A simple blog made with Zola and Duckquill Zola 2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://sharjeel7911.github.io/tags/kilo/atom.xml 2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 sharjeel https://sharjeel7911.github.io/blogs/shar-text-editor/ <p>The date was May 09, 2025 when I first started working on <strong><code>shar</code></strong> (named after myself, by slicing my first name in half :]). My seniors <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-liaqat1036/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ahmad Liaqat</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohsin-fawad-525422305/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mohsin Fawad</a> had already worked one its implementation in their DSA course. But their approach was different; using lines of <em>linked lists</em> (separated by <code>\n</code>) and a giant <em>vector of lines</em>. Asking about their approach and testing their code I decided to implement my own version. There were some reasons for that:</p> <ul> <li>The code was only windows compatible and me being a linux user wanted to write my own version for linux(I used Ubuntu then).</li> <li>Secondly, that version was too slow: for example, the cursor took forever to move around the file.</li> <li>And I also wanted to approach the problem differently as not to use vectors and linked lists and make it as fast as possible.</li> </ul> <h2 id="the-quest-starts"><a class="zola-anchor" href="#the-quest-starts" aria-label="Anchor link for: the-quest-starts"><i class="icon"></i></a> The Quest starts</h2>