XEDIT(1) X Version 11(Release 5) XEDIT(1)
NAME
xedit - simple text editor for X
SYNTAX
xedit [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ filename ]
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.
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:
Ctrl-a Beginning Of Line Meta-b Backward Word
Ctrl-b Backward Character Meta-f Forward Word
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Ctrl-d Delete Next Character Meta-iInsert 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-yInsert 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 DeleteKill Previous Word
Ctrl-w Kill Selection Meta-Backspace Delete Previous Word
Ctrl-y Unkill Meta-Shift BackspaceKill Previous Word
Ctrl-z Scroll One Line Up
In addition, the pointer may be used to cut and paste text:
Button 1 Down Start Selection
Button 1 MotionAdjust Selection
Button 1 Up End Selection (cut)
Button 2 Down Insert Current Selection (paste)
Button 3 Down Extend Current Selection
Button 3 MotionAdjust Selection
Button 3 Up End Selection (cut)
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, 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.
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:
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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(1), xrdb(1), Athena Widget Set
RESTRICTIONS
There is no undo function.
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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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