XEDIT(1)XEDIT(1)NAMExedit - simple text editor for X
SYNTAXxedit [ -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 addi-
tion, 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(1)). 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 specified, 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 application 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
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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
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 mes-
sage, 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 file-
name is retrieved from the Text widget directly to
the right of the Load button.
Load Loads the file named in the text widget immedi-
ately to the right of the this button and displays
it in the Edit window.
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 ver-
sion of that file to <prefix>file<suffix> before
it saves the changes. The default value for this
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resource is ``on,'' stating that 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 ``~'' as
the suffix.
positionFormat (Class Format)
Specifies a format string used to display the cur-
sor 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 specifie 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 win-
dow.
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 dis-
played in the fileMenu, when the file being edited
is changed.
autoReplace (Class Replace)
This resource is useful to automatically correct
common mispelling errors, but can also be used to
create simple macros. The format is {non-
blanks}{blanks}[{string}]. Fields are separeted 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.
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ispell.dictionaries (Class ispell.Dictionary)
Specifies a list of dictionary names, separeted 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 arguments. You don't need to specify
the ``-w'' option, neither the ``-a'' option.
Refer to the ispell(1) manpage for more informa-
tion 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 ask-
ing user interaction 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 possibily, 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
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ispell returns a list of one or more words to
match a mispelled 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 indentical 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 struc-
ture. The widget class name is given first, followed by
the widget instance name.
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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 prop-
erty.
FILES
<XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
specifies required resources
SEE ALSOX(1), 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(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHORS
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade, The XFree86 Project
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