xedit(1X)																 xedit(1X)

NAME

       xedit - simple text editor for X

SYNOPSIS

       xedit [-toolkitoption...] [filename]

OPTIONS

       xedit  accepts  all  of	the  standard  X Toolkit command line options (see X(1X)). The order of the command line options is not important.
       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.

DESCRIPTION

       The  xedit program provides a window consisting of the following four areas: A set of commands that allow you to exit xedit, save the file,
       or load a new file into the edit window.  Displays xedit messages. In addition, this window can be used as a  scratch  pad.   Displays  the
       name  of  the  file  currently  being edited, and whether this file is Read-Write or Read Only.	Displays the text of the file that you are
       editing or creating.

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 widget, 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-i 	   Insert File
       Ctrl-e	End Of Line		 Meta-k 	   Kill  To End Of Para-
							   graph
       Ctrl-f	Forward Character	 Meta-q 	   Form Paragraph
       Ctrl-g	Multiply Reset		 Meta-v 	   Previous Page
       Ctrl-h	Delete Previous  Char-	 Meta-y 	   Insert Current Selec-
		acter					   tion
       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
       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	 Back-	 Meta-] 	   Forward Paragraph
		ward
       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	   Kill Previous Word
					 Delete
       Ctrl-w	Kill Selection		 Meta-Backspace    Delete Previous Word
       Ctrl-y	Unkill			 Meta-Shift	   Kill Previous Word
					 Backspace
       Ctrl-z	Scroll One Lie Up

       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)

COMMANDS

       Quits  the  current  editing  session.  If any changes have not been saved, xedit displays a warning message, allowing the user to save the
       file.  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.	Loads the file named in the text widget immediately 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: 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 "off," stating  that  no  backups
       should  be  created.  Specifies a string that is to be prepended to the backup filename.  The default is that no string shall be prepended.
       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 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

       to  get	the  default  host  and  display  number.   to	get  the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the
       RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

FILES

       specifies required resources

RESTRICTIONS

       There is no undo function.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
       Copyright 1989, X Consortium

       See X(1X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

SEE ALSO

       X(1X), xrdb(1X), Athena Widget Set

AUTHOR

       Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium

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