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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] [--] [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 pro-
cessing commands from the nc(1) program. nc(1) can be
used to interface NEdit to code development environ-
ments, 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 particu-
larly useful from the nc(1) program, where `nc -do'
can remotely execute commands in an nedit -server ses-
sion.
-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 bound-
aries. (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:
[x][+|-][[+|-]]
where C`' and "" are the desired width
and height of the window, and and C`' 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 file. To
incorporate macros, language modes, and highlight pat-
terns and styles written by other users, run nedit
with -import , then re-save your .nedit 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.
-- 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
`$HOME/.nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's spe-
cial files (see section FILES, below).
This variable is new to NEdit 5.4.
FILES
From version 5.4 on, NEdit creates a directory in which
NEdit's special files reside. This directory is named
'.nedit' by default.
nedit.rc
This is an X resource file which contains most user
settings for NEdit. It is read at startup and written
by selecting the item 'Save Defaults...' in the Pref-
erences menu. Do not edit this file by hand, all set-
tings can be reached via the 'Default Settings' menu.
nedit.history
The list of recently opened files. Do not edit this
file by hand.
autoload.nm
A file that can contain a number of NEdit Macro Lan-
guage statements and subroutine definitions. The
statements will be executed when an NEdit server
starts, the subroutines will be loaded for later ref-
erence. This file will not be created or modified by
NEdit (unless you load it and edit it of course).
Note that NEdit still supports the older names for these
files, which were used by version 5.3 and below. These
legacy file names are `$HOME/.nedit', `$HOME/.neditdb' and
`$HOME/.neditmacro', respectively. This legacy naming
scheme will be used if NEdit detects that `$HOME/.nedit'
is a regular file.
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, Christo-
pher 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 excep-
tion to your version of the file, but you are not obli-
gated 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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