GoTex Editor

A simple text editor built as a learning project to explore Go programming and the Fyne toolkit.

⚠️ Learning Project Notice

This project was created primarily as a learning exercise to:

• Understand Go programming concepts
• Explore the Fyne GUI toolkit
• Practice software design patterns
• Learn about cross-platform GUI development

Note: This is not intended for production use and may contain bugs or incomplete features. Feel free to use it as a learning reference or starting point for your own projects!

Features

Basic implementation of:

• 📝 Text editing
• 💾 File operations (New, Open, Save, Save As)
• ✂️ Clipboard operations (Cut, Copy, Paste)
• 🎨 Light/Dark theme switching
• 📊 Simple status bar

Prerequisites

If you want to run or experiment with this project, you'll need:

Go

• Go 1.16 or later (golang.org)

Linux Dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev
sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev
sudo apt-get install libxcursor-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev

Try It Out

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Lethusang/gotex.git
cd gotex

2. Install dependencies:

go mod tidy

3. Run the application:

go run cmd/gotex/main.go

Project Structure

gotex/
├── cmd/gotex/          # Application entry point
├── internal/
│   ├── buffer/         # Text buffer implementation
│   └── editor/         # Editor components
└── go.mod

Resources I Used

• Go Documentation
• Fyne Documentation
• Effective Go

License

MIT License - feel free to use this code for your own learning!

Acknowledgments

• The Go community for excellent learning resources
• Fyne developers for the GUI toolkit
• Everyone who shares their knowledge about Go

Happy coding and learning! 🚀