FAQ

How do I change the interface language?

By default yumete follows your system's locale: a Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macau locale gets traditional Chinese, any other Chinese locale gets simplified Chinese, and everything else gets English. To choose one yourself, set it in the config:

[editor]
language = "zh"    # "auto" (default), "zh" traditional, "zhs" simplified, "en"

:language en switches for the current session without a restart, and ye --lang=en does it for one run. See Configuration.

Why do I get letters when I type, not Chinese?

The input method is off when yumete starts, so insert mode types letters. Type :yume (or just :y) to turn it on; the first time, it loads the scheme's code table. To have it on from the start:

[ime]
start = true

If it is on and you still get letters, it is in English ([ABC]). Tap Shift on its own to switch between Chinese and English. Terminals that cannot report a lone Shift (Apple's Terminal, for one) use C-^ instead; [editor] language_key sets that key. See The input method.

yumete crashed. Where is my work?

While a file has unsaved changes, yumete keeps a recovery copy beside it, as a hidden file: chapter.md gets .chapter.md.yumete.<number>. It is removed when you save or quit normally. On macOS and Linux, closing the terminal window (SIGHUP) or a SIGTERM writes every unsaved file's copy on the way out. After a crash, open the file again and yumete asks whether to recover the copy, throw it away, or leave it for later. :recover asks again. Typing in an unnamed buffer is kept too, in the data directory, and comes back the same way.

Recovering replaces the file's text in the buffer; nothing is saved until you :w, and u undoes it. See Files, saving and changes.

Where is the config?

:version shows the exact paths on your machine. :settings opens a panel of every setting with a note on each, and :w there saves it. After editing a file by hand, :reload-config applies it, and :check-config points out lines it cannot read. See Configuration.

Some cells have an amber background. What is that?

A hidden character is next to them: a zero-width space, a soft hyphen, a byte-order mark, or a bidi control. A tinted space is a space that is not a plain one, such as a no-break space. Put the cursor on the tinted cell and the status line names the character. To turn this off:

[editor]
unicode_alarm = false

See Checks and counts.

How do I hide the count on the status line?

Set [editor] status_count = "off", or "all" to show it in code files too. See Settings.

How do I make ye reopen yesterday's files?

ye -r reopens what was open last time in this project. Set [editor] session = true to do it every time. See Files, saving and changes.

Can I use vim keys?

Yes. Set [keys] preset = "vim". See Coming from vim.

What is not there yet?

• Reading marks (the circles and dots used in classical texts). They can be drawn in the margin, but there is no markup for them yet.
• Rotated Latin text in vertical layout. A terminal cannot rotate letters, so a long Latin run stacks letter by letter down the column. A few half-width characters, four by default, can sit side by side in one square (see Vertical layout), but not a sentence.
• Editor regions side by side, or more than two. C-w s splits the editor into two, one above the other, and that is all. See Windows and the sidebar.