--- name: "jedstate" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "jedstate" version: "0.5.4-5" release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/jedstate" --- # jedstate(1) an add-on for the text-editor jed ## NAME jedstate - an add-on for the text-editor *jed* ## SYNOPSIS Usually you won't have to invoke **jedstate** manually. For sample crontab entries to maintain your database see the **Examples** section. ## DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the **jedstate** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. **jedstate** is some sort of an extended mind for John E. Davis' splendid text editor jed. Using jedstate and jed's startup and exit hooks as a glue jed "remembers" the position of the cursor for all visited files and will automagically jump to that position whenever the file is revisited. The database is purgeable based on a time-since-last-view criterion. ## OPTIONS These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below. - **-xN --example=\[N\]** print sample startup/exit hooks (1\|2) - **-h --help** Show summary of options. - **-pAGE --purge=AGE** Purge database entries older than AGE Where AGE is age-since-last-view in seconds unless appended with \`Y' (years), \`W' (weeks), \`D' (days), \`H' (hours) or \`M' (minutes), e.g., "2w" (2 weeks) or "19d" (19 days).\ Be careful not to overflow an int. If AGE is negative no purging will take place. If age is zero the database will be cleared (this is useful when installing jedstate for the first time)!\ To purge only non-existant files set AGE=0x7FFFFFFF or some other large number. - **-q --quiet** Suppress normal output - **-Q --really-quiet** Suppress even error messages - **-V --version** Show version of program. ## EXAMPLES Sample crontab entries for database maintenance: \# Keep four weeks' worth of data\ 02 00 \* \* \* /usr/bin/jedstate --purge=4w \# Keep four weeks' worth of data and shut your mouth\ 02 00 \* \* \* /usr/bin/jedstate --purge=4w -q \# Purge only non-existant files\ 02 00 \* \* \* /usr/bin/jedstate --purge=0x7fffffff \# Reset database every Monday\ 02 00 \* \* 1 /usr/bin/jedstate --purge=0 \# Don't do anything\ 02 00 \* \* \* /usr/bin/jedstate --purge=-1 ## SEE ALSO [**jed**(1)](/jed/1.md).\ ## AUTHOR Klaus Alexander Seistrup \ This manual page was written by Michael Hummel \, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).