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- MicroEMACS 3.6 Help screens (04/18/86)
-
- M- means to use the <ESC> key prior to using another key
- ^A means to use the control key at the same time as the A key
-
- ^V or [Pg Dn] Scroll down M-< or [HOME] Begining of file
- ^Z or [Pg Up] Scroll up M-> or [END] End of file
-
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- (1) MOVING THE CURSOR
-
- ^F Forward character M-F Forward word Keypad arrows
- ^B Backward character M-B Backward word are active!
- ^A Front of line
- ^E End of line
- ^N Next line M-N Front of paragraph
- ^P Previous line M-P End of paragraph
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- (2) SEARCHING
-
- ^S Search forward from cursor position. Type in a string to be searched
- for at the prompt and end it with ESC. Either case matches either
- unless EXECT mode is set for the current buffer
- ^R As above, but Reverse search from cursor position.
- <ALT> S Search for the next occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)
- <ALT> R Search for the last occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)
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- (3) REPLACING
-
- M-R Replace all instances of first typed-in string with second
- typed-in string. End each string with ESC.
- M-^R Replace with query. Answer with:
- ^G cancel . exit to entry point
- ! replace the rest Y replace & continue
- ? Get a list of options N no replacement & continue
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- (4) CAPITALIZING & TRANSPOSING
-
- M-U UPPERCASE word
- M-C Capitalize word ^T Transpose characters
- M-L lowercase word
- ^X^L lowercase region
- ^X^U uppercase region
- ^Q Quote next entry, so that control codes may be entered into text
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- (5) REGIONS & THE KILL BUFFER
-
- M-<spacebar> set MARK at current position
- ^X^X eXchange mark and cursor
-
- A REGION will then be continuously-defined as the area between the mark and
- the current cursor position. The KILL BUFFER is the text which has been
- most recently saved or deleted.
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- (6) DELETING & INSERTING
-
- <-- Delete previous character M-<-- Delete previous word
- ^D Delete next character M-D Delete next word
- ^K Close (delete) to end of line <INSERT> Insert a space (IBM-PC only)
- ^O Open (insert) line <DELETE> Delete next char ( " )
- ^W Delete region between mark (set using M-<spacebar>) and cursor
- M-W Copy region to kill buffer
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- (7) COPYING AND MOVING
-
- ^W Delete (Wipe) region M-W copy region to KILL buffer
- ^Y Yankback save buffer at cursor
- Generally, the procedure for copying or moving text is:
- 1) Mark a REGION using M-<spacebar> at beginning and cursor at end.
- 2) Delete it (with ^W) or copy it (with M-W) into the KILL buffer.
- 3) Move the cursor to the desired location and yank it back (with ^Y).
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- (8) MODES OF OPERATION
- ^X M Add Mode ^X ^M Delete Mode
- OVER Replaces (overwrites) rather than inserts characters
- WRAP Turns on word wrap (automatic carraige return).
- VIEW Allows viewing file without insertion and deletion.
- EXACT All searches done with exact case matching
- CMODE Automatic indenting for C program entry
- (automatically set on any files ending with .C or .H)
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- (9) ON-SCREEN FORMATTING
-
- ^X F Set fill column
- Mn-<tab> Set tab spacing to n charecters between tabs stops
- M-Q Format paragraph so that text lies between margins
- ^X = Position report -- displays line number, char count, size
-
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- (10) MULTIPLE WINDOWS
-
- Many WINDOWS may be active at once on the screen. All windows may show
- different parts of the same buffer, or each may display a different one.
-
- ^X 2 Split the current window in two ^X 1 remove all but current window
- ^X O cursor to next window ^X ^ Enlarge current window
- M-^V scroll down, other window M-^Z scroll up, other window
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- (11) MULTIPLE BUFFERS
- A BUFFER is a named area containing a document being edited. Many buffers
- may be activated at once.
- ^X B Switch to another buffer. <CR> = use just-previous buffer
- ^X ^B Type buffer directory in a window
- ^X ^F Find file; read into a new buffer created from filename.
- ^X K Delete a non-displayed buffer.
- ^X X Switch to next buffer in buffer list
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- (12) READING FROM DISK
-
- ^X^F Find file; read into a new buffer created from filename.
- (This is the usual way to begin editing a new file.)
- ^X^R Read file into current buffer, erasing its previous contents.
- No new buffer will be created.
- ^X^I Insert file into current buffer at cursor's location.
- ^X^V Find a file to make current in VIEW mode
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- (13) SAVING TO DISK
-
- ^X^S Save current buffer to disk, using the buffer's filename
- as the name of the disk file. Any disk file of that name
- will be overwritten.
- ^X^W Write current buffer to disk. Type in a new filename at the
- prompt to write to; it will become the current buffer's filename.
- M-Z Write out all changed buffers and exit MicroEMACS
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- (14) ACCESSING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
-
- ^X! Send one command to the operating system and return
- ^XC Start a new command processer under MicroEMACS
- ^XD Suspend MicroEMACS into the background (UNIX BSD4.2 only)
- ^X^C Exit MicroEMACS
- M-Z Write out all changed buffers and then Exit MicroEMACS
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- (15) SPECIAL KEYS AND KEY BINDINGS
-
- ^G Cancel current command and return to top level of processing.
- ^U or Universal repeat. May be followed by an integer (default = 4)
- M-<digit> and repeats the next command that many times.
- M-X Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command
- M-K Bind a key to a named command
- Describe-Bindings
- List the current key bindings in a buffer
-