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NAME
textedit - XView window- and mouse-based text editor
SYNOPSIS
textedit [ generic-tool-arguments ] [ -Ea on | off ] [ -adjust_is_pending_delete ] [ -Ei
on | off ] [ -auto_indent ] [ -Eo on | off ] [ -okay_to_overwrite ] [ -Er on | off ] [
-read_only ] [ -Ec N ] [ -checkpoint count ] [ -EL lines ] [ -lower_context lines ] [ -Em
pixels ] [ -margin pixels ] [ -En N ] [ -number_of_lines lines ] [ -ES N ] [
-multi_click_space radius ] [ -Et N ] [ -tab_width tabstop ] [ -ET N ] [
-multi_click_timeout intrvl ] [ -Eu N ] [ -history_limit max ] [ -EU N ] [ -upper_context
lines ] filename
AVAILABILITY
This command is available with the OpenWindows environment. For information about
installing OpenWindows, refer to the OpenWindows Installation and Start-Up Guide.
DESCRIPTION
textedit is a window-based XView application that provides both mouse and pointer
operations and keyboard accelerators for the editing of text. In general, text editing
throughout the OpenWindows user environment uses textedit conventions, both in text
display areas such as mail message windows and command panel text fields.
textedit operates via a set of command panel buttons and text fields and a set of menus
and submenus accessible from the main editing window.
OPTIONS
generic-tool-arguments
textedit accepts the XView generic tool arguments described in the XView Reference
Manual.
-Ea on|off
-adjust_is_pending_delete
Choose whether or not an adjustment to a selection makes the selection “pending-
delete.” The default is off. This option corresponds to, and overrides, the
adjust_is_pending_delete Text defaults entry.
-Ei on|off
-auto_indent
Choose whether or not to automatically indent newly-opened lines. The default is
off. Corresponds to the auto_indent Text default.
-Eo on|off
-okay_to_overwrite
Set behavior to the Store as New File menu item. If on a Store as New File to the
current file is treated as a Save Current File. If off (the standard default),
Store as New File operations using the current filename results in an error
message. Corresponds to Store_self_is_save.
-Er on|off
-read_only
Turn read-only mode on or off. When on, text cannot be modified.
-Ec N
-checkpoint count
Checkpoint after every count editing operation. If count is 0 (the standard
default), no checkpointing takes place. Each character typed, each Paste, and each
Cut counts as an editing operation. Corresponds to checkpoint_frequency.
-EL lines
-lower_contextlines
Specify the minimum number of lines to keep between the caret and the bottom of the
text subwindow. The default is 2. Corresponds to lower_context.
-Em pixels
-margin pixels
Set the scrollbar margin width in pixels. The default is 4. Corresponds to
left_margin.
-En N
-number_of_lines lines
Set the number of lines in the bottom subwindow. The default is 45.
-ES N
-multi_click_space radius
Set the radius in pixels, within which clicks must occur to be treated as a multi-
click selection. The default is 3 pixels. Corresponds to multi_click_space.
-Et N
-tab_width tabstop
Set the number of SPACE characters displayed per TAB stop. The default is 8. This
option has no effect on the characters in the file. Corresponds to tab_width.
-ET N
-multi_click_timeout intrvl
Set the interval, in milliseconds, within which any two clicks must occur to be
treated as a multi-click selection. The default is 390 milliseconds. Corresponds
to multi_click_timeout.
-Eu N
-history_limit max
Set the maximum number of editing operations that can be undone or replayed. The
default is 50. Corresponds to history_limit.
-EU N
-upper_context lines
Set the minimum number of lines to keep between the caret and the top of the text
subwindow. The default is 2. Corresponds to upper_context.
USAGE
textedit is part of the OpenWindows user environment. For a descriptions of the basic
concepts of OpenWindows, see the OpenWindows User's Guide.
Signal Processing
If textedit hangs, for whatever reason, you can send a SIGHUP....s0 signal to its process
ID, which forces it to write any changes (if possible):
kill -HUP pid
The edits are written to the file textedit.pid in its working directory. If that fails,
textedit successively tries to write to a file by that name in /var/tmp, and then /tmp.
In addition, whenever textedit catches a fatal signal, such as SIGILL, it tries to write
out the edits before aborting.
Defaults Options
You can specify a number of defaults using the .Xdefaults file that affect the behavior of
the text-based facilities. See xview(1) for more detailed information.
Selections
Selections in textedit are defined as selected portions of text to which editing
operations can be applied. For example, a selection can be deleted, moved, copied, etc.
textedit provides two types of selections: primary and secondary. Primary selections
allow you to select a set of text on which to perform an editing function. Secondary
selections allow you to define a second block of text without undefining your primary text
selection or repositioning your cursor. Being able to define two sets of text at once
allows you to take advantage of the advanced editing functions described below in the
section called Function Keys.
Using a Mouse and Pointer:
Single characters can be selected using the SELECT.
Blocks of text can be selected by selecting a starting point with the SELECT and
selecting an ending point with ADJUST.
Or blocks of text can be selected using OPEN LOOK's wipe through feature by
pointing at a beginning character and depressing the select button while moving
the pointer to the end of a block of text.
Selections can also be made by sing clicking (rapidly pressing) the select
button. Click once to select a single letter; click twice to select a word;
click three times to select a complete line of text; click four times to select
the entire document being edited.
Visual Feedback
All primary selections are indicated visually by inverse video of the text
selected and are pending delete. Pending delete selections are replaced if you
type or paste while the text is selected.
Secondary selections that are not pending delete are indicated by underlining of
the text.
Secondary selections pending delete are indicated by underlining of the text and
strike through of the individual characters.
Secondary Selections
Secondary selections are made using any of the selection methods described above in
addition to holding down one of the four function keys corresponding to the
commands Cut, Find, Paste, or Copy.
Secondary selections are made pending delete by holding the CTRL key when making
the secondary selection. If a secondary selection is pending-delete, it is deleted
when the function key is released, except in the case of the Find, which deselects
the secondary selection.
You can make adjusted selections switch to pending-delete using the
adjust_is_pending_delete defaults entry, or the -Ea option. In this case, CTRL-
Middle makes the selection not pending-delete.
Commands that operate on the primary selection do so even if the primary selection
is not in the window that issued the command.
Inserting Text and Command Characters
For the most part, typing any of the standard keys either inserts the corresponding
character at the insertion point, or erases characters. However, certain key combinations
are treated as commands. Some of the most useful are:
Command Character Description
Cut-Primary META-X Erases, and moves to the Clipboard, the primary selection.
Find-Primary META-F Searches the text for the pattern specified by the primary
selection or by the Clipboard, if there is no primary selection.
Copy-to-Clipboard META-C Copies the primary selection to the Clipboard.
Paste-Clipboard META-V Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
Copy-then-Paste META-P Copies the primary selection to the insertion point (through
the Clipboard).
Go-to-EOF CTRL-RETURN Moves the insertion point to the end of the text, positioning
the text so that the insertion point is visible.
Function Keys
The commands indicated by use of the function keys are:
Command Sun-2|3 Key Description
Stop L1 Aborts the current command.
Again L2 Repeats the previous editing sequence since a
primary selection was made.
Undo L4 Undoes a prior editing sequence.
Front L5 Makes the window completely visible (or
hides it, if it is already exposed).
Copy L6 Copies the primary selection, either to the
Clipboard or at the closest end of the secondary
selection.
Open L7 Makes the window iconic (or normal, if it is already
iconic).
Paste L8 Copies either the secondary selection or the Clipboard at
the insertion point.
Find L9 Searches for the pattern specified by, in order, the
secondary selection, the primary selection, or the Clipboard.
Cut L10 Erases, and moves to the Clipboard, either the primary or
the secondary selection.
Help F1 Produces help text.
Find usually searches the text forwards, towards the end. Holding down the SHIFT key
while invoking Find searches backward through the text, towards the beginning. If the
pattern is not found before the search encounters either extreme, it “wraps around” and
continues from the other extreme. Find starts the search at the appropriate end of the
primary selection, if the primary selection is in the subwindow that the search is made
in; otherwise it starts at the insertion point, unless the subwindow cannot be edited, in
which case it starts at the beginning of the text.
CTRL-Find invokes the Find and Replace pop-up frame.
Menu Items
File A pull-right menu item for file operations.
Edit A pull-right menu item equivalent of the editing function keys. The Edit
submenu provides Again, Undo, Copy, Paste, and Cut (same as function keys L2,
L4, L6, L8, and L10).
Display A pull-right menu item for controlling the way text is displayed and line
display format.
Find A pull-right menu item for find and delimiter matching operations.
Extras A user definable pull-right menu item. The Extras standard submenu is
controlled by /usr/lib/.text_extras_menu, which has the same format as .rootmenu
file. This can be overridden in two ways:
1) Change the value of the .Xdefaults parameter text.extrasMenuFilename to
the correct file path.
2) Set the environment variable EXTRASMENU to the file desired.
Note that option 1 overrides option 2 if both are used.
For more information see the DeskSet Environment Reference Guide . See
also xview(1).
Only those items that are active appear as normal text in the menu; inactive items (which
are inappropriate at the time) are “grayed out”.
User Defined Commands
The file /usr/lib/text_extras_menu specifies filter programs that are included in the text
subwindow Extras pull-right menu item. The file ~/.textswrc specifies filter programs
that are assigned to (available) function keys. These filters are applied to the contents
of the primary selection. Their output is entered at the caret.
The file /usr/lib/textswrc is a sample containing a set of useful filters. It is not read
automatically.
FILES
~/.textswrc Specifies bindings of filters to function keys
/usr/lib/text_extras_menu
Specifies bindings of filters for the extras menu pull-right
items
/usr/bin Contains useful filters, including shift_lines and capitalize.
filename% Prior version of filename is available here after a Save Current
File menu operation
textedit.pid Edited version of filename; generated in response to fatal
internal errors
/tmp/Text* Editing session logs
SEE ALSO
kill(1)
Introduction to the OpenWindows User Environment
DIAGNOSTICS
Cannot open file 'filename', aborting!
filename does not exist or cannot be read.
textedit produces the following exit status codes:
0 normal termination
1 standard OpenWindows help message was printed
2 help message was requested and printed
3 abnormal termination in response to a signal, usually due to an internal
error
4 abnormal termination during initialization, usually due to a missing file or
running out of swap space
BUGS
Multi-click to change the current selection does not work for Adjust Selection.
Handling of long lines is incorrect in certain scrolling situations.
There is no way to replay any editing sequence except the most recent.
11 June 1990 TEXTEDIT(1)