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diff --git a/xedit.man b/xedit.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..96c5f91 --- /dev/null +++ b/xedit.man @@ -0,0 +1,443 @@ +.\" $XConsortium: xedit.man,v 1.23 94/04/17 20:43:39 matt Exp $ +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 X Consortium +.\" +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining +.\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, +.\" distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to +.\" permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to +.\" the following conditions: +.\" +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR +.\" OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, +.\" ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +.\" OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall +.\" not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or +.\" other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization +.\" from the X Consortium. +.\" +.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xedit/xedit.man,v 1.18 2002/10/12 16:06:48 herrb Exp $ +.\" +.TH XEDIT 1 __vendorversion__ +.SH NAME +xedit \- simple text editor for X +.SH SYNTAX +.B xedit +[ +.I \-toolkitoption +\&.\|.\|. ] [ +.I filename +\&.\|.\|. ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Xedit +provides a window consisting of the following four areas: +.IP "Commands Section" 25 +A set of commands that allow you to exit \fIxedit\fP, save the file, or +load a new file into the edit window. +.IP "Message Window" 25 +Displays \fIxedit\fP messages. In addition, this window can be also used as +a scratch pad. +.IP "Filename Display" +Displays the name of the file currently being edited, and whether this file +is \fIRead-Write\fP or \fIRead Only\fP. +.IP "Edit Window" 25 +Displays the text of the file that you are editing or creating. +.SH OPTIONS +.I Xedit +accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line +options (see +.IR X (__miscmansuffix__)). +The order of the command line options is not important. +.TP 8 +.I 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, +.I xedit +lets you load files or create new files after it has started up. +.SH 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. +.PP + +The following keystroke combinations are defined: +.sp +.nf +.ta 1.0i 3.0i 4.5i +Ctrl-a Beginning Of Line Meta-b Backward Word +Ctrl-b Backward Character Meta-f Forward Word +Ctrl-d Delete Next Character 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 [\fInumber\fP] Multiply by 4 or \fInumber\fP 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 +.sp +In addition, the pointer may be used to cut and paste text: +.ta .5i 2.0i + 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) +.fi +.sp + +.SH LINE EDIT MODE +.I Line edit mode +enables several shortcut commands for searching and replacing text in a +xedit buffer. +.I Line edit mode +commands have the format: +.br +.nf + + [\fIline-number\fP[,\fIline-number\fP]]\fIcommand\fP[\fIparameters\fP] + +.fi +.I Line number +may be specified as: +.TP 8 +\&. +The current text line. +.TP 8 +$ +The last line of the file. +.TP 8 +number +The literal line \fInumber\fP. +.TP 8 +- or ^ +The previous line. Equivalent to \fI-1\fP. +.TP 8 +-number or ^number +The current line minus \fInumber\fP. +.TP 8 ++ +The next line. Equivalent to \fI+1\fP. +.TP 8 ++number +The current line plus \fInumber\fP. +.TP 8 +, or % +From the first to the last line. Equivalent to \fI1,$\fP. +.TP 8 +; +From the current to the last line. Equivalent to \fI.,$\fP. + +.PP +.I Command +may be specified as: +.TP 8 +s +Substitute text in the specified lines. +.TP 8 +/re/ +Search forward for the regular expression pattern \fIre\fP. +.TP 8 +?re? +Search backward for the regular expression pattern \fIre\fP. + +.PP +.I Parameters +may be specified as: +.TP 8 +/re/ +Works as a parameter to \fIi\fP or as a command. +.TP 8 +/re/text/ +Search forward for \fIre\fP and substitute by \fItext\fP. + +.PP +.I Options +may follow or be parameters, known values are: +.TP 8 +i +Case insensitive search. +.TP 8 +g +\fIGlobal\fP match when replacing text. Unless specified, only the nth, +that defaults to 1, match will be replaced. +.TP 8 +c +\fIConfirm\fP before replacing text. +.TP 8 +number +Replace only the occurrence referenced by \fInumber\fP. +.PP + +Commands accept some variations, examples: +.br +.nf + /pattern/i + i/pattern/ + i/pattern +.fi +Search forward for \fIpattern\fP. +.br +.nf + + ,sc/pattern/text + ,sc/pattern/text/ + ,s/pattern/text/c +.fi +Search the entire buffer and ask confirmation to replace \fIpattern\fP +with \fItext\fP. +.br +.nf + + ,s/pattern/text/number +.fi +Replace the match \fInumber\fP in the text line. If not specified, +defaults to the first occurrence. + +.PP +When searching for text, type <Return> to go to the next match. +When interactively replacing text, type \fIy\fP or \fIY\fP to accept the +change, and \fIn\fP or \fIN\fP to ignore it and go to the next match. + +.SH COMMANDS +.IP Quit 8 +Quits the current editing session. If any changes have not been saved, +.I xedit +displays a warning message, allowing the user to save them. +.IP Save +If file backups are enabled (see RESOURCES, below) +.I xedit +stores a copy of the +original, unedited file in <prefix>\fIfile\fP<suffix>, +then overwrites the \fIfile\fP with the contents of the edit window. The +filename is retrieved from the Text widget directly to the right of +the \fILoad\fP button. +.IP Load +Loads the file named in the text widget immediately to the right +of the this button and displays it in the Edit window. +.SH RESOURCES +For \fIxedit\fP the available resources are: +.TP 8 +.B enableBackups (\fPClass\fB EnableBackups) +Specifies that, when edits made to an existing file are saved, +.I xedit +is to copy the original version of that file to <prefix>\fIfile\fP<suffix> +before it saves the changes. The default value for this resource is +``on,'' stating that backups should be created. +.TP 8 +.B backupNamePrefix (\fPClass\fB BackupNamePrefix) +Specifies a string that is to be prepended to the backup filename. The +default is that no string shall be prepended. +.TP 8 +.B backupNameSuffix (\fPClass\fB BackupNameSuffix) +Specifies a string that is to be appended to the backup filename. The +default is to use ``~'' as the suffix. +.TP 8 +.B positionFormat (\fPClass\fB Format) +Specifies a format string used to display the cursor position. This +string uses printf(3) like notation, where +.B %l +prints the line number, +.B %c +prints the column number, +.B %p +prints the insert position offset, and +.B %s +prints the current file size. It is also allowed to specifie field sizes, +with the notation +.B %\-?[0\-9]+ +\&. The default format string is ``L%l'', which shows the character ``L'' +followed by the line number. +.TP 8 +.B hints (\fPClass\fB Hints) +Specifies a list of strings, separated by new lines, that will be +displayed in the bc_label window. +.TP 8 +.B hintsInterval (\fPClass \fBInterval) +Specifies the interval in seconds, which the hint string in the bc_label +window will be changed. +.TP 8 +.B changedBitmap (\fPClass \fBBitmap) +Specifies the name of the Bitmap that will be displayed in the fileMenu, when +the file being edited is changed. +.TP 8 +.B autoReplace (\fPClass \fBReplace) +This resource is useful to automatically correct common mispelling errors, but +can also be used to create simple macros. The format is +\fI{non-blanks}{blanks}[{string}]\fP. Fields are separeted by newlines. +Example of use: +\" +.br +.nf +nto not\\n\\ +/macro some long string with \\\\\\n newlines \\\\\\n +.fi +\" +.br +Will automatically replace the word \fInto\fP by \fInot\fP, and \fI/macro\fP +by \fIsome long string with + newlines +\fP +when you type that words. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.dictionaries (\fPClass \fBispell.Dictionary) +Specifies a list of dictionary names, separeted by spaces, available to the +ispell program. The default value is \fI"american americamed+ english"\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.dictionary (\fPClass \fBispell.Dictionary) +Specifies the default dictionary to use. +.TP 8 +.B ispell*<DICTIONARY>.wordChars (\fPClass \fBispell*Chars) +Specifies a set of characters that can be part of a legal word. The +\fI<DICTIONARY>\fP field is one of the dictionaries specified in the +\fIdictionaries\fP resource. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.ispellCommand (\fPClass \fBispell.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 \fIispell\fP(1) manpage for more information on ispell options. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.formatting (\fPClass \fPispell.TextFormat) +Specifies which text formatting to use while spell checking the file. The +available formats are \fItext\fP and \fIhtml\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell*text.skipLines (\fPClass \fBispell*text.Skip) +Lines starting with one of the characters in this string will not be spell +checked. This resource is only used in \fItext\fP mode. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.terseMode (\fPClass \fBispell.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. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.lookCommand (\fPClass \fBispell.CommandLine) +The path to the program to search for alternate words, and possibily, +additional arguments. The default program used is \fI/usr/bin/egrep\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.wordsFile (\fPClass \fBispell.Words) +The path to the file[s] to search for alternate words. The default file is +\fI/usr/share/dict/words\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.guessLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell returns a guess list +of one or more words. The default value is \fIGuess\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.missLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.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 \fIMiss\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.rootLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.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 \fIRoot:\fP, and is +followed by a space and the root word. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.noneLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +String displayed in the ispell status bar when there is no near misses. The default +value is \fINone\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.compoundLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +String displayed in the ispell status bar when the word being checked is formed by +concatenation of two words. The default value is \fICompound\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.okLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +String displayed in the ispell status bar when the checked word is in the dictionary. +This string is only displayed when using the \fIcheck\fP button in the xedit ispell +interface. The default value is \fIOk\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.eofLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +The string displayed in the ispell status bar when the end of the file is reached. +The default value is \fIEnd Of File\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.repeatLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +The string displayed in the ispell status bar when two indentical words are found +together in the file. The default value is \fIRepeat\fP. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.lookLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +The string displayed in the ispell status bar after displaying the results of +the \fILook\fP command. If no results are found, the value of the +\fIispell.noneLabel\fP resource is shown. +.TP 8 +.B ispell.workingLabel (\fPClass \fBispell.Status) +The string displayed in the ispell status bar while xedit is communicating with +ispell. The default value is \fI...\fP. +.SH WIDGETS +In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of +the widgets which compose \fIxedit\fR. In the notation below, +indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name +is given first, followed by the widget instance name. +.sp +.nf +.ta .5i 1.0i 1.5i 2.0i +Xedit xedit + Paned paned + Paned buttons + Command quit + Command save + Command load + Text filename + Label bc_label + Text messageWindow + Label labelWindow + Text editWindow +.fi +.sp +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.PP +.TP 20 +.I DISPLAY +to get the default host and display number. +.TP 20 +.I XENVIRONMENT +to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources +stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. +.SH FILES +.TP 20 +.I __apploaddir__/Xedit +specifies required resources +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR X (__miscmansuffix__), +.IR xrdb (1), +.I "Athena Widget Set" +.SH RESTRICTIONS +Xedit is not a replacement to Emacs. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation. +.br +Copyright 1989, X Consortium +.br +Copyright 1998, The XFree86 Project +.br +See +.IR X (__miscmansuffix__) +for a full statement of rights and permissions. +.SH AUTHORS +Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium +.br +Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade, The XFree86 Project |