NAME

       lpe - Lightweight programmer's editor

SYNOPSIS

       lpe [ --help | --version ]
       lpe [--mode <mode>] [ -- ] file

DESCRIPTION

       Lpe  is  a  small,  fast,  visual  text  editor  designed  to  make  editing  code  easier.   It provides
       simultaneously all the features that may be required in a good code editor while preserving a  light  and
       intuitive feel that makes it nice to use.

   Options
       --help Prints a brief description of program usage and terminates.  This must be the first option to lpe,
              and all other options are ignored.

       --version
              Prints a message indication the program version and terminates.  This must be the first option  to
              lpe, and all other options are ignored.

       --mode Sets  the  buffer  mode  to  the one specified, instead of scanning for a suitable mode from those
              available.

       --     Treat future arguments as file names, not options.  This allows lpe  to  be  used  to  edit  files
              starting with the - character.

NOTES

       What  follows  are  the  control key functions for lpe.  Arrow keys, home, end, backspace, delete and the
       like all do as they would be expected to do.  Some control keys are bound to the same  function  as  some
       standard  movement  keys,  such as home or page down.  This is because the more intuitive keys may not be
       available on some systems.

   Command Keys
       Ctrl-Q Move cursor to beginning of line (alternative to Home)

       Ctrl-W Move cursor to end of line (alternative to End)

       Ctrl-R Scroll one screen up (alternative to PgUp)

       Ctrl-T Scroll one screen down (alternative to PgDn)

       Ctrl-O Move to the next word

       Ctrl-P Move to the previous word

       Ctrl-K Kill the current line

       Ctrl-Y or Ctrl-U
              Insert the most recent block of killed lines

       Ctrl-S Search for a specified string in the file

       Ctrl-A Search again for the last search query

       Ctrl-F Ctrl-O
              Open a new file to replace the current buffer

       Ctrl-F Ctrl-S
              Save the buffer to disk

       Ctrl-F Ctrl-A
              Save to disk with an alternate file name

       Ctrl-F Ctrl-R
              Read a file and insert it at the current cursor position

       Ctrl-F Ctrl-E
              Pretend that a buffer hasn't been modified

       Ctrl-B Ctrl-S
              Set the mode of the current buffer

       Ctrl-B Ctrl-T
              Toggle between hard and soft tabs for this buffer

       Ctrl-B Ctrl-A
              Toggle automatic indentation of this buffer

       Ctrl-G Ctrl-A
              Go to the first line of the buffer

       Ctrl-G Ctrl-S
              Go to the last line of the buffer

       Ctrl-G Ctrl-G
              Go to a specific line number of the buffer

       Ctrl-N Ctrl-R
              Enter a value for the command repeater

       Ctrl-N Ctrl-T
              Multiply the command repeater value by four

       Ctrl-N Ctrl-O
              Start or stop recording a macro

       Ctrl-N Ctrl-P
              Play back the last recorded macro

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-V
              Pass the entire buffer through a shell command

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-A
              Pass the entire buffer through an awk script

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-S
              Pass the entire buffer through a sed script

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-B
              Pass several lines of the buffer through a shell command

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-D
              Pass several lines of the buffer through an awk script

       Ctrl-V Ctrl-F
              Pass several lines of the buffer through a sed script

       Ctrl-D Perform an internal debug command

       Ctrl-X Write the buffer to disk and exit

       <interrupt>
              Exit without writing to disk

       Ctrl-Z Suspend the editor and escape to a prompt

       Ctrl-L Erase and redraw the entire screen

              <interrupt> refers to your terminal's interrupt key.  This is often Ctrl-C, but can  vary  between
              terminals.   Ctrl-Z,  on  the  other  hand,  is  fixed, regardless of the normal stop key for your
              terminal.

MODULES

       Although lpe is meant to be small, it has the capability of performing more advanced  actions  through  a
       feature  known  as  buffer modes.  Buffer modes allow lpe to act differently according to the programming
       language in the current buffer.  They are implemented through language modules, which are loaded at  run-
       time by lpe to handle buffers that they apply to.

       All language modules should be placed in a module repository directory.  These directories are set by the
       LPE_MODULE_PATH environment variable, which should be a colon-separated list of directories  (similar  to
       PATH).   If  this variable is not set, then lpe scans for modules in the following locations, and in this
       order:

       $HOME/.lpe /usr/local/lib/lpe /usr/lib/lpe /etc/lpe

       Note that the /etc/lpe directory is old, obsolete, and non-standard.  It  should  not  be  used  to  hold
       modules.  As modules are binary files and are specific to the architecture that uses them, they should be
       properly placed in the lib directories listed above.

       These locations are scanned at run-time, and any regular files  in  them  are  interpreted  as  potential
       language  modules  for  use  by  lpe.  Subdirectories will not be scanned.  A buffer will be assigned the
       first mode found that applies to that file, so for example  a  mode  in  a  user's  home  directory  will
       override one in the system-wide lib directory.

SEE ALSO

       emacs(1), pico(1)

AUTHOR

       Chris Smith, cd_smith@ou.edu

BUGS

       Lots  of  'em -- see the BUGS file in the distribution for a partial list.  I am not planning on updating
       this man page often enough to keep up with the bug list, so I won't even try to list bugs here.

                                                12 December 1998                                          LPE(1)