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diakonos(1)							     diakonos							       diakonos(1)

NAME

       diakonos - a customizable, usable console-based text editor

SYNOPSIS

       diakonos [files]

Basic Commands
       Following  are some of the most common commands and their default key bindings. Not all commands are listed here. For a comprehensive list-
       ing, see the configuration file.

Movement
       Arrow keys Cursor movement

       Home,  End
	      Move cursor to beginning or end of current line

       Page  Up,  Page	Down
	      Pitch buffer view by one screenful of text

       Alt-Up,	Alt-Down
	      Scroll up, down

Editor Control
       Ctrl-Q Quit

       F1     List key bindings

       F12    Edit user's configuration file

       Alt-M  Start/stop macro recording

       F4     Play macro

       F6     Repeat last command

File/Buffer Control
       Ctrl-O Open a file

       Ctrl-S Save current buffer

       Alt-S  Save current buffer to specific filename

       Ctrl-W Close current buffer

       Ctrl-N Create new empty buffer

       Alt-Shift-T
	      Specify buffer content type

       Alt-1  to  Alt-9
	      Switch among first 9 buffers

       Alt-minus,  Alt-=
	      Switch buffers

       Ctrl-Z Undo

       Ctrl-Y Redo

Clipboard
       Ctrl-space Anchor selection (like emacs)

       Ctrl-C Copy selection to clipboard

       Ctrl-X Copy selection to clipboard and delete (i.e. cut)

       Ctrl-V Paste clipboard text

       Alt-U  Unselect (stop selecting)

       Ctrl-K Cut current line (can collect multiple lines)

Searching
       Ctrl-F Find

       Ctrl-Alt-F
	      Find upwards

       F3     Find again

       Shift-F3
	      Find again upwards

       Ctrl-R Search and replace

       Ctrl-Alt-U
	      Clear match highlight

FURTHER INFORMATION

       For more information on Diakonos see: http://purepistos.net/diakonos/

       http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Getting-Started

       http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Tips-and-Tricks

AUTHOR

       Diakonos is by  Pistos Christou

       This package is maintained by Ralph Amissah

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