XEDIT(1)            X Version 11 (Release 4)             XEDIT(1)



  NAME
       xedit - simple text editor for X

  SYNTAX
       xedit [ -toolkitoption ...] [ filename ]

  OPTIONS
       Xedit accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line
       options (see X(1)).  The order of the command line options
       is not important.

       filename
               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.

  DESCRIPTION
       Xedit provides a window consisting of the following four
       areas:

       Commands Section         A set of commands that allow you to
                                exit xedit, save the file, or load
                                a new file into the edit window.

       Message Window           Displays xedit messages. In
                                addition, this window can be used
                                as a scratch pad.

       Filename Display         Displays the name of the file
                                currently being edited, and whether
                                this file is Read - Write or Read
                                Only.

       Edit Window              Displays the text of the file that
                                you are editing or creating.

  EDITING
       The Athena Text widget is used for the three sections of
       this application that allow text input.  The characters


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       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.

  COMMANDS
       Quit    Quits the current editing session. If any changes
               have not been saved, xedit displays a warning
               message, allowing the user to save the file.

       Save    If file backups are enabled (see RESOURCES) 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.

       Load    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.

  RESOURCES
       For xedit the available resources are:

       enableBackups (Class EnableBackups)
               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


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               "off", stating that no backups should be created.

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

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

  WIDGETS
       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


  ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

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



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  FILES
       /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xedit - specifies required
       resources

  SEE ALSO
       X(1), xrdb(1), Athena Widget Set

  RESTRICTIONS
       There is no undo function.

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

  AUTHOR
       Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium

























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