xedit
(1)
Name
xedit - simple text editor for X
Synopsis
Please see following description for synopsis
Description
User Commands XEDIT(1)
NAME
xedit - simple text editor for X
SYNTAX
/usr/bin/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 addi-
tion, this window can be also used
as a scratch pad.
Filename Display Displays the name of the file cur-
rently 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(5)). 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
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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 Keyboard 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 [number] Multiply by 4 or number
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
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 Motion Adjust Selection
Button 1 Up End Selection (cut)
Button 2 Down Insert Current Selection (paste)
Button 3 Down Extend Current Selection
Button 3 Motion Adjust Selection
Button 3 Up End Selection (cut)
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LINE EDIT MODE
Line edit mode enables several shortcut commands for search-
ing 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.
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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 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 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
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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 <prefix>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 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 cursor
position. This string uses printf(3) like notation,
where %l prints the line number, %c prints the col-
umn 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 dis-
played in the fileMenu, when the file being edited
is changed.
autoReplace (Class Replace)
This resource is useful to automatically correct
common misspelling errors, but can also be used to
create simple macros. The format is {non-
blanks}{blanks}[{string}]. Fields are separated by
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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, addi-
tional arguments. You don't need to specify the
``-w'' option, neither the ``-a'' option. Refer to
the ispell(1) manpage for more information 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 interaction for words generated through com-
pound 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 possibly, additional arguments. The
default program used is /usr/bin/egrep.
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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 identical 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)
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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 nota-
tion 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 num-
ber.
XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that
overrides the global resources stored in
the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
FILES
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
specifies required resources
SEE ALSO
X(5), 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(5) 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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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |editor/xedit |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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