RustEditorKit

A modern, customizable text editor engine for Rust applications using GTK4. Built to be a powerful alternative to GtkSourceView with full Rust integration.

Features

• Multi-cursor editing with full selection support
• Customizable themes and syntax highlighting
• Search & replace with pattern matching
• Undo/redo with complete state management
• Line numbers, gutters and visual aids
• Cross-platform (Linux, Windows, macOS)
• Modular design - use only what you need

Why RustEditorKit?

Perfect for:

• Building Rust desktop applications with GTK4
• Replacing GtkSourceView in existing projects
• Creating custom code editors and IDEs
• Educational projects learning text editor architecture

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/Ranrar/RustEditorKit.git
cd RustEditorKit
cargo run --bin demo

Basic usage:

use rusteditorkit::editorwidget::editor::EditorWidget;

let editor = EditorWidget::new();
editor.connect_signals();
window.set_child(Some(editor.widget()));

Documentation

• API Reference - Complete function reference and usage patterns
• Widget Integration - GTK4 integration guide and configuration
• Roadmap - Planned features and milestones

Contributing

We need your help! This project is in active development and welcomes contributors of all skill levels.

What we're looking for:

• Bug reports and feature requests
• Code contributions (Rust experience helpful but not required)
• Documentation improvements
• Testing on different platforms
• UI/UX feedback and suggestions

Easy ways to contribute:

• Try the demo and report issues
• Improve documentation or examples
• Add tests for existing features
• Help with cross-platform compatibility

Current priority areas:

• Clipboard operations and IME support
• Performance optimization
• Theme and configuration system
• Plugin architecture design

Project Status: Alpha - Most core features working, API may change

Known Issues in Current Build

• Mouse selection and text selection are not visually working as expected.
• Arrow key navigation has issues with multi-byte UTF-8 sequences.
• Scrollbar is not working (it hasn’t been implemented yet).