---
name: "xfte"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fte-xwindow"
version: "0.50.2b6-20110708-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fte"
---

# xfte(1)

Text editor

Part of [fte(1)](/fte/1.md).

## NAME

fte - Text editor

## SYNOPSIS

**fte**  *\[\[options\] files ...\]*

**xfte** *\[\[options\] files ...\]*

**vfte** *\[\[options\] files ...\]*

**nfte** *\[\[options\] files ...\]*

**sfte** *\[\[options\] files ...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **fte**.

Some detailed documentation is available html format, see below.

**fte** is a powerful text editor which closely resembles Borlands programming editors for M$-DOS, but is far more flexible and configurable.

## OPTIONS

**fte** uses a command line syntax, which is a little bit different from most of Debian GNU/Linux apps.

- **-h -? --help**

  Help on command line options.

- **-!**

  Ignore any external configuration file and use internal configuration.

- **-l***\<line\>\[,\<column\>\]*

  Go to line (and column) in next file on command line.

- **-#***\<line\>\[\<,column\>\]*

  Same as **-l**. Do not use this option.

- **-m***\[\<mode\>\]*

  Set mode for next files to \<mode\>. If just plain **-m**, then use default mode.

- **-C***\[\<.cnf\>\]*

  Use specified configuration file (compiled). Plain **-C** does the same as **-!**.

- **-D***\[\<.dsk\>\]*

  Load/save desktop from file \<.dsk\>. If no argument, disable desktop load/save.

- **-H***\[\<.his\>\]*

  Load/save history from file \<.his\>. If no argument, disable history load/save.

- **-T***\<tagfile\>*

  Load 'tagfile' at startup.

- **-t***\<tag\>*

  Lookup tag 'tag' and display file containing it.

- **--**

  The rest of the arguments are not options, but filenames.

- **-+**

  The next argument is not an option even if starting with a '-'. Useful when loading files that begin with a -.

- **-noi18n**

  Do not use locales in **xfte** - useful if you have incorrect locales.

- **-noxmb**

  Do not use XMB functions in **xfte** - useful if you have incorrect locales and you want to use just english fonts.

- **-font**

  Select XWindow font to use with **xfte**. See **VIOFONT** also.

## ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

This is list of variable which might change behavior of some internals of **fte**.

- **VIOFONT** - select font used by xfte

  - **ISOCONSOLE** - when set, vfte is usign ascii symbols to draw tables. This is useful when iso latin charset is used on console.

  ## EXAMPLES

- **fte -m***BIN /usr/bin/vfte*

  load /usr/bin/vfte in BIN mode

- **fte -m***BIN* **-+** *-bla-*

  load file -bla- in BIN mode

- **fte -l***100,30 win.c*

  go to (100,30) in win.c

- **fte** *window.cpp*

  load file window.cpp

- **fte --** *-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6*

  load files -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6

- **fte -D -H** *fte.dsk fte.his*

  disable desktop and history loading and saving and load files fte.dsk and fte.his

## FILES

*~/.fterc*\
 **/usr/local/etc/***fte/system.fterc*\
 **/etc/***fte/system.fterc*

Default configuration files. Includes all keybindings and menus compiled with [**cfte**(1)](/cfte/1.md) from config files in **/usr/share/doc/***fte/config-example.tar.gz*.

## SEE ALSO

[**cfte**(1)](/cfte/1.md), **/usr/share/doc/***fte/contents.html*

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Riku Voipio and Zdenek Kabelac \<riku.voipio@iki.fi\> \<kabi@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

## DATE

18 Nov 1999