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.
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
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 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:
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 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 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 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.
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".
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 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 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 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.
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