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- .SH
- Appendix: character functions
- .PP
- This appendix gives the uses the editor makes of each character. The
- characters are presented in their order in the \s-2ASCII\s0 character
- set: Control characters come first, then most special characters, then
- the digits, upper and then lower case characters.
- .PP
- For each character we tell a meaning it has as a command and any meaning it
- has during an insert.
- If it has only meaning as a command, then only this is discussed.
- Section numbers in parentheses indicate where the character is discussed;
- a `f' after the section number means that the character is mentioned
- in a footnote.
- .iP "^@" 15
- Not a command character.
- If typed as the first character of an insertion it is replaced with the
- last text inserted, and the insert terminates. Only 128 characters are
- saved from the last insert; if more characters were inserted the mechanism
- is not available.
- A \fB^@\fR cannot be part of the file due to the editor implementation
- (7.5f).
- .iP "^A" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^B" 15
- Backward window.
- A count specifies repetition.
- Two lines of continuity are kept if possible (2.1, 6.1, 7.2).
- .iP "^C" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^D" 15
- As a command, scrolls down a half-window of text.
- A count gives the number of (logical) lines to scroll, and is remembered
- for future \fB^D\fR and \fB^U\fR commands (2.1, 7.2).
- During an insert, backtabs over \fIautoindent\fR white space at the beginning
- of a line (6.6, 7.5); this white space cannot be backspaced over.
- .iP "^E" 15
- Exposes one more line below the current screen in the file, leaving
- the cursor where it is if possible.
- (Version 3 only.)
- .iP "^F" 15
- Forward window. A count specifies repetition.
- Two lines of continuity are kept if possible (2.1, 6.1, 7.2).
- .iP "^G" 15
- Equivalent to \fB:f\fR\s-2CR\s0, printing the current file, whether
- it has been modified, the current line number and the number of lines
- in the file, and the percentage of the way through the file that you
- are.
- .iP "^H (\fR\s-2BS\s0\fP)" 15
- Same as
- .B "left arrow" .
- (See
- .B h ).
- During an insert, eliminates the last input character, backing over it
- but not erasing it; it remains so you can see what you typed if you
- wish to type something only slightly different (3.1, 7.5).
- .iP "^I\ (\fR\s-2TAB\s0\fP)" 15
- Not a command character.
- When inserted it prints as some
- number of spaces.
- When the cursor is at a tab character it rests at the last of the spaces
- which represent the tab.
- The spacing of tabstops is controlled by the \fItabstop\fR option (4.1, 6.6).
- .iP "^J\ (\fR\s-2LF\s0\fP)" 15
- Same as
- .B "down arrow"
- (see
- .B j ).
- .iP "^K" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^L" 15
- The \s-2ASCII\s0 formfeed character, this causes the screen to be cleared
- and redrawn. This is useful after a transmission error, if characters
- typed by a program other than the editor scramble the screen,
- or after output is stopped by an interrupt (5.4, 7.2f).
- .iP "^M\ (\fR\s-2CR\s0\fP)" 15
- A carriage return advances to the next line, at the first non-white position
- in the line. Given a count, it advances that many lines (2.3).
- During an insert, a \s-2CR\s0 causes the insert to continue onto
- another line (3.1).
- .iP "^N" 15
- Same as
- .B "down arrow"
- (see
- .B j ).
- .iP "^O" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^P" 15
- Same as
- .B "up arrow"
- (see
- .B k ).
- .iP "^Q" 15
- Not a command character.
- In input mode,
- .B ^Q
- quotes the next character, the same as
- .B ^V ,
- except that some teletype drivers will eat the
- .B ^Q
- so that the editor never sees it.
- .iP "^R" 15
- Redraws the current screen, eliminating logical lines not corresponding
- to physical lines (lines with only a single @ character on them).
- On hardcopy terminals in \fIopen\fR mode, retypes the current line
- (5.4, 7.2, 7.8).
- .iP "^S" 15
- Unused. Some teletype drivers use
- .B ^S
- to suspend output until
- .B ^Q is pressed.
- .iP "^T" 15
- Not a command character.
- During an insert, with \fIautoindent\fR set and at the beginning of the
- line, inserts \fIshiftwidth\fR white space.
- .iP "^U" 15
- Scrolls the screen up, inverting \fB^D\fR which scrolls down. Counts work as
- they do for \fB^D\fR, and the previous scroll amount is common to both.
- On a dumb terminal, \fB^U\fR will often necessitate clearing and redrawing
- the screen further back in the file (2.1, 7.2).
- .iP "^V" 15
- Not a command character.
- In input mode, quotes the next character so that it is possible
- to insert non-printing and special characters into the file (4.2, 7.5).
- .iP "^W" 15
- Not a command character.
- During an insert, backs up as \fBb\fR would in command mode; the deleted
- characters remain on the display (see \fB^H\fR) (7.5).
- .iP "^X" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^Y" 15
- Exposes one more line above the current screen, leaving the cursor where
- it is if possible. (No mnemonic value for this key; however, it is next
- to \fB^U\fR which scrolls up a bunch.)
- (Version 3 only.)
- .iP "^Z" 15
- If supported by the Unix system,
- stops the editor, exiting to the top level shell.
- Same as \fB:stop\fP\s-2CR\s0.
- Otherwise, unused.
- .iP "^[\ (\fR\s-2ESC\s0\fP)" 15
- Cancels a partially formed command, such as a \fBz\fR when no following
- character has yet been given; terminates inputs on the last line (read
- by commands such as \fB: /\fR and \fB?\fR); ends insertions of new text
- into the buffer.
- If an \s-2ESC\s0 is given when quiescent in command state, the editor
- rings the bell or flashes the screen. You can thus hit \s-2ESC\s0 if
- you don't know what is happening till the editor rings the bell.
- If you don't know if you are in insert mode you can type \s-2ESC\s0\fBa\fR,
- and then material to be input; the material will be inserted correctly
- whether or not you were in insert mode when you started (1.5, 3.1, 7.5).
- .iP "^\e" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^]" 15
- Searches for the word which is after the cursor as a tag. Equivalent
- to typing \fB:ta\fR, this word, and then a \s-2CR\s0.
- Mnemonically, this command is ``go right to'' (7.3).
- .iP "^\(ua" 15
- Equivalent to \fB:e #\fR\s-2CR\s0, returning to the previous position
- in the last edited file, or editing a file which you specified if you
- got a `No write since last change diagnostic' and do not want to have
- to type the file name again (7.3).
- (You have to do a \fB:w\fR before \fB^\(ua\fR
- will work in this case. If you do not wish to write the file you should
- do \fB:e!\ #\fR\s-2CR\s0 instead.)
- .iP "^_" 15
- Unused.
- Reserved as the command character for the
- Tektronix 4025 and 4027 terminal.
- .iP "\fR\s-2SPACE\s0\fP" 15
- Same as
- .B "right arrow"
- (see
- .B l ).
- .iP "!" 15
- An operator, which processes lines from the buffer with reformatting commands.
- Follow \fB!\fR with the object to be processed, and then the command name
- terminated by \s-2CR\s0. Doubling \fB!\fR and preceding it by a count
- causes count lines to be filtered; otherwise the count
- is passed on to the object after the \fB!\fR. Thus \fB2!}\fR\fIfmt\fR\s-2CR\s0
- reformats the next two paragraphs by running them through the program
- \fIfmt\fR. If you are working on \s-2LISP\s0,
- the command \fB!%\fR\fIgrind\fR\s-2CR\s0,*
- .FS
- *Both
- .I fmt
- and
- .I grind
- are Berkeley programs and may not be present at all installations.
- .FE
- given at the beginning of a
- function, will run the text of the function through the \s-2LISP\s0 grinder
- (6.7, 7.3).
- To read a file or the output of a command into the buffer use \fB:r\fR (7.3).
- To simply execute a command use \fB:!\fR (7.3).
- .tr "
- .iP 15
- Precedes a named buffer specification. There are named buffers \fB1\-9\fR
- used for saving deleted text and named buffers \fBa\-z\fR into which you can
- place text (4.3, 6.3)
- .tr
- .iP "#" 15
- The macro character which, when followed by a number, will substitute
- for a function key on terminals without function keys (6.9).
- In input mode,
- if this is your erase character, it will delete the last character
- you typed in input mode, and must be preceded with a \fB\e\fR to insert
- it, since it normally backs over the last input character you gave.
- .iP "$" 15
- Moves to the end of the current line. If you \fB:se list\fR\s-2CR\s0,
- then the end of each line will be shown by printing a \fB$\fR after the
- end of the displayed text in the line. Given a count, advances to the
- count'th following end of line; thus \fB2$\fR advances to the end of the
- following line.
- .iP "%" 15
- Moves to the parenthesis or brace \fB{ }\fR which balances the parenthesis
- or brace at the current cursor position.
- .iP "&" 15
- A synonym for \fB:&\fR\s-2CR\s0, by analogy with the
- .I ex
- .B &
- command.
- .iP "\(aa" 15
- When followed by a \fB\(aa\fR returns to the previous context at the
- beginning of a line. The previous context is set whenever the current
- line is moved in a non-relative way.
- When followed by a letter \fBa\fR\-\fBz\fR, returns to the line which
- was marked with this letter with a \fBm\fR command, at the first non-white
- character in the line. (2.2, 5.3).
- When used with an operator such as \fBd\fR, the operation takes place
- over complete lines; if you use \fB\(ga\fR, the operation takes place
- from the exact marked place to the current cursor position within the
- line.
- .iP "(" 15
- Retreats to the beginning of a
- sentence, or to the beginning of a \s-2LISP\s0 s-expression
- if the \fIlisp\fR option is set.
- A sentence ends at a \fB. !\fR or \fB?\fR which is followed by either
- the end of a line or by two spaces. Any number of closing \fB) ] "\fR
- and \fB\(aa\fR characters may appear after the \fB. !\fR or \fB?\fR,
- and before the spaces or end of line. Sentences also begin
- at paragraph and section boundaries
- (see \fB{\fR and \fB[[\fR below).
- A count advances that many sentences (4.2, 6.8).
- .iP ")" 15
- Advances to the beginning of a sentence.
- A count repeats the effect.
- See \fB(\fR above for the definition of a sentence (4.2, 6.8).
- .iP "*" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "+" 15
- Same as \s-2CR\s0 when used as a command.
- .iP "," 15
- Reverse of the last \fBf F t\fR or \fBT\fR command, looking the other way
- in the current line. Especially useful after hitting too many \fB;\fR
- characters. A count repeats the search.
- .iP "\-" 15
- Retreats to the previous line at the first non-white character.
- This is the inverse of \fB+\fR and \s-2RETURN\s0.
- If the line moved to is not on the screen, the screen is scrolled, or
- cleared and redrawn if this is not possible.
- If a large amount of scrolling would be required the screen is also cleared
- and redrawn, with the current line at the center (2.3).
- .iP "\&." 15
- Repeats the last command which changed the buffer. Especially useful
- when deleting words or lines; you can delete some words/lines and then
- hit \fB.\fR to delete more and more words/lines.
- Given a count, it passes it on to the command being repeated. Thus after
- a \fB2dw\fR, \fB3.\fR deletes three words (3.3, 6.3, 7.2, 7.4).
- .iP "/" 15
- Reads a string from the last line on the screen, and scans forward for
- the next occurrence of this string. The normal input editing sequences may
- be used during the input on the bottom line; an returns to command state
- without ever searching.
- The search begins when you hit \s-2CR\s0 to terminate the pattern;
- the cursor moves to the beginning of the last line to indicate that the search
- is in progress; the search may then
- be terminated with a \s-2DEL\s0 or \s-2RUB\s0, or by backspacing when
- at the beginning of the bottom line, returning the cursor to
- its initial position.
- Searches normally wrap end-around to find a string
- anywhere in the buffer.
- .IP
- When used with an operator the enclosed region is normally affected.
- By mentioning an
- offset from the line matched by the pattern you can force whole lines
- to be affected. To do this give a pattern with a closing
- a closing \fB/\fR and then an offset \fB+\fR\fIn\fR or \fB\-\fR\fIn\fR.
- .IP
- To include the character \fB/\fR in the search string, you must escape
- it with a preceding \fB\e\fR.
- A \fB\(ua\fR at the beginning of the pattern forces the match to occur
- at the beginning of a line only; this speeds the search. A \fB$\fR at
- the end of the pattern forces the match to occur at the end of a line
- only.
- More extended pattern matching is available, see section 7.4;
- unless you set \fBnomagic\fR in your \fI\&.exrc\fR file you will have
- to preceed the characters \fB. [ *\fR and \fB~\fR in the search pattern
- with a \fB\e\fR to get them to work as you would naively expect (1.5, 2,2,
- 6.1, 7.2, 7.4).
- .iP "0" 15
- Moves to the first character on the current line.
- Also used, in forming numbers, after an initial \fB1\fR\-\fB9\fR.
- .iP "1\-9" 15
- Used to form numeric arguments to commands (2.3, 7.2).
- .iP ":" 15
- A prefix to a set of commands for file and option manipulation and escapes
- to the system. Input is given on the bottom line and terminated with
- an \s-2CR\s0, and the command then executed. You can return to where
- you were by hitting \s-2DEL\s0 or \s-2RUB\s0 if you hit \fB:\fR accidentally
- (see primarily 6.2 and 7.3).
- .iP ";" 15
- Repeats the last single character find which used \fBf F t\fR or \fBT\fR.
- A count iterates the basic scan (4.1).
- .iP "<" 15
- An operator which shifts lines left one \fIshiftwidth\fR, normally 8
- spaces. Like all operators, affects lines when repeated, as in
- \fB<<\fR. Counts are passed through to the basic object, thus \fB3<<\fR
- shifts three lines (6.6, 7.2).
- .iP "=" 15
- Reindents line for \s-2LISP\s0, as though they were typed in with \fIlisp\fR
- and \fIautoindent\fR set (6.8).
- .iP ">" 15
- An operator which shifts lines right one \fIshiftwidth\fR, normally 8
- spaces. Affects lines when repeated as in \fB>>\fR. Counts repeat the
- basic object (6.6, 7.2).
- .iP "?" 15
- Scans backwards, the opposite of \fB/\fR. See the \fB/\fR description
- above for details on scanning (2.2, 6.1, 7.4).
- .iP "@" 15
- A macro character (6.9). If this is your kill character, you must escape it with a \e
- to type it in during input mode, as it normally backs over the input you
- have given on the current line (3.1, 3.4, 7.5).
- .iP "A" 15
- Appends at the end of line, a synonym for \fB$a\fR (7.2).
- .iP "B" 15
- Backs up a word, where words are composed of non-blank sequences, placing
- the cursor at the beginning of the word. A count repeats the effect
- (2.4).
- .iP "C" 15
- Changes the rest of the text on the current line; a synonym for \fBc$\fR.
- .iP "D" 15
- Deletes the rest of the text on the current line; a synonym for \fBd$\fR.
- .iP "E" 15
- Moves forward to the end of a word, defined as blanks and non-blanks,
- like \fBB\fR and \fBW\fR. A count repeats the effect.
- .iP "F" 15
- Finds a single following character, backwards in the current line.
- A count repeats this search that many times (4.1).
- .iP "G" 15
- Goes to the line number given as preceding argument, or the end of the
- file if no preceding count is given. The screen is redrawn with the
- new current line in the center if necessary (7.2).
- .iP "H" 15
- .B "Home arrow" .
- Homes the cursor to the top line on the screen. If a count is given,
- then the cursor is moved to the count'th line on the screen.
- In any case the cursor is moved to the first non-white character on the
- line. If used as the target of an operator, full lines are affected
- (2.3, 3.2).
- .iP "I" 15
- Inserts at the beginning of a line; a synonym for \fB\(uai\fR.
- .iP "J" 15
- Joins together lines, supplying appropriate white space: one space between
- words, two spaces after a \fB.\fR, and no spaces at all if the first
- character of the joined on line is \fB)\fR. A count causes that many
- lines to be joined rather than the default two (6.5, 7.1f).
- .iP "K" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "L" 15
- Moves the cursor to the first non-white character of the last line on
- the screen. With a count, to the first non-white of the count'th line
- from the bottom. Operators affect whole lines when used with \fBL\fR
- (2.3).
- .iP "M" 15
- Moves the cursor to the middle line on the screen, at the first non-white
- position on the line (2.3).
- .iP "N" 15
- Scans for the next match of the last pattern given to
- \fB/\fR or \fB?\fR, but in the reverse direction; this is the reverse
- of \fBn\fR.
- .iP "O" 15
- Opens a new line above the current line and inputs text there up to an
- \s-2ESC\s0. A count can be used on dumb terminals to specify a number
- of lines to be opened; this is generally obsolete, as the \fIslowopen\fR
- option works better (3.1).
- .iP "P" 15
- Puts the last deleted text back before/above the cursor. The text goes
- back as whole lines above the cursor if it was deleted as whole lines.
- Otherwise the text is inserted between the characters before and at the
- cursor. May be preceded by a named buffer specification \fB"\fR\fIx\fR
- to retrieve the contents of the buffer; buffers \fB1\fR\-\fB9\fR contain
- deleted material, buffers \fBa\fR\-\fBz\fR are available for general
- use (6.3).
- .iP "Q" 15
- Quits from \fIvi\fR to \fIex\fR command mode. In this mode, whole lines
- form commands, ending with a \s-2RETURN\s0. You can give all the \fB:\fR
- commands; the editor supplies the \fB:\fR as a prompt (7.7).
- .iP "R" 15
- Replaces characters on the screen with characters you type (overlay fashion).
- Terminates with an \s-2ESC\s0.
- .iP "S" 15
- Changes whole lines, a synonym for \fBcc\fR. A count substitutes for
- that many lines. The lines are saved in the numeric buffers, and erased
- on the screen before the substitution begins.
- .iP "T" 15
- Takes a single following character, locates the character before the
- cursor in the current line, and places the cursor just after that character.
- A count repeats the effect. Most useful with operators such as \fBd\fR
- (4.1).
- .iP "U" 15
- Restores the current line to its state before you started changing it
- (3.5).
- .iP "V" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "W" 15
- Moves forward to the beginning of a word in the current line,
- where words are defined as sequences of blank/non-blank characters.
- A count repeats the effect (2.4).
- .iP "X" 15
- Deletes the character before the cursor. A count repeats the effect,
- but only characters on the current line are deleted.
- .iP "Y" 15
- Yanks a copy of the current line into the unnamed buffer, to be put back
- by a later \fBp\fR or \fBP\fR; a very useful synonym for \fByy\fR.
- A count yanks that many lines. May be preceded by a buffer name to put
- lines in that buffer (7.4).
- .iP "ZZ" 15
- Exits the editor.
- (Same as \fB:x\fP\s-2CR\s0.)
- If any changes have been made, the buffer is written out to the current file.
- Then the editor quits.
- .iP "[[" 15
- Backs up to the previous section boundary. A section begins at each
- macro in the \fIsections\fR option,
- normally a `.NH' or `.SH' and also at lines which which start
- with a formfeed \fB^L\fR. Lines beginning with \fB{\fR also stop \fB[[\fR;
- this makes it useful for looking backwards, a function at a time, in C
- programs. If the option \fIlisp\fR is set, stops at each \fB(\fR at the
- beginning of a line, and is thus useful for moving backwards at the top
- level \s-2LISP\s0 objects. (4.2, 6.1, 6.6, 7.2).
- .iP "\e" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "]]" 15
- Forward to a section boundary, see \fB[[\fR for a definition (4.2, 6.1,
- 6.6, 7.2).
- .iP "\(ua" 15
- Moves to the first non-white position on the current line (4.4).
- .iP "_" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "\(ga" 15
- When followed by a \fB\(ga\fR returns to the previous context.
- The previous context is set whenever the current
- line is moved in a non-relative way.
- When followed by a letter \fBa\fR\-\fBz\fR, returns to the position which
- was marked with this letter with a \fBm\fR command.
- When used with an operator such as \fBd\fR, the operation takes place
- from the exact marked place to the current position within the line;
- if you use \fB\(aa\fR, the operation takes place over complete lines
- (2.2, 5.3).
- .iP "a" 15
- Appends arbitrary text after the current cursor position; the insert
- can continue onto multiple lines by using \s-2RETURN\s0 within the insert.
- A count causes the inserted text to be replicated, but only if the inserted
- text is all on one line.
- The insertion terminates with an \s-2ESC\s0 (3.1, 7.2).
- .iP "b" 15
- Backs up to the beginning of a word in the current line. A word is a
- sequence of alphanumerics, or a sequence of special characters.
- A count repeats the effect (2.4).
- .iP "c" 15
- An operator which changes the following object, replacing it with the
- following input text up to an \s-2ESC\s0. If more than part of a single
- line is affected, the text which is changed away is saved in the numeric named
- buffers. If only part of the current line is affected, then the last
- character to be changed away is marked with a \fB$\fR.
- A count causes that many objects to be affected, thus both
- \fB3c)\fR and \fBc3)\fR change the following three sentences (7.4).
- .iP "d" 15
- An operator which deletes the following object. If more than part of
- a line is affected, the text is saved in the numeric buffers.
- A count causes that many objects to be affected; thus \fB3dw\fR is the
- same as \fBd3w\fR (3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 7.4).
- .iP "e" 15
- Advances to the end of the next word, defined as for \fBb\fR and \fBw\fR.
- A count repeats the effect (2.4, 3.1).
- .iP "f" 15
- Finds the first instance of the next character following the cursor on
- the current line. A count repeats the find (4.1).
- .iP "g" 15
- Unused.
- .sp
- Arrow keys
- .B h ,
- .B j ,
- .B k ,
- .B l ,
- and
- .B H .
- .iP "h" 15
- .B "Left arrow" .
- Moves the cursor one character to the left.
- Like the other arrow keys, either
- .B h ,
- the
- .B "left arrow"
- key, or one of the synonyms (\fB^H\fP) has the same effect.
- On v2 editors, arrow keys on certain kinds of terminals
- (those which send escape sequences, such as vt52, c100, or hp)
- cannot be used.
- A count repeats the effect (3.1, 7.5).
- .iP "i" 15
- Inserts text before the cursor, otherwise like \fBa\fR (7.2).
- .iP "j" 15
- .B "Down arrow" .
- Moves the cursor one line down in the same column.
- If the position does not exist,
- .I vi
- comes as close as possible to the same column.
- Synonyms include
- .B ^J
- (linefeed) and
- .B ^N .
- .iP "k" 15
- .B "Up arrow" .
- Moves the cursor one line up.
- .B ^P
- is a synonym.
- .iP "l" 15
- .B "Right arrow" .
- Moves the cursor one character to the right.
- \s-2SPACE\s0 is a synonym.
- .iP "m" 15
- Marks the current position of the cursor in the mark register which is
- specified by the next character \fBa\fR\-\fBz\fR. Return to this position
- or use with an operator using \fB\(ga\fR or \fB\(aa\fR (5.3).
- .iP "n" 15
- Repeats the last \fB/\fR or \fB?\fR scanning commands (2.2).
- .iP "o" 15
- Opens new lines below the current line; otherwise like \fBO\fR (3.1).
- .iP "p" 15
- Puts text after/below the cursor; otherwise like \fBP\fR (6.3).
- .iP "q" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "r" 15
- Replaces the single character at the cursor with a single character you
- type. The new character may be a \s-2RETURN\s0; this is the easiest
- way to split lines. A count replaces each of the following count characters
- with the single character given; see \fBR\fR above which is the more
- usually useful iteration of \fBr\fR (3.2).
- .iP "s" 15
- Changes the single character under the cursor to the text which follows
- up to an \s-2ESC\s0; given a count, that many characters from the current
- line are changed. The last character to be changed is marked with \fB$\fR
- as in \fBc\fR (3.2).
- .iP "t" 15
- Advances the cursor upto the character before the next character typed.
- Most useful with operators such as \fBd\fR and \fBc\fR to delete the
- characters up to a following character. You can use \fB.\fR to delete
- more if this doesn't delete enough the first time (4.1).
- .iP "u" 15
- Undoes the last change made to the current buffer. If repeated, will
- alternate between these two states, thus is its own inverse. When used
- after an insert which inserted text on more than one line, the lines are
- saved in the numeric named buffers (3.5).
- .iP "v" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "w" 15
- Advances to the beginning of the next word, as defined by \fBb\fR (2.4).
- .iP "x" 15
- Deletes the single character under the cursor. With a count deletes
- deletes that many characters forward from the cursor position, but only
- on the current line (6.5).
- .iP "y" 15
- An operator, yanks the following object into the unnamed temporary buffer.
- If preceded by a named buffer specification, \fB"\fR\fIx\fR, the text
- is placed in that buffer also. Text can be recovered by a later \fBp\fR
- or \fBP\fR (7.4).
- .iP "z" 15
- Redraws the screen with the current line placed as specified by the following
- character: \s-2RETURN\s0 specifies the top of the screen, \fB.\fR the
- center of the screen, and \fB\-\fR at the bottom of the screen.
- A count may be given after the \fBz\fR and before the following character
- to specify the new screen size for the redraw.
- A count before the \fBz\fR gives the number of the line to place in the
- center of the screen instead of the default current line. (5.4)
- .iP "{" 15
- Retreats to the beginning of the beginning of the preceding paragraph.
- A paragraph begins at each macro in the \fIparagraphs\fR option, normally
- `.IP', `.LP', `.PP', `.QP' and `.bp'.
- A paragraph also begins after a completely
- empty line, and at each section boundary (see \fB[[\fR above) (4.2, 6.8,
- 7.6).
- .iP "|" 15
- Places the cursor on the character in the column specified
- by the count (7.1, 7.2).
- .iP "}" 15
- Advances to the beginning of the next paragraph. See \fB{\fR for the
- definition of paragraph (4.2, 6.8, 7.6).
- .iP "~" 15
- Unused.
- .iP "^?\ (\s-2\fRDEL\fP\s0)" 15
- Interrupts the editor, returning it to command accepting state (1.5,
- 7.5)
- .bp
- \&.
-