ''syntax'' | true | Syntax highlighting |

===== Why Micro over Vim? =====

Micro is the ''/usr/bin/micro'' binary — no learning curve for modal editing, discoverable keybindings, works immediately over SSH. Used as the default ''$EDITOR'' everywhere on the homelab and tilde.town. [[terminal:editors:vim|Vim]] is still configured and used for heavier editing.

===== See Also =====
  * [[terminal:editors:start|Terminal Editors Index]]

  * [[terminal:editors:vim|Vim]]
  * [[terminal:editors:nano|Nano]]
  * [[terminal:shell:profile|profile.d — environment variables]]
  * [[terminal:start|Return to terminal]]