mg
micro GNU Emacs-style editor
TLDR
Open file
$ mg [file.txt]
Open at line$ mg +[10] [file.txt]
Read-only mode$ mg -R [file.txt]
Open multiple files$ mg [file1.txt] [file2.txt]
SYNOPSIS
mg [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
mg is a micro GNU Emacs-style editor. It provides basic Emacs keybindings in a small package.
The tool is lightweight and fast. It's the default editor on OpenBSD and available elsewhere.
PARAMETERS
FILES
Files to edit.+ LINE
Start at line number.-R
Read-only mode.-n
No backup files.--help
Display help information.
CAVEATS
Limited compared to GNU Emacs. No Lisp extension. Basic editing only.
HISTORY
mg was originally MicroGNUEmacs, created for systems where full Emacs was too large.