Anwar

Anwar is a simple, lightweight tool that gives you the power to build your own development environment in VIM.

Anwar is a CLI(Command Line Interface) program that simplifies the process of creating a custom VIM based IDE(Integrated Development Environment) for everyone, especially those new to developing on Ubuntu.

What does Anwar do?

Anwar helps you install the different components that an IDE uses and configures the VIM text-editor appropriately. This allows you to develop your own blazing-fast lightweight VIM based IDE on Ubuntu.

You can use Anwar to set up a new development environment in a matter of mere minutes, allowing you to practically set up any machine as your development hub - whether on the cloud, or the desktop.

What systems can Anwar run on?

Anwar is compatible with Ubuntu and all its official flavours, including Ubuntu Kylin, Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Ubuntu MATE.

This is not an exhaustive list and Anwar should work on other Ubuntu derivatives too.

Anwar for IDE Building

If you would like to use Anwar, follow the steps given to download and start it.

###Downloading Anwar Execute the following commands in sequence to download Anwar on your Ubuntu operating system.

# creating a new hidden directory
mkdir ~/.anwar

# navigating to the new directory
cd ~/.anwar

# updating the repository list
sudo apt-get update

# installing git to download resources
sudo apt-get install git

# downloading the executable from github to the new directory
git clone https://github.com/prabal1997/Anwar.git

###Starting Anwar Execute the following commands in sequence to start Anwar for use

# navigating to the correct directory
cd ~/.anwar/Anwar

# changing file permissions for Anwar
chmod u+x anwar.out

# running Anwar
./anwar.out

Contributing to Anwar

To contribute to Anwar, create a new branch and then sumbit a pull request. Please understand that only valuable patches will be integrated into the master branch. Please read the following instructions to install pre-requisite compilers, clone this repository, understand the structure of Anwar, and to compile your build.

Installing Compilers

Anwar uses 'C', 'C++', and 'BASH' programming languages to operate. While 'BASH' is a part of the Ubuntu operating system by default, 'C' and 'C++' compilers might not be available on some machines running Ubuntu and its derivatives. Use the following commands to install the compilers for 'C' and 'C++' programming languages.

# updating list of repositories
sudo apt-get update

# installing 'C' compiler
sudo apt-get install gcc

#installing 'C++' compiler
sudo apt-get install g++

Downloading Anwar

Execute the following commands in sequence to download Anwar on your Ubuntu operating system.

# creating a new directory
mkdir ~/anwar

# navigating to the new directory
cd ~/anwar

# downloading Anwar inside the new directory
git clone https://github.com/prabal1997/Anwar.git

Understanding Anwar

Anwar has been developed in a highly modular way. Please read the introductory notes inside anwar.cpp file to understand the structure of Anwar.

Compiling & Executing Anwar

# navigate to the directory where Anwar is located
cd ~/anwar/Anwar

# compiling Anwar by listing every file with '.cpp' or '.h' extension after 'g++'
g++ anwar.cpp anwar_head.h fwd_decl.h format.cpp ind_mdl.cpp pck_mdl.cpp 

# changing file permissions for Anwar
chmod u+x a.out

# running Anwar
./a.out

Future

Anwar will eventually have ncurses based GUI to simplify the program layout and flow. Moreover, development is undergoing to develop a release of Anwar compatible with Microsoft Windows series of operating systems.

License

'Anwar' is licensed under Apache License Version V2. Please read LICENSE for more information.