xedit(1X) — Commands
X11R5
NAME
xedit − simple text editor for X
SYNTAX
xedit [ −toolkitoption ... ] [ filename ]
DESCRIPTION
Xedit provides a window consisting of the following four areas:
Commands SectionA set of commands that allow you to exit xedit, save the file, or load a new file into the edit window.
Message WindowDisplays xedit messages. In addition, this window can be used as a scratch pad.
Filename DisplayDisplays the name of the file currently being edited, and whether this file is Read-Write or Read Only.
Edit WindowDisplays the text of the file that you are editing or creating.
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.
EDITING
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: In addition, the pointer may be used to cut and paste text:
| 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 Character |
| Meta-y | |
| Insert Current 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 Previous Word | |
| 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 Backward |
| Meta-] | |
| Forward Paragraph | |
| 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 Delete | |
| Kill Previous Word | |
| Ctrl-w | Kill Selection |
| Meta-Backspace | |
| Delete Previous Word | |
| Ctrl-y | Unkill |
| Meta-Shift Backspace | |
| Kill Previous Word | |
| Ctrl-z | Scroll One Line Up |
| Button 1 | Down | Start Selection |
| Motion | Adjust Selection | |
| Up | End Selection (cut) | |
| Button 2 | Down | Insert Current Selection (paste) |
| Button 3 | Down | Extend Current Selection |
| Motion | Adjust Selection | |
| Up | End Selection (cut) |
COMMANDS
QuitQuits the current editing session. If any changes have not been saved, xedit displays a warning message, allowing the user to save the file.
SaveIf 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.
LoadLoads 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 “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 use “.BAK” as the suffix.
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.
FILES
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
specifies required resources
SEE ALSO
X(1X), xrdb(1X), Athena Widget Set
RESTRICTIONS
There is no undo function.
COPYRIGHT
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