---
name: "EditLectern"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pm3-extra"
version: "1.1.15-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/EditLectern"
---

# EditLectern(1)

Edit attributes of document in Lectern format

## NAME

EditLectern - Edit attributes of document in Lectern format

## SYNTAX

**EditLectern**

## DESCRIPTION

**EditLectern** provides a graphical (point-and-click) user interface for editing the attributes of a Lectern-format document, which you initially create from PostScript or image files using [BuildLectern(1)](/BuildLectern/1.md).  **EditLectern** uses BuildLectern to get the real work done, so if you're happier with a command line interface you should stick with BuildLectern. **EditLectern** always appends the BuildLectern commands it executes to the file $HOME/EditLectern.log; in deferred mode (controlled by a pair of radio buttons at the top of the window), the actual BuildLectern calls are suppressed.

**EditLectern** is designed to be used concurrently with [Lectern(1)](/Lectern/1.md) -- when you open a document with **EditLectern**, the same document is automatically opened in Lectern.  That way you can read through the document and determine the attributes to add via **EditLectern**, such as the locations of page 1, the contents page, the index page, and the document title and author.  **EditLectern** starts Lectern automatically if it isn't already running.

The **EditLectern** window is split vertically into three areas: a menu bar, a dialog (which is blank when no file is open), and a typescript.

The menu bar contains a **File** menu and the radio buttons controlling immediate/deferred mode.  The **File** menu contains **Open...**, **Save**, **Save As...**, **Close**, **Quit**, and **About** items.  **Save** and **Save As...** invoke BuildLectern with the current settings unless deferred mode is enabled.  The BuildLectern command and its output are displayed in the typescript at the bottom of the **EditLectern** window.

Once a file is open, the following dialog elements become visible:

- \*

  A numeric box to specify the image number (starting with one) of the table of contents.  Leave it set to zero if there is no table of contents.

-

  - \*

  A pair of numeric boxes to specify the correspondence between image numbers and page numbers: normally, you specify the image number of page 1, but in the case of a document starting at a page number higher than 1 (e.g., an issue of a journal), you can specify image number 1 (or higher) and the corresponding page number.

-

  - \*

  A pair of radio buttons (labeled **Page** and **Image**) and a numeric box, to specify the page or image number of the index.  Leave it set to page 0 if there is no index.

-

  - \*

  A scrolling list labeled **Attribute**, a pair of typeins labeled **Key** and **Value**, and a pair of buttons labeled **Delete** and **Set**, to specify attributes (*author*, *title*, and *date* are recommended for all documents). To set an attribute, type values into the **Key** and **Value** fields, and press **Set**.  To display an existing attribute, select it in the scrolling list.  To modify it, edit the **Value** field and press **Set**.  To delete it, press **Delete**.

Like other applications built with FormsVBT, EditLectern allows you to pick any of four different text-editing "models": emacs, ivy, mac, and xterm.  You set the model via the environment variable TextPortModel, which should be set to either emacs, ivy, mac, or xterm. If it is not set, the default model is emacs.  See VBTkit Reference Manual for details about each text-editing model.

## SEE ALSO

[BuildLectern(1)](/BuildLectern/1.md),  [Lectern(1)](/Lectern/1.md)

## FILES

$HOME/EditLectern.log

## AUTHOR

Paul McJones

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation.\
 Distributed only by permission.\

```
Last modified on Wed Jul 19 14:59:38 PDT 1995 by mcjones
     modified on Fri Feb 17 17:47:07 PST 1995 by birrell
     modified on Sun Jan  1 08:54:01 PST 1995 by glassman
```