xedit - simple text editor for X
xedit [-toolkitoption...] [filename]
xedit accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line
options (see X(1X)). The order of the command line options
is not important. Specifies the file that is to be loaded
during start-up. This is the file which will be edited. If
a file is not specified, xedit lets you load a file or
create a new file after it has started up.
The xedit program provides a window consisting of the following
four areas: A set of commands that allow you to
exit xedit, save the file, or load a new file into the
edit window. Displays xedit messages. In addition, this
window can be used as a scratch pad. Displays the name of
the file currently being edited, and whether this file is
Read-Write or Read Only. Displays the text of the file
that you are editing or creating.
The Athena Text widget is used for the three sections of
this application that allow text input. The characters
typed will go to the Text widget that the pointer cursor
is currently over. If the pointer cursor is not over a
text widget then the keypresses will have no effect on the
application. This is also true for the special key
sequences that popup dialog widgets, so typing Control-S
in the filename widget will enable searching in that widget,
not the edit widget.
Both the message window and the edit window will create a
scrollbar if the text to display is too large to fit in
that window. Horizontal scrolling is not allowed by
default, but can be turned on through the Text widget's
resources, see Athena Widget Set for the exact resource
definition.
The following keystroke combinations are defined:
Ctrl-a Beginning Of Line Meta-b Backward Word
Ctrl-b Backward Character Meta-f Forward Word
Ctrl-d Delete Next Character Meta-i Insert File
Ctrl-e End Of Line Meta-k Kill To End Of Paragraph
Ctrl-f Forward Character Meta-q Form Paragraph
Ctrl-g Multiply Reset Meta-v Previous Page
Ctrl-h Delete Previous Char- Meta-y Insert Current
acter Selection
Ctrl-j Newline And Indent Meta-z Scroll One Line Down
Ctrl-k Kill To End Of Line Meta-d Delete Next Word
Ctrl-l Redraw Display Meta-D Kill Word
Ctrl-m Newline Meta-h Delete
Ctrl-n Next Line Meta-H Backward Kill Word
Ctrl-o Newline And Backup Meta-< Beginning Of File
Ctrl-p Previous Line Meta-> End Of File
Ctrl-r Search/Replace Back- Meta-] Forward Paragraph
ward
Ctrl-s Search/Replace Forward Meta-[ Backward Paragraph
Ctrl-t Transpose Characters
Ctrl-u Multiply by 4 Meta-Delete Delete Previous Word
Ctrl-v Next Page Meta-Shift Kill Previous Word
Delete
Ctrl-w Kill Selection Meta-Backspace Delete Previous Word
Ctrl-y Unkill Meta-Shift Kill Previous Word
Backspace
Ctrl-z Scroll One Lie Up
In addition, the pointer may be used to cut and paste
text:
Button 1 Down Start Selection
Button 1 Motion Adjust Selection
Button 1 Up End Selection (cut)
Button 2 Down Insert Current Selection
(paste)
Button 3 Down Extend Current Selection
Button 3 Motion Adjust Selection
Button 3 Up End Selection (cut)
Quits the current editing session. If any changes have not
been saved, xedit displays a warning message, allowing the
user to save the file. If file backups are enabled (see
RESOURCES, below) xedit stores a copy of the original,
unedited file in <prefix>file<suffix>, then overwrites the
file with the contents of the edit window. The filename
is retrieved from the Text widget directly to the right of
the Load button. Loads the file named in the text widget
immediately to the right of the this button and displays
it in the Edit window. If the currently displayed file
has been modified a warning message will ask the user to
save the changes, or press Load again.
For xedit the available resources are: Specifies that,
when edits made to an existing file are saved, xedit is to
copy the original version of that file to <prefix>file<suffix>
before it saves the changes. The default
value for this resource is "off," stating that no backups
should be created. Specifies a string that is to be
prepended to the backup filename. The default is that no
string shall be prepended. Specifies a string that is to
be appended to the backup filename. The default is to use
".BAK" as the suffix.
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the
hierarchy of the widgets which compose xedit. In the
notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure.
The widget class name is given first, followed by
the widget instance name.
Xedit xedit
Paned paned
Paned buttons
Command quit
Command save
Command load
Text filename
Label bc_label
Text messageWindow
Label labelWindow
Text editWindow
to get the default host and display number. to get the
name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
specifies required resources
There is no undo function.
Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
Copyright 1989, X Consortium
See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
X(1X), xrdb(1X), Athena Widget Set
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
xedit(1X)
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