  XEDIT  Release 5 X Version 11 
  NAME - xedit   simple text editor for X

  SYNTAX
     xedit [ toolkitoption . . . ] [ filename]

  DESCRIPTION

 Xedit provides a window consisting of the following four areas:

  Commands Section 
        A set of commands that allow you to exit  xedit , save the file, or
        load a new file into the edit window.
  Message Window 
        Displays  xedit  messages. In addition, this window can be used as
        a scratch pad. 
  Filename Display 
        Displays the name of the file currently being edited, and whether this file
        is  Read-Write  or  Read Only .
  Edit Window 
        Displays the text of the file that you are editing or creating.  

  OPTIONS

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

  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 Paragraph
Ctrl-f	Forward Character	Meta-q	Form Paragraph
Ctrl-g	Multiply 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	Multiply by 4	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
 
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
  Quit 
        Quits the current editing session. If any changes have not been saved,
        displays a warning message, allowing the user to save the file.
  Save 
        If file backups are enabled (see RESOURCES, below)  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.  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:
  
 enableBackups  (Class EnableBackups)
    Specifies that, when edits made to an existing file are saved,
    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.
  
 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 ``.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
 
  
 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.

 FILES
  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xedit specifies required resources
  
 SEE ALSO 
  xrdb, Athena Widget Set 

  RESTRICTIONS
There is no  undo  function.

  COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1988, Digital Equipment Corporation.
Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

  AUTHOR
    Chris D. Peterson, MIT X Consortium
