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Top Forums Programming Open Source What editor does everyone use? Post 78248 by bakunin on Monday 18th of July 2005 06:43:54 AM
Old 07-18-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by xhellfire
emacs is so cool!!!!
True. And once you've managed to press more than 15 keys simultanuously you can unleash its power to the full extent.

Escape Meta Alt Control Shift ;-))

I prefer editors one can use without being a professional pianist.

bakunin
 

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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 0.8.12 2010-02-18 diakonos(1)
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