NAME
diakonos - a customizable, usable console-based text editor
SYNOPSIS
diakonos [files]
Basic Commands
Following are some of the most common commands and their default key bindings. Not all commands are listed here. For a comprehensive listing, see the configuration file.
Movement
Arrow keys Cursor movement
- Home, End
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Move cursor to beginning or end of current line
- Page Up, Page Down
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Pitch buffer view by one screenful of text
- Alt-Up, Alt-Down
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Scroll up, down
Editor Control
Ctrl-Q Quit
- F1
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List key bindings
- F12
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Edit user's configuration file
- Alt-M
-
Start/stop macro recording
- F4
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Play macro
- F6
-
Repeat last command
File/Buffer Control
Ctrl-O Open a file
- Ctrl-S
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Save current buffer
- Alt-S
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Save current buffer to specific filename
- Ctrl-W
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Close current buffer
- Ctrl-N
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Create new empty buffer
- Alt-Shift-T
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Specify buffer content type
- Alt-1 to Alt-9
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Switch among first 9 buffers
- Alt-minus, Alt-=
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Switch buffers
- Ctrl-Z
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Undo
- Ctrl-Y
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Redo
Clipboard
Ctrl-space Anchor selection (like emacs)
- Ctrl-C
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Copy selection to clipboard
- Ctrl-X
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Copy selection to clipboard and delete (i.e. cut)
- Ctrl-V
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Paste clipboard text
- Alt-U
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Unselect (stop selecting)
- Ctrl-K
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Cut current line (can collect multiple lines)
Searching
Ctrl-F Find
- Ctrl-Alt-F
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Find upwards
- F3
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Find again
- Shift-F3
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Find again upwards
- Ctrl-R
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Search and replace
- Ctrl-Alt-U
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Clear match highlight
FURTHER INFORMATION
For more information on Diakonos see: http://purepistos.net/diakonos/
http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Getting-Started
http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Tips-and-Tricks
AUTHOR
Diakonos is by Pistos Christou
This package is maintained by Ralph Amissah