NAME

       NEdit - Text Editor

SYNOPSYS

       nedit [-read] [-create] [-line n | +n] [-server]
             [-do command] [-tags file] [-tabs n]
             [-wrap] [-nowrap] [-autowrap]
             [-autoindent] [-noautoindent]
             [-autosave] [-noautosave]
             [-lm languagemode] [-rows n] [-columns n]
             [-font font]
             [-geometry|-g geometry] [-iconic] [-noiconic]
             [-display [host]:server[.screen]]
             [-xrm resourcestring]
             [-svrname name] [-import file]
             [-background|-bg color] [-foreground|-fg color]
             [-tabbed] [-untabbed] [-group]
             [-V|-version] [-h|-help] [--] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       NEdit is a standard GUI (Graphical User Interface) style text editor for programs and plain-text files.
       It provides mouse based editing and a streamlined editing style, based on popular Macintosh and MS
       Windows editors, for users of X workstations and X terminals.

OPTIONS

       -read
           Open the file read-only regardless of the actual file protection.

       -create
           Don't warn about file creation when a file doesn't exist.

       -line n, +n
           Go to line number n.

       -server
           Designate this session as an NEdit server, for processing commands from the nc(1) program. nc(1) can
           be used to interface NEdit to code development environments, mailers, etc., or just as a quick way to
           open files from the shell command line without starting a new NEdit session.

       -do command
           Execute an NEdit macro or action on the file following the -do argument on the command line. -do is
           particularly useful from the nc(1) program, where `nc -do' can remotely execute commands in an nedit
           -server session.

       -tags file
           Load a file of directions for finding definitions of program subroutines and data objects. The file
           must be of the format generated by Exuberant Ctags, or the standard Unix ctags(1) command.

       -tabs n
           Set tab stops every n characters.

       -wrap, -nowrap
           Wrap long lines at the right edge of the window rather than continuing them past it. (Continuous Wrap
           mode)

       -autowrap, -noautowrap
           Wrap long lines when the cursor reaches the right edge of the window by inserting newlines at word
           boundaries. (Auto Newline Wrap mode)

       -autoindent, -noautoindent
           Maintain a running indent.

       -autosave, -noautosave
           Maintain a backup copy of the file being edited under the name ~filename (on Unix) or _filename (on
           VMS).

       -lm languagemode
           Initial language mode used for editing succeeding files.

       -rows n
           Default height in characters for an editing window.

       -columns n
           Default width in characters for an editing window.

       -font font, -fn font
           Font for text being edited. Font for menus and dialogs can be set with -xrm "*fontList:font".

       -geometry geometry, -g geometry
           The initial size and/or location of editor windows. The argument geometry has the form:

             [<width>x<height>][+|-][<xoffset>[+|-]<yoffset>]

           where C`<width>' and "<height>" are the desired width and height of the window, and <xoffset> and
           C`<yoffset>' are the distance from the edge of the screen to the window, + for top or left, - for
           bottom or right. -geometry can be specified for individual files on the command line.

       -iconic, -noiconic
           Initial window state for succeeding files.

       -display [host]:server[.screen]
           The name of the X server to use. host specifies the machine, server specifies the display server
           number, and screen specifies the screen number.  host or screen can be omitted and default to the
           local machine, and screen 0.

       -background color, -bg color
           Background color. The background color for text can be set separately with -xrm
           "nedit*text.background: color".

       -foreground color, -fg color
           Foreground color. The foreground color for text can be set separately with -xrm
           "nedit*text.foreground: color".

       -xrm resourcestring
           Set the value of an X resource to override a default value.

       -svrname name
           When starting nedit in server mode, name the server, such that it responds to requests only when
           nc(1) is given a corresponding -svrname argument. By naming servers, you can run several
           simultaneously, and direct files and commands specifically to any one. Specifying a non-empty name
           automatically designates this session as an NEdit server, as though -server were specified.

       -import file
           Loads an additional preferences file on top of the existing defaults saved in your nedit.rc file.  To
           incorporate macros, language modes, and highlight patterns and styles written by other users, run
           nedit with -import <file>, then re-save your nedit.rc file with Preferences->Save Defaults.

       -tabbed
           Open all subsequent files in new tabs. Resets -group option.

       -untabbed
           Open all subsequent files in new windows. Resets -group option.

       -group
           Open all subsequent files as tabs in a new window.

       -V, -version
           Prints version and build information, to be mentioned when reporting bugs and problems.

       -h, -help
           Prints the command line help and then exits.

       --  Treats all subsequent arguments as file names, even if they start with a dash.  This is so NEdit can
           access files that begin with the dash character.

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY
           NEdit requires an X-based workstation or X-Terminal. If you have used  telnet or rlogin to access the
           host Unix system, set the Unix environment variable for your display:

           csh-type shells:

              % setenv DISPLAY devicename:0

           sh-type shells:

              % DISPLAY=devicename:0 && export DISPLAY

       NEDIT_HOME
           This environment variable can be set to the name of a directory. This directory will then be used
           instead of `$HOME/.nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's special files (see section FILES, below).

           This variable is new to NEdit 5.4.

FILES

       From version 5.4 on, NEdit creates a directory in which NEdit's special files reside. This directory is
       named '.nedit' by default.

       nedit.rc
           This is an X resource file which contains most user settings for NEdit. It is read at startup and
           written by selecting the item 'Save Defaults...' in the Preferences menu. Do not edit this file by
           hand, all settings can be reached via the 'Default Settings' menu.

       nedit.history
           The list of recently opened files. Do not edit this file by hand.

       autoload.nm
           A file that can contain a number of NEdit Macro Language statements and subroutine definitions. The
           statements will be executed when an NEdit server starts, the subroutines will be loaded for later
           reference.  This file will not be created or modified by NEdit (unless you load it and edit it of
           course).

       Note that NEdit still supports the older names for these files, which were used by version 5.3 and below.
       These file names are `$HOME/.nedit', `$HOME/.neditdb' and `$HOME/.neditmacro', respectively. The old
       naming scheme will be used if NEdit detects that `$HOME/.nedit' is a regular file and NEDIT_HOME isn't
       set.

       See also the entry for NEDIT_HOME under ENVIRONMENT, above.

NOTES

       For more information see NEdit's online help, or nedit.doc in the NEdit distribution kit.

       NEdit sources, executables, additional documentation, and contributed software are available from the
       NEdit web site at http://nedit.org.

SEE ALSO

       nc(1), X(1), mwm(1), ctags(1), etags(1)

AUTHORS

       NEdit was written by Mark Edel, Joy Kyriakopulos, Christopher Conrad, Jim Clark, Arnulfo Zepeda-Navratil,
       Suresh Ravoor, Tony Balinski, Max Vohlken, Yunliang Yu, Donna Reid, Arne Forlie, Eddy De Greef, Steve
       LoBasso, Alexander Mai, Scott Tringali, Thorsten Haude, Steve Haehn, Andrew Hood, Nathaniel Gray, and TK
       Soh.

       The regular expression matching routines used in NEdit are adapted (with permission) from original code
       written by Henry Spencer at the University of Toronto.

       Syntax highlighting patterns and smart indent macros were contributed by: Simon T. MacDonald,  Maurice
       Leysens, Matt Majka, Alfred Smeenk, Alain Fargues, Christopher Conrad, Scott Markinson, Konrad Bernloehr,
       Ivan Herman, Patrice Venant, Christian Denat, Philippe Couton, Max Vohlken, Markus Schwarzenberg,
       Himanshu Gohel, Steven C. Kapp, Michael Turomsha, John Fieber, Chris Ross, Nathaniel Gray, Joachim Lous,
       Mike Duigou, Seak Teng-Fong, Joor Loohuis, Mark Jones, and Niek van den Berg.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.

       In addition, as a special exception to the GNU GPL, the copyright holders give permission to link the
       code of this program with the Motif and Open Motif libraries (or with modified versions of these that use
       the same license), and distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU General
       Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than linking with Motif/Open Motif. If you
       modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to
       do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
       License in the Help section "Distribution Policy" for more details.

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