eh: a minimalist vi-like editor

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eh is a minimalist vi-like editor written in C, featuring UTF-8 support, regex search/replace, shell filters, and multi-level undo/redo. An earlier version won a prize in the 2024 IOCCC.

<p>eh is a minimalist vi-like editor written in C. It keeps the core vi editing model while adding UTF-8 support, regex search/replace, shell filters, and multi-level undo/redo.</p> <p>An earlier version was a winning entry in the 28th IOCCC (2024), receiving the “Nice accent eh-ward.”</p> <p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/au6oho/eh_minimalist_vi_like_editor">Comments</a></p>
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