micro/runtime/help/commands.md

Possible commands

You can execute an editor command by pressing Ctrl-e followed by the command. Here are the possible commands that you can use.

• quit: Quits micro.

• save filename?: Saves the current buffer. If the filename is provided it will 'save as' the filename.

• replace "search" "value" flags: This will replace search with value. The flags are optional. At this point, there is only one flag: c, which enables check mode which asks if you'd like to perform the replacement each time.

  Note that search must be a valid regex. If one of the arguments does not have any spaces in it, you may omit the quotes.

• set option value: sets the option to value. See the options help topic for a list of options you can set.

• setlocal option value: sets the option to value locally (only in the current buffer).

• show option: shows the current value of the given option.

• eval "expression": Evaluates a Lua expression. Note that micro will not print anything so you should use messenger:Message(...) to display a value.

• run sh-command: runs the given shell command in the background. The command's output will be displayed in one line when it finishes running.

• bind key action: creates a keybinding from key to action. See the sections on keybindings above for more info about what keys and actions are available.

• vsplit filename: opens a vertical split with filename. If no filename is provided, a vertical split is opened with an empty buffer.

• hsplit filename: same as vsplit but opens a horizontal split instead of a vertical split.

• tab filename: opens the given file in a new tab.

• tabswitch tab: This command will switch to the specified tab. The tab can either be a tab number, or a name of a tab.

• log: opens a log of all messages and debug statements.

• plugin install plugin_name: installs the given plugin.

• plugin remove plugin_name: removes the given plugin.

• plugin list: lists all installed plugins.

• plugin update: updates all installed plugins.

• plugin search plugin_name: searches for the given plugin. Note that you can find a list of all available plugins at github.com/micro-editor/plugin-channel.

  You can also see more information about the plugin manager in the Plugin Manager section of the plugins help topic.

• plugin available: list plugins available for download (this includes any plugins that may be already installed).

• reload: reloads all runtime files.

• cd path: Change the working directory to the given path.

• pwd: Print the current working directory.

• open filename: Open a file in the current buffer.

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The following commands are provided by the default plugins:

• lint: Lint the current file for errors.