An ultra-lightweight and simplistic text editor
Currently, Recurse is only usable on Windows computers, since the GUI is made with Windows Forms.
To install the program, navigate to https://github.com/REM-Codes/Recurse/releases/latest and download the appropriate file, depending on your computer architecture (see chart below).
| Architecture | Executable |
|---|---|
| 32-bit | Recurse-x86.exe |
| 64-bit | Recurse-x64.exe |
To download all release architectures, download Recurse-[version].zip
Your browser or operating system might give you a warning about downloading things off of the web. You can review the source code if you don't trust the software. Once you do so, please press continue or whatever similar button you see.
Extract the .zip file to your desktop or another directory.
Launch the appropriate release by double clicking the .exe file.
Once the .exe is downloaded, double click it to launch Recurse.
Currently (as of 07-16-2022), the keyboard shortcuts are as follows:
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
Ctrl+S |
Save |
Ctrl+O |
Open |
Ctrl+Q |
Quit |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save As |
Ctrl+H |
Show About Box |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
Close File |
Minor updates & bug fixes
Ease of use updates
COMPLETED:
- Add shortcut to close a file (without closing the app)
- Add a close confirmation when closing a file or the app
- Removed bugs:
- [#1](https://github.com/REM-Codes/Recurse/issues/1)
TODO:
- Testing
Additional minor updates
COMPLETED:
- Save functionality no longer asks where to save if the file has already been saved once
- Allow user to use `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`S` to save a file under a different name
- Added about box with license details, contact information, and credit
TODO:
- Testing
- Print feature (?)
Small updates
COMPLETED:
- Add scrollbars
- Add indicator to signify if the text has been updated since it was saved last
TODO:
- Testing
- Print feature (?)
Completely re-written from scratch!
COMPLETED:
- Setup [more simplistic] UI
- Save and load
- Close confirmation
- Keyboard shortcut controls!
- Rename from "Recursive" to "Recurse" - this goes with the simplistic approach
- Migrate to C#!
- Remove excess UI
- Dark mode now available - we are supreme!
TODO:
- Testing
- Print feature (?)
- Add indicator to signify if the text has been updated since it was saved last
This is the first full release of the software!
COMPLETED:
- Update UI scaling
- Introduce save and load functions
- Added scrollbars
TODO:
- Handle potential problems with loading the UI
- General Testing
- Center file select above main window
- New file confirmation dialog?
Initial release
COMPLETED:
- Introduce UI
- New, Print, Cut, Copy, and Paste have been introduced but remain untested
- Close confirmation
TODO:
- Save and Open functionality need to be developed
- Handle potential problems with loading the UI
- General Testing
- Add Scrollbars for overflow
- Center close confirmation and file select on window
- Create executable