Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

[Steven Hanley <sjh@svana.org>]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:16:46AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> To give an idea what I consider good keyboard shortcuts, look a this
> uncomplete schema:
> Files:
> ^Q              Quit if nothing changed
> ^QN             Quit, No save
> ^QY             Quit and save
> ^S              Save
> ^N              New file
> ^O              Open file
> ^W              Close file (similar Quit)
> ^P              Print
> 
> Move:
> PageUp          Go page up
> PageDown        Go page down
> ^L              Go line
> 
> Select:
> ^A              Select all
> ^M              Mark beginning
> ^X              Cut current block
> ^C              Copy current block
> ^V              Paste curren block
> 
> Delete:
> BackSp          Cursor left, delete
> Del             Delete
> 
> Search:
> ^F              Find
> ^G              Find again
> ^H              Replace (search and replace)
> 
> Other:
> Insert          Toggle insert/overwrite mode
> ^Z              Undo
> ^Y              Redo 
> "^" means here Command and not CTRL

as an example, apart from the print command, it is an almost trivial activity
to edit the /etc/joe/joerc file (for the editor joe) and setup all those key
sequences you mention there.

The same applies to at least a few other editors. (easy to change the key mappings)

        See You
            Steve

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