---
name: "ae"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ae"
version: "962-26"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ae"
---

# ae(1)

tiny full-screen text editor

## NAME

ae - tiny full-screen text editor

## SYNOPSIS

**ae** \[-f config\_file \] \[ file \]

## DESCRIPTION

**ae** is a tiny full-screen text editor with both modual (vi-like) and modeless (emacs-like) editing modes, determined by an ae.rc config file. Keybindings are configurable in the config file. The default config file is located in /etc/ae.rc. If an ae.rc file exists in current working directory or in the user's home directory, that file is used instead of the default file.

A users manual and sample config files may be found in /usr/doc/ae.

### FILES

```
/etc/ae.rc
/usr/doc/ae/ae.man
/usr/doc/ae/mode.rc
/usr/doc/ae/modeless.rc
```