xedit
simple text editor for X
see also :
X - xrdb
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EDITORS="$VISUAL nedit xedit
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for ed in $EDITORS
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if [ ! "$got" = "" ]
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 specified, xedit lets you
load files or create new files after it has started up.
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.
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.
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
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)
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
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.
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
<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 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
misspelling errors, but can also be used to create simple macros.
The format is {non-blanks}{blanks}[{string}]. Fields are
separated 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
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 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
possibly, 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 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)
The string displayed in the ispell status bar while xedit is
communicating with ispell. The default value is ....
restrictions
Xedit is not a replacement to Emacs.
syntax
xedit [ -toolkitoption ... ] [ filename ...
]
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
see also
X ,
xrdb , Athena Widget Set
authors
Chris D.
Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade, The XFree86 Project