The current text line.
$
The last line
of the file.
number
The literal line number.
- or ^
The previous line. Equivalent
to -1.
-number or ^number
The current line minus number.
+
The next line. Equivalent
to +1.
+number
The current line plus number.
, or %
From the first to the
last line. Equivalent to 1,$.
;
From the current to the last line. Equivalent
to .,$.
Command may be specified as:
- s
- Substitute text in the specified
lines.
- /re/
- Search forward for the regular expression pattern re.
- ?re?
- Search
backward for the regular expression pattern re.
Parameters may be specified
as:
- /re/
- Works as a parameter to i or as a command.
- /re/text/
- Search forward
for re and substitute by text.
Options may follow or be parameters, known
values are:
- i
- Case insensitive search.
- g
- Global match when replacing text.
Unless specified, only the nth, that defaults to 1, match will be replaced.
- c
- Confirm before replacing text.
- number
- Replace only the occurrence referenced
by number.
Commands accept some variations, examples:
/pattern/i
i/pattern/
i/pattern
Search forward for pattern.
,sc/pattern/text
,sc/pattern/text/
,s/pattern/text/c
Search the entire buffer and ask confirmation to replace pattern with text.
,s/pattern/text/number
Replace the match number in the text line. If not specified, defaults to
the first occurrence.
When searching for text, type <Return> to go to the
next match. When interactively replacing text, type y or Y to accept the
change, and n or N to ignore it and go to the next match.
- Quit
- Quits
the current editing session. If any changes have not been saved, xedit
displays a warning message, allowing the user to save them.
- 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 filename is retrieved from the Text widget directly
to the right of the Load button.
- Load
- Loads the file named in the text widget
immediately to the right of the this button and displays it in the Edit
window.
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 version of that file to <prefix>file<suffix>
before it saves the changes. The default value for this resource is ``on,''
stating that 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 ``~'' as the suffix.
- positionFormat (Class Format)
- Specifies a format
string used to display the cursor position. This string uses printf(3)
like notation, where %l prints the line number, %c prints the column number,
%p prints the insert position offset, and %s prints the current file size.
It is also allowed to specify field sizes, with the notation %-?[0-9]+ .
The default format string is ``L%l'', which shows the character ``L'' followed
by the line number.
- hints (Class Hints)
- Specifies a list of strings, separated
by new lines, that will be displayed in the bc_label window.
- hintsInterval
(Class Interval)
- Specifies the interval in seconds, which the hint string
in the bc_label window will be changed.
- changedBitmap (Class Bitmap)
- Specifies
the name of the Bitmap that will be displayed in the fileMenu, when the
file being edited is changed.
- autoReplace (Class Replace)
- This resource
is useful to automatically correct common misspelling errors, but can also
be used to create simple macros. The format is {non-blanks}{blanks}[{string}].
Fields are separeted by newlines. Example of use:
nto not\n\
/macro some long string with \\\n newlines \\\n
Will automatically replace the word nto by not, and /macro by some long
string with newlines
when you type that words.
- ispell.dictionaries (Class ispell.Dictionary)
- Specifies a list of dictionary names, separeted by spaces, available to
the ispell program. The default value is "american americamed+ english".
- ispell.dictionary (Class ispell.Dictionary)
- Specifies the default dictionary
to use.
- ispell*<DICTIONARY>.wordChars (Class ispell*Chars)
- Specifies a set
of characters that can be part of a legal word. The <DICTIONARY> field is
one of the dictionaries specified in the dictionaries resource.
- ispell.ispellCommand
(Class ispell.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 ispell(1)
manpage for more information on ispell
options.
- ispell.formatting (Class ispell.TextFormat)
- Specifies which text
formatting to use while spell checking the file. The available formats are
text and html.
- ispell*text.skipLines (Class ispell*text.Skip)
- Lines starting
with one of the characters in this string will not be spell checked. This
resource is only used in text mode.
- ispell.terseMode (Class ispell.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.
- ispell.lookCommand
(Class ispell.CommandLine)
- The path to the program to search for alternate
words, and possibly, additional arguments. The default program used is /usr/bin/egrep.
- ispell.wordsFile (Class ispell.Words)
- The path to the file[s] to search for
alternate words. The default file is /usr/share/dict/words.
- ispell.guessLabel
(Class ispell.Status)
- String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell
returns a guess list of one or more words. The default value is Guess.
- ispell.missLabel
(Class ispell.Status)
- String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell
returns a list of one or more words to match a misspelled one. The default
value is Miss.
- ispell.rootLabel (Class ispell.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 Root:, and is followed
by a space and the root word.
- ispell.noneLabel (Class ispell.Status)
- String
displayed in the ispell status bar when there is no near misses. The default
value is None.
- ispell.compoundLabel (Class ispell.Status)
- String displayed
in the ispell status bar when the word being checked is formed by concatenation
of two words. The default value is Compound.
- ispell.okLabel (Class ispell.Status)
- String displayed in the ispell status bar when the checked word is in the
dictionary. This string is only displayed when using the check button in
the xedit ispell interface. The default value is Ok.
- ispell.eofLabel (Class
ispell.Status)
- The string displayed in the ispell status bar when the end
of the file is reached. The default value is End Of File.
- ispell.repeatLabel
(Class ispell.Status)
- The string displayed in the ispell status bar when
two identical words are found together in the file. The default value is
Repeat.
- ispell.lookLabel (Class ispell.Status)
- The string displayed in the
ispell status bar after displaying the results of the Look command. If no
results are found, the value of the ispell.noneLabel resource is shown.
- ispell.workingLabel
(Class ispell.Status)
- The string displayed in the ispell status bar while
xedit is communicating with ispell. The default value is ....
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
- 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 property.
- /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
- specifies required resources
X(7x)
, xrdb(1)
, Athena Widget Set
Xedit is not a replacement to Emacs.
Copyright 1988,
Digital Equipment Corporation.
Copyright 1989, X Consortium
Copyright 1998, The XFree86 Project
See X(7x)
for a full statement of rights and permissions.
Chris D.
Peterson, MIT X Consortium
Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade, The XFree86 Project
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