XedPlus

This text editor is based on Xed 1.3 by Randolf Werner. It is part of Siag Office.

MENUS:

File:
- Open Load a textfile
- Insert Insert a textfile at current cursor position
- Save Save actual textfile
- Save as Save actual textfile with different name
- Save Selection Save actual selected text
- Print Print actual textfile
- Print Selection Print actual selected text
- Exit Exit xed
Edit:
- Cut Cut current selection in Cut_Buffer0
- Paste Paste Cut_Buffer0 at current cursor position
- Shift Selection right Indent current selection 1 Tab
- Shift Selection left UnIndent current selection 1 Tab
Jump:
- Line Goto linenumber
- Begin Goto textbeginning
- End Goto textending
- Selection Start Goto startposition of current selection
- Selection End Goto endposition of current selection
Search:
- Find bracket Select a textblock containing currently selected bracket an coresponding bracket. (Valid brackets are {,},[,],(,),/*,*/)
- Check brackets Check hierachy of brackets
Special:
- Options Set Wrapmode, Tabsize, Autoindent and Autofill
- Call sed Execute an sed command
- Help Show this page
- About Info about xed
Commands:
- Command Execute a Unix command
- User Commands Execute a predefined Unix command
Pipe:
- Pipe Execute a Unix pipe command
- User Pipes Execute a predefined Unix pipe command

SELECTIONS:

Standard Textwidget selection style is used:

Click left button 1 times : Set cursor position
Click left button 2 times : Select word
Click left button 3 times : Select line
Click left button 4 times : Select paragraph
Click left button 5 times : Select all
Press left button and drag pointer : Select area
Click right button : Expand current selection
Click middle button : Insert Cut_Buffer0 at current cursor position

KEYBOARD:

Standard Textwidget key bindings are used. These are patterned after those in the EMACS text editor:

Ctrl-a Beginning Of Line
Ctrl-b Backward Character
Ctrl-d Delete Next Character
Ctrl-e End Of Line
Ctrl-f Forward Character
Ctrl-g Multiply Reset
Ctrl-h Delete Previous Character
Ctrl-j Newline And Indent
Ctrl-k Kill To End Of Line
Ctrl-l Redraw Display
Ctrl-m Newline
Ctrl-n Next Line
Ctrl-o Newline And Backup
Ctrl-p Previous Line
Ctrl-r Search/Replace Backward
Ctrl-s Search/Replace Forward
Ctrl-t Transpose Characters
Ctrl-u Multiply by 4
Ctrl-v Next Page
Ctrl-w Kill Selection
Ctrl-y Unkill
Ctrl-z Scroll One Line Up
Meta-b Backward Word
Meta-f Forward Word
Meta-i InsertFile
Meta-k Kill To End Of Paragraph
Meta-q Form Paragraph
Meta-v Previous Page
Meta-y Insert Current Selection
Meta-z Scroll One Line Down
Meta-d Delete Next Word
Meta-D Kill Word
Meta-h Delete Previous Word
Meta-H Backward Kill Word
Meta-< Beginning Of File
Meta-> End Of File
Meta-] Forward Paragraph
Meta-[ Backward Paragraph
Meta-Delete Delete Previous Word
Meta-Shift Delete Kill Previous Word
Meta-Backspace Delete Previous Word
Meta-Shift Backspace Kill Previous Word

In addition some special keybindings are used:

Shift Cursor up : Page up
Shift Cursor down : Page down
Shift Cursor left : Previous word
Shift Cursor right : Next word
Ctrl Cursor up : Textbeginning
Ctrl Cursor down : Textending
Ctrl Cursor left : Begin of line
Ctrl Cursor right : End of line

There are some default keybindings for calling menus, which overwrite some of the above defaults in the textwindow. These may be changed by changing Resources in your "~/.Xdefaults":

Meta-o : Open file
Meta-i : Insert file
Meta-s : Save file
Meta-e : Exit
Meta-f : Find Panel
Meta-l : Goto line
Meta-m : Toggle between Insert and Overwrite mode

Esc erases the text in a popup text field like Line, Search, Sed, ...

USER COMMANDS AND PIPES

UNIX commands can be execute using a user pipe or command. If there is some output of a user command it is displayed in another xed. Results of a pipe command replace the current text selection. Before a command is executed, the current selection and the current text are saved in temporary files. The following variables are set and may be used in a command:

   
    $selection: Filename of the temporary file containing the current selection
    $tempfile : Filename of the temporary saved text file
    $filename : Filename of the edited file
    $stripped : Stripped Filename (without postfix and path) of the edited file

The user may specify his own commands by specifying RESOURCES:

   
	XedPlus*commands
	XedPlus*pipes

Each command has the format "<Menu entry><Tab><Command string>". Here are some short examples. These examples are setup in the default resource file. You may change them for your own purpose in your ".Xdefaults" file:

	XedPlus*commands: LatexPS	latex $stripped; dvips $stripped.dvi -o $stripped.ps; ghostview $stripped.ps &\n\
	LatexDVI	latex $stripped; xdvi $stripped.dvi &\n\
	Make	make\n\
	CC	cc $stripped.c -o $stripped\n\
	NewXed	1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null xed &\n\
	Manual	mantitle=`head $selection`;man $mantitle | sed "s/.//g"
	XedPlus*pipes: Date	date

KEYBINDINGS FOR CALLING MENUS You may define keybings for calling menus by changing the XedPlus.insertranslations and XedPlus.overwritetranslations resources. For calling a menu entry you can use the Action "xedCallMenu". In oder to call a specific menu entry, you have to know the widget name of the menu entry. A complete list of the widget names can be found in the default resourse file (see below). For example the default keybinding for calling the menus are setup in the default resource file in the following manner:

	Meta<Key>i: xedCallMenu(filemenu.insert) \n \
	Meta<Key>o: xedCallMenu(filemenu.load) \n \
	Meta<Key>s: xedCallMenu(filemenu.save) \n \
	Meta<Key>e: xedCallMenu(filemenu.quit) \n \
	Meta<Key>l: xedCallMenu(jumpmenu.line) \n \
	Meta<Key>f: xedCallMenu(searchmenu.search) \n \

If you like to see the hotkey for calling a menu entry in the menu entry name, you can define you own menu entry names. This is the default setting in the default resource file:

   
   	XedPlus.filemenu.load.label:	Open          o
	XedPlus.filemenu.insert.label:	Insert        i
	XedPlus.filemenu.save.label:	Save          s
	XedPlus.filemenu.quit.label:	Exit          e
	XedPlus.jumpmenu.line.label:	Line          l
	XedPlus.searchmenu.search.label:	Search          f

The widget name of a user command or pipe is defined by the menu entry name. For example the widget names of the above examples for user commands and pipes are:

   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.LatexPS
   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.LatexDVI
   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.Make
   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.CC
   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.NewXed
   	XedPlus.commandsmenu.Manual
   	XedPlus.pipesmenu.Date

So these menu entries may be bind to some hotkeys by calling:

   
   	xedCallMenu(commandsmenu.LatexPS)
   	...
   	xedCallMenu(pipesmenu.Date)

Be carefull when choosing the name of a menu entry for user commands or pipes. You may run into troubles if you use special characters or the same name for different menu entries.

RESOURCES:

    XedPlus.EnableBackups	      : Make backupfile before saving (Boolean)
    XedPlus.BackupNameSuffix      : Suffix for backupfilename (String)
    XedPlus.PrintCommand	      : Command for printing file (String) 
    XedPlus.AutoIndent            : AutoIndent (Boolean)
    XedPlus.Tabsize               : Tabsize (Int)
    XedPlus*editWindow.autoFill   : Autofill (Boolean)
    XedPlus*editWindow.wrap       : Wrapmode (String) (never, word, line)
    XedPlus.textwidth             : Width of the textwindow in number of characters (Int)
    XedPlus.textheight	      : Height of the textwindow in number of characters (Int)
    XedPlus.MaxScrollbreak        : Specifies how many cursor events with the
                                same serial number will be ignored (Int)
    XedPlus.commands	      : User command strings (String)
    XedPlus.pipes		      : Users pipe strings (String)
    XedPlus.insertranslations     : Keybindings in Insert mode
    XedPlus.overwritetranslations : Keybindings in Overwrite mode

The default resource file is not installed, but compiled into the executable file. Global resource files are evil. You may copy it into your "~/.Xdefaults" and modify it for your own purpose.

Ulric Eriksson - April 1999 - ulric@siag.nu