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XEDIT(1)							      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 also 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(7)).  The order of the command line options is not important.

       filename
	       Specifies the file(s) that are to be  loaded  during  start-up.
	       This  is the file which will be edited. If a file is not speci‐
	       fied, xedit lets you load files or create new  files  after  it
	       has started up.

EDITING
       The  Athena Text widget is used for the three sections of this applica‐
       tion that allow text input.  The characters typed will go to  the  Text
       widget  that  has  the input focus, or the Text widget that the pointer
       cursor is currently over.

       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-iInsert File
       Ctrl-e	 End Of Line	     Meta-k	    Kill To End Of Paragraph
       Ctrl-f	 Forward Character   Meta-q	    Form Paragraph
       Ctrl-g	 Keyboard 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 [number]		     Multiply by 4 or numberMeta-DeleteDelete 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  Meta-z	    Scroll One Line Down
       Ctrl-_	 Undo
       Escape	 Line Edit Mode

       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)

LINE EDIT MODE
       Line edit mode enables several  shortcut	 commands  for	searching  and
       replacing  text	in  a  xedit buffer.  Line edit mode commands have the
       format:

	    [line-number[,line-number]]command[parameters]

       Line number may be specified as:

       .       The current text line.

       $       The last line of the file.

       number  The literal line number.

       - or ^  The previous line. Equivalent to -1.

       -number or ^number
	       The current line minus number.

       +       The next line. Equivalent to +1.

       +number The current line plus number.

       , or %  From the first to the last line. Equivalent to 1,$.

       ;       From the current to the last line. Equivalent to .,$.

       Command may be specified as:

       s       Substitute text in the specified lines.

       /re/    Search forward for the regular expression pattern re.

       ?re?    Search backward for the regular expression pattern re.

       Parameters may be specified as:

       /re/    Works as a parameter to i or as a command.

       /re/text/
	       Search forward for re and substitute by text.

       Options may follow or be parameters, known values are:

       i       Case insensitive search.

       g       Global match when replacing text. Unless	 specified,  only  the
	       nth, that defaults to 1, match will be replaced.

       c       Confirm before replacing text.

       number  Replace only the occurrence referenced by number.

       Commands accept some variations, examples:
	    /pattern/i
	    i/pattern/
	    i/pattern
       Search forward for pattern.

	    ,sc/pattern/text
	    ,sc/pattern/text/
	    ,s/pattern/text/c
       Search  the  entire buffer and ask confirmation to replace pattern with
       text.

	    ,s/pattern/text/number
       Replace the match number in the text line. If not  specified,  defaults
       to the first occurrence.

       When  searching	for text, type <Return> to go to the next match.  When
       interactively replacing text, type y or Y to accept the change,	and  n
       or N to ignore it and go to the next match.

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

       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.

RESOURCES
       For xedit the available resources are:

       tagsName (Class TagsName)
	       Specifies the name of the tags file to search  when  loading  a
	       new file.  Default value is tags.

       loadTags (Class LoadTags)
	       Boolean	value to enable or disabling searching for tags files.
	       Default is True.

       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 <pre‐
	       fix>file<suffix> before it  saves  the  changes.	  The  default
	       value  for this resource is ``on,'' stating that backups should
	       be created.

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

       backupNameSuffix (Class BackupNameSuffix)
	       Specifies  a  string that is to be appended to the backup file‐
	       name.  The default is to use ``~'' as the suffix.

       positionFormat (Class Format)
	       Specifies a format string used to display the cursor  position.
	       This  string  uses printf(3) like notation, where %l prints the
	       line number, %c prints the column number, %p prints the	insert
	       position	 offset,  and  %s prints the current file size.	 It is
	       also  allowed  to  specify  field  sizes,  with	the   notation
	       %-?[0-9]+  .  The default format string is ``L%l'', which shows
	       the character ``L'' followed by the line number.

       hints (Class Hints)
	       Specifies a list of strings, separated by new lines, that  will
	       be displayed in the bc_label window.

       hintsInterval (Class Interval)
	       Specifies the interval in seconds, which the hint string in the
	       bc_label window will be changed.

       changedBitmap (Class Bitmap)
	       Specifies the name of the Bitmap that will be displayed in  the
	       fileMenu, when the file being edited is changed.

       autoReplace (Class Replace)
	       This  resource  is  useful to automatically correct common mis‐
	       spelling errors, but can also be used to create simple  macros.
	       The  format is {non-blanks}{blanks}[{string}]. Fields are sepa‐
	       rated by newlines.  Example of use:

	       nto    not\n\
	       /macro some long string with \\\n newlines \\\n

	       Will automatically replace the word nto by not, and  /macro  by
	       some long string with
		newlines when you type that words.

       ispell.dictionaries (Class ispell.Dictionary)
	       Specifies  a  list  of  dictionary  names, separated by spaces,
	       available to the ispell program. The default value is "american
	       americamed+ english".

       ispell.dictionary (Class ispell.Dictionary)
	       Specifies the default dictionary to use.

       ispell*<DICTIONARY>.wordChars (Class ispell*Chars)
	       Specifies a set of characters that can be part of a legal word.
	       The <DICTIONARY> field is one of the dictionaries specified  in
	       the dictionaries resource.

       ispell.ispellCommand (Class ispell.CommandLine)
	       The  path to the ispell program, and possibly, additional argu‐
	       ments. You don't need to specify the ``-w'' option, neither the
	       ``-a''  option.	Refer to the ispell(1) manpage for more infor‐
	       mation on ispell options.

       ispell.formatting (Class ispell.TextFormat)
	       Specifies which text formatting to use while spell checking the
	       file. The available formats are text and html.

       ispell*text.skipLines (Class ispell*text.Skip)
	       Lines  starting	with one of the characters in this string will
	       not be spell checked. This resource is only used in text mode.

       ispell.terseMode (Class ispell.Terse)
	       When enabled, runs ispell in terse mode, not asking user inter‐
	       action  for  words  generated  through compound formation (when
	       using the ispell ``-C'' option),	 or  words  generated  through
	       affix removal. The default value is False.

       ispell.lookCommand (Class ispell.CommandLine)
	       The path to the program to search for alternate words, and pos‐
	       sibly,  additional  arguments.  The  default  program  used  is
	       /usr/bin/egrep.

       ispell.wordsFile (Class ispell.Words)
	       The  path  to  the  file[s]  to search for alternate words. The
	       default file is /usr/share/dict/words.

       ispell.guessLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell returns a
	       guess list of one or more words. The default value is Guess.

       ispell.missLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell returns a
	       list of one or more  words  to  match  a	 misspelled  one.  The
	       default value is Miss.

       ispell.rootLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String  displayed in the ispell status bar when the word is not
	       in the dictionary, but it can be formed through a root one. The
	       default value is Root:, and is followed by a space and the root
	       word.

       ispell.noneLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String displayed in the ispell status bar when there is no near
	       misses. The default value is None.

       ispell.compoundLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String  displayed  in the ispell status bar when the word being
	       checked is formed by concatenation of two  words.  The  default
	       value is Compound.

       ispell.okLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       String displayed in the ispell status bar when the checked word
	       is in the dictionary.  This string is only displayed when using
	       the  check  button  in  the xedit ispell interface. The default
	       value is Ok.

       ispell.eofLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       The string displayed in the ispell status bar when the  end  of
	       the file is reached.  The default value is End Of File.

       ispell.repeatLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       The  string displayed in the ispell status bar when two identi‐
	       cal words are found together in the file. The default value  is
	       Repeat.

       ispell.lookLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       The  string displayed in the ispell status bar after displaying
	       the results of the Look command. If no results are  found,  the
	       value of the ispell.noneLabel resource is shown.

       ispell.workingLabel (Class ispell.Status)
	       The  string  displayed  in the ispell status bar while xedit is
	       communicating with ispell. The default value is ....

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
       /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
			   specifies required resources

SEE ALSO
       X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Widget Set

RESTRICTIONS
       Xedit is not a replacement to Emacs.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
       Copyright 1989, X Consortium
       Copyright 1998, The XFree86 Project
       See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHORS
       Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
       Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade, The XFree86 Project

X Version 11			  xedit 1.2.0			      XEDIT(1)
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