---
name: "smalledit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "smalledit"
version: "3.17.1-3.1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/smalledit"
---

# smalledit(1)

Stripped down version of Cooledit - a full-featured text editor for the X Window System.

## NAME

Smalledit-3.17.1 - Stripped down version of Cooledit -  a full-featured text editor for the X Window System.

## USAGE

**smalledit** \[options\] \[\[+\<line\>\] \[\<path\>/\]\<file\>\] ...

## DESCRIPTION

This is a stripped down version of Cooledit which is smaller than the original. See  **cooledit.1** for full documentation. Only a few of cooledit's commandline options are supported by smalledit.

## OPTIONS

- *-d, -display \<display\>*

  The X server and display you would like to display to.

- *-f, -fn, -font \<font-name\>*

  The font you would like to use.

- *-i, --international-characters*

  Display international (i.e. non-US) characters. Default: treat characters above 127 as non-printable binary characters.

- *--word-wrap \<length\>*

  The maximum length of a line. See the next two options.

- *--type-writer*

  The options causes a newline to be inserted when the line you are  typing becomes longer than  *--word-wrap* length.

- *--auto-paragraph*

  This is a more advanced form of the option above: it causes  the entire paragraph to be reformatted with each edit of a paragraph.  See  **WORD PROCESSOR MODE** in  **[cooledit(1)](/cooledit/1.md)**.

- *-spell, --spell-checking*

  Enable on the fly spell checking with red wavy lines under misspelled words.

- *-t, -tab, --tab-spacing \<spacing\>*

  Interpret the tab character as being the length of  \<spacing\> characters. Default is 8.

- *-h, -H, -?, --help*

  Print out commandline options summary.

- *-V, -v, --version*

  Print out version number.

## LICENSE

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See  **No warranty** in the  **File** menu for details on the License and the lack of warranty.

## AVAILABILITY

The latest public release of this program can be found at sunsite.unc.edu in the directory /pub/Linux/Incoming, or /pub/Linux/apps/editors/X. The latest development version can be found at  **lava.obsidian.co.za** , in the directory  **/pub/unix/cooledit** , all by anonymous ftp.

## SEE ALSO

[mc(1)](/mc/1.md), [mcedit(1)](/mcedit/1.md), X(1), [scanf(3)](/scanf/3.md), cooledit.1.

## AUTHORS

Paul Sheer (psheer /AT/ obsidian.co.za)

## BUGS

See the file  **BUGS** in the distribution for more information.