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38 .Nd emergency text editor
45 utility is a simple text editor primarily designed for use when a
46 system is booted single-user and has no
48 (and thus no access to
50 Simple help can be obtained by hitting the F1 key while in the editor.
51 CTRL+W writes out the file and CTRL+X exits the editor.
53 The terminal type is hardwired to either an xterm or cons25 (video console).
54 The editor understands stty
55 rows and columns but is otherwise meant to be fairly minimal in scope.
57 .Bl -tag -width "Right arrow" -compact -offset indent
75 Move left one character
77 Move right one character
87 Repeat last cmd # times
93 Save from marked location to current cursor location
101 Insert a file at cursor
103 Delete from marked location to current cursor location
105 Erase and redraw screen
111 Insert the contents of the save file into new file
115 Delete to end of line
125 Insert the contents of the save file at cursor
127 Abort current operation
144 utility first appeared in Minix.
145 It was brought into PicoBSD for a
146 time, and some work was done on it, then later brought into
148 where some additional usability work was done on it.