--- name: "sted" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "sted" version: "0.3.0-10.1" release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/sted" --- # sted(1) a small and simple text editor ## NAME sted - a small and simple text editor ## SYNOPSIS **sted \[** *-p* **\] \[** *file* **\]** ## DESCRIPTION **sted** means Simple (or Stupid, or Small) Text Editor. It's a very simple text editor. It lets you load a file by specifying it on the command line, or by pressing **F11**, while in the program. Save by pressing **F12** and quit by pressing **F9**. You can move around with the cursor keys, and the **PageUp**, **PageDown**, **Home**, **End**, **Shift-Left**, **Shift-Right**, **Shift-Home** and **Shift-End** keys if your terminal has them. **Shift-Del** deletes line and **Shift-Ins** inserts deleted line. You can use some [**vi**(1)](/vi/1.md) keys if you press **Control-O**. **F1** or **Help key** lists all keys. **Control-L** or **Clear key** redraws the screen. The **-p** parameter starts **sted** in psychedelic mode. You can edit **Unicode**(7) text in [**utf-8**(7)](/utf-8/7.md) format on **Linux** console if you have defined a proper keymap. See **lt.map** in **kbd** keymaps directory as example. You should set terminal to [**utf-8**(7)](/utf-8/7.md) mode using **unicode\_start** from **kbd** or better use special **terminfo**(3ncurses) entry such as **linux+utf8** from **2UTF**(1). If odd 8-bit characters above 0xA0 are found in the file they are assumed to be from [**latin1**(7)](/latin1/7.md) char-set and are converted. ## BUGS Ncurces outputs too much spaces for lines with multi-byte characters. **DEC** private mode escape sequences are used to set terminal to nowrap mode. On exit wrap mode is set. Control characters may not display properly. There are probably a lot more of them. If there aren't any, it must be because the program is so very small and simple. ## AUTHOR Linus Akerlund \ Ricardas Cepas \