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 addi-
tion, this window can be 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 that is to be loaded during
start-up. This is the file which will be edited.
If a file is not specified, xedit lets you load a
file or create a new file 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 the pointer cursor
is currently over. If the pointer cursor is not over a
text widget then the keypresses will have no effect on the
application. This is also true for the special key
sequences that popup dialog widgets, so typing Control-S
in the filename widget will enable searching in that wid-
get, not the edit widget.
Both the message window and the edit window will create a
scrollbar if the text to display is too large to fit in
that window. Horizontal scrolling is not allowed by
default, but can be turned on through the Text widget's
resources, see Athena Widget Set for the exact resource
definition.
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 Multiply 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 Multiply by 4 Meta-Delete Delete 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
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 the file.
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. If the currently displayed
file has been modified a warning message will ask
the user to save the changes, or press Load again.
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
resource is ``off,'' stating that no 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 ``.BAK''
as the suffix.
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.
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 ALSO
X(1) xrdb(1) Athena Widget Set
RESTRICTIONS
There is no undo function.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
Copyright 1989, X Consortium
See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium