xedit(1X)                                               xedit(1X)



NAME
     xedit - edits text files

SYNOPSIS
     xedit [toolkit-option]...  [file]

DESCRIPTION
     xedit is a simple text editor that allows you to make
     changes to text in the specified file or to create a new
     file into which the text that you type is stored.

   Options
     The xedit command accepts all the standard X Toolkit
     command-line options, as described in X(1X), as well as the
     file argument, which specifies the file to load during
     startup.  If a file is not specified, xedit lets you load a
     file or create a new file after it has started up.

   The xedit window
     The xedit command provides a window that consists of these
     four areas:

     Commands menu
             This area provides a set of menu items as buttons
             that let you exit from xedit, save the file, or load
             a new file into the edit area.

     Message area
             The area displays xedit messages.  In addition, you
             can use this window as a scratch pad.

     Filename display
             This area displays the name of the file currently
             being edited and whether this file is Read-Write or
             Read Only.

     Edit area
             This area displays the text of the file that you are
             editing or creating.

   Using xedit
     The Athena Text widget is used for the three areas of this
     application that allow text input:  the message area,
     filename display, and edit area. The characters that you
     type go to the Text widget that the pointer is currently
     over.  If the pointer is not over a Text widget, pressing a
     key has no effect.  This is also true for the special key
     combinations that popup dialog widgets, so typing CONTROL-S
     in the filename display area enables searching in that widg-
     et, not the edit area.





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     Both the message area and the edit area create a scrollbar
     if the text is too large to fit.  By default, horizontal
     scrolling is not allowed, but you can turn it on through the
     Text widget's resources. See Athena Widget Set - C Language
     Interface for the exact resource definition.

   Commands
     The commands area provides these buttons:

     Quit    Quits the current editing session.  If any changes
             have not been saved, xedit displays a warning mes-
             sage and allows you to save the file.

     Save    Stores a copy of the original, unedited file in
             file.BAK.  It then overwrites the original file with
             the newly edited contents.

     Load    Loads the specified file and displays it in the edit
             area.

   Resources
     For xedit, these are the available resources:

     backupNamePrefix (Class BackupNamePrefix)
             Specifies a string that is to be prepended to the
             backup filename.  The default is that no string is
             prepended.

     backupNameSuffix (Class BackupNameSuffix)
             Specifies a string that is to be appended to the
             backup filename.  The default is to append the
             string .BAK.

     enableBackups (Class EnableBackups)
             Specifies that when you save edits to an existing
             file, 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, which means that no backups are created.

   Widget hierarchy
     To specify resources, you should know the hierarchy of the
     widgets that compose xedit.  In the following notation, in-
     dentation 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



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                    Command  load
                    Text  filename
               Label  bc_label
               Text  messageWindow
               Label  labelWindow
               Text  editWindow


   Environment variables
     The xedit command uses these environment variables:

     DISPLAY Specifies the default host, display number, and
             screen.

     XENVIRONMENT
             Specifies the name of a resource file that overrides
             the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
             property.

FILES
     /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
             Specifies required resources.

NOTES
     Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
     Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

     Author: Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium

LIMITATIONS
     There is no way to undo changes.

SEE ALSO
     X(1X), xrdb(1X)

     Athena Widget Set - C Language Interface


















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