Dedlin is an interactive line-by-line text editor and a DSL, similar to edlin or ed. It is perfect for letting AI chatbots edit documents without sending the whole document back and forth.
It is scriptable making it similar to sed for doing find, insert, replace, delete operations on existing files.
Soon it will support non-line number ranges, e.g. "/Done/ DELETE
Dedlin extends on edlin enough that it is not backwards compatible.
I have made changes to make the app less user hostile than classic ed or edlin, but there is a --vim_mode
where all help, warnings, feedback will be suppressed.
Requires python 3.11 or higher. Someday I'll write a standalone installer for it.
Install globally in an isolated virtual environment. This is a good idea.
pipx install dedlinRun pre-built image with docker. Painful, but you're using an edlin clone, so that is what you're looking for.
# This is should work in powershell or linux bash. Not windows git-bash.
docker run --rm -it -v "${PWD}/:/app" ghcr.io/matthewdeanmartin/dedlin:latest file.txtLaunch and edit file_name.txt
If you installed with pip or pipx
dedlin file_name.txtCommand line help
> python -m dedlin --help
Dedlin.
An improved version of the edlin.
Usage:
dedlin [<file>] [options]
dedlin (-h | --help)
dedlin --version
Options:
-h --help Show this screen.
--version Show version.
--macro=<macro> Run macro file.
--echo Echo commands.
--halt_on_error End program on error.
--promptless_quit Skip prompt on quit.
--vim_mode User hostile, no feedback.
--verbose Displaying all debugging info.
--blind_mode Optimize for blind users (experimental).
Sample session
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/ _` |/ -_)/ _` || || || ' \
\__,_|\___|\__,_||_||_||_||_|
Editing /home/mmartin/github/dedlin/sample.txt
? * 1i
1 INSERT
Control C to exit insert mode
? 1 : cabbage
? 2 : bread
? 3 : carrots
? 4 : ghost peppers
? 5 : coffee
? 6 : tortillas
? 7 :
Exiting insert mode
? * SORT
SORT
Sorted
? * LIST
1,6 LIST
1 : bread
2 : cabbage
3 : carrots
4 : coffee
5 : ghost peppers
6 : tortillas
? * EXIT
1,6 EXIT