pcode-editor

A lightweight code editor using Dear ImGui, GLFW, and ImGuiColorTextEdit.

Version

pcode-editor v0.8.0

Features

• Syntax highlighting - 20+ languages (C, C++, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Multi-tab editing - Multiple files in tabs
• Status bar - Shows file info, cursor position, encoding
• Dark/Light theme - Toggle via menu
• Font resizing - Zoom in/out
• File/Symbol/Git views - Resizable sidebar with symbol outline (Poorman's parser)

Building

./scripts/build-windows.bat   # Windows
./scripts/build-linux.sh    # Linux

Running

./build/Release/pcode-editor.exe  # Windows
./build/Release/pcode-editor    # Linux

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl+N - New tab
• Ctrl+O - Open file
• Ctrl+S - Save
• Ctrl+W - Close tab
• Ctrl++ - Zoom in
• Ctrl+- - Zoom out
• Ctrl+0 - Reset zoom

Removed Features

The following features were planned but not working and have been removed:

• Terminal - ImGui can't get raw keyboard input for interactive shells
• Vim mode - Incompatible with ImGui's input model
• Minimap - Not implemented
• Code folding - Not implemented
• Bookmarks - Not implemented
• File explorer - Not implemented

Settings

Settings stored in pcode-settings.json:

{
  "window_w": 1280,
  "window_h": 800,
  "dark_theme": true,
  "font_size": 18,
  "font_name": "JetBrains Mono",
  "tab_size": 4
}

Dependencies

All dependencies fetched automatically via CMake FetchContent:

• Dear ImGui - Immediate mode GUI
• GLFW - Window/input management
• ImGuiColorTextEdit - Syntax highlighting
• Native File Dialog - File dialogs

License

BSD 2-Clause License - see LICENSE file.