Thom's Own Editor (toe)

toe is a modal terminal editor for Go development. toe edits Go projects, not the universe.

Work in progress. Assume it will lose your edits.

What works

• Modal editing (normal, insert, selection)
• Multiple buffers and split views
• Fuzzy file, buffer, and global search pickers with live preview
• Syntax highlighting
• Persistent undo history
• Soft wrap, rulers, whitespace rendering, auto-pairs
• Language server support for completion, hover, signature help, formatting, symbols, code actions, rename, and go-to navigation
• Diagnostics with underlines, gutter markers, status counts, and cursor-scoped popup text
• User and workspace config in TOML
• Session persistence: open documents, split layout, cursor positions, and view modes survive restarts

What's still being built

• Snippet expansion
• Tree-sitter textobjects, indentation queries, bracket matching, and surround matching
• Git change indicators in the gutter
• Debugger integration

Requirements

• Go 1.26
• A terminal with ANSI color support

Build and install

make build    # writes to dist/toe
make install  # installs to $GOPATH/bin

Usage

toe
toe path/to/file.go
toe file1 file2

Configuration

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/toe/config.toml
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/toe/languages.toml

Workspace config goes in .toe/config.toml and .toe/languages.toml at the project root.

Development

make pre-commit   # run this before committing
make test
make coverage