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141 .TH NEDIT 1 " " "2001-08-22" " "
146 .IX Header "SYNOPSYS"
147 nedit [\fB\-read\fR] [\fB\-create\fR] [\fB\-line\fR \fIn\fR | \fB+\fR\fIn\fR] [\fB\-server\fR] [\fB\-do\fR
148 \&\fIcommand\fR] [\fB\-tags\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-tabs\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-wrap\fR] [\fB\-nowrap\fR]
149 [\fB\-autowrap\fR] [\fB\-autoindent\fR] [\fB\-noautoindent\fR] [\fB\-autosave\fR]
150 [\fB\-noautosave\fR] [\fB\-lm\fR \fIlanguagemode\fR] [\fB\-rows\fR n] [\fB\-columns\fR \fIn\fR]
151 [\fB\-font\fR \fIfont\fR] [\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeometry\fR] [\fB\-iconic\fR] [\fB\-noiconic\fR]
152 [\fB\-display\fR \fI[host]:server[.screen]\fR] [\fB\-xrm\fR \fIresourcestring\fR]
153 [\fB\-svrname\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB\-import\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-background\fR \fIcolor\fR]
154 [\fB\-foreground\fR \fIcolor\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-version\fR] [file...]
156 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
157 NEdit is a standard \s-1GUI\s0 (Graphical User Interface) style text editor for
158 programs and plain-text files. It provides mouse based editing and a
159 streamlined editing style, based on popular Macintosh and \s-1MS\s0 Windows editors,
160 for users of X workstations and X terminals.
165 Open the file read-only regardless of the actual file protection.
166 .Ip "\fB\-create\fR" 4
168 Don't warn about file creation when a file doesn't exist.
169 .Ip "\fB\-line\fR \fIn\fR, \fB+\fR\fIn\fR" 4
170 .IX Item "-line n, +n"
171 Go to line number \fIn\fR.
172 .Ip "\fB\-server\fR" 4
174 Designate this session as an NEdit server, for processing commands from the
175 \&\fInc\fR\|(1) program. \fInc\fR\|(1) can be used to interface NEdit to code development
176 environments, mailers, etc., or just as a quick way to open files from the
177 shell command line without starting a new NEdit session.
178 .Ip "\fB\-do\fR \fIcommand\fR" 4
179 .IX Item "-do command"
180 Execute an NEdit macro or action. On each file following the \fB\-do\fR argument on
181 the command line. \fB\-do\fR is particularly useful from the \fInc\fR\|(1) program, where
182 \&\f(CW\*(C`nc \-do\*(C'\fR can remotely execute commands in an nedit \fB\-server\fR session.
183 .Ip "\fB\-tags\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
184 .IX Item "-tags file"
185 Load a file of directions for finding definitions of program subroutines and
186 data objects. The file must be of the format generated by Exuberant Ctags, or
187 the standard Unix \fIctags\fR\|(1) command.
188 .Ip "\fB\-tabs\fR \fIn\fR" 4
190 Set tab stops every \fIn\fR characters.
191 .Ip "\fB\-wrap\fR, \fB\-nowrap\fR" 4
192 .IX Item "-wrap, -nowrap"
193 Wrap long lines at the right edge of the window rather than continuing them
194 past it. (Continuous Wrap mode)
195 .Ip "\fB\-autowrap\fR, \fB\-noautowrap\fR" 4
196 .IX Item "-autowrap, -noautowrap"
197 Wrap long lines when the cursor reaches the right edge of the window by
198 inserting newlines at word boundaries. (Auto Newline Wrap mode)
199 .Ip "\fB\-autoindent\fR, \fB\-noautoindent\fR" 4
200 .IX Item "-autoindent, -noautoindent"
201 Maintain a running indent.
202 .Ip "\fB\-autosave\fR, \fB\-noautosave\fR" 4
203 .IX Item "-autosave, -noautosave"
204 Maintain a backup copy of the file being edited under the name \fI~filename\fR
205 (on Unix) or \fI_filename\fR (on \s-1VMS\s0).
206 .Ip "\fB\-lm\fR \fIlanguagemode\fR" 4
207 .IX Item "-lm languagemode"
208 Initial language mode used for editing succeeding files.
209 .Ip "\fB\-rows\fR \fIn\fR" 4
211 Default height in characters for an editing window.
212 .Ip "\fB\-columns\fR \fIn\fR" 4
213 .IX Item "-columns n"
214 Default width in characters for an editing window.
215 .Ip "\fB\-font\fR \fIfont\fR, \fB\-fn\fR \fIfont\fR" 4
216 .IX Item "-font font, -fn font"
217 Font for text being edited. Font for menus and dialogs can be set with \fB\-xrm\fR
218 \&\fI\*(L"*fontList:font\*(R"\fR.
219 .Ip "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeometry\fR, \fB\-g\fR \fIgeometry\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-geometry geometry, -g geometry"
221 The initial size and/or location of editor windows. The argument geometry has
225 \& [<width>x<height>][+|-][<xoffset>[+|-]<yoffset>]
227 where \f(CW\*(C`<width>\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`<height>\*(C'\fR are the desired width and
228 height of the window, and \f(CW\*(C`<xoffset>\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`<yoffset>\*(C'\fR are the
229 distance from the edge of the screen to the window, + for top or left, \- for
230 bottom or right. \fB\-geometry\fR can be specified for individual files on the
232 .Ip "\fB\-iconic\fR, \fB\-noiconic\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-iconic, -noiconic"
234 Initial window state for succeeding files.
235 .Ip "\fB\-display\fR \fI[host]:server[.screen]\fR" 4
236 .IX Item "-display [host]:server[.screen]"
237 The name of the X server to use. \fIhost\fR specifies the machine, \fIserver\fR
238 specifies the display server number, and \fIscreen\fR specifies the screen number.
239 \&\fIhost\fR or \fIscreen\fR can be omitted and default to the local machine, and
241 .Ip "\fB\-background\fR \fIcolor\fR, \fB\-bg\fR \fIcolor\fR" 4
242 .IX Item "-background color, -bg color"
243 Background color. The background color for text can be set separately with
244 \&\fB\-xrm\fR \fI\*(L"nedit*text.background: color\*(R"\fR.
245 .Ip "\fB\-foreground\fR \fIcolor\fR, \fB\-fg\fR \fIcolor\fR" 4
246 .IX Item "-foreground color, -fg color"
247 Foreground color. The foreground color for text can be set separately with
248 \&\fB\-xrm\fR \fI\*(L"nedit*text.foreground: color\*(R"\fR.
249 .Ip "\fB\-xrm\fR \fIresourcestring\fR" 4
250 .IX Item "-xrm resourcestring"
251 Set the value of an X resource to override a default value.
252 .Ip "\fB\-svrname\fR \fIname\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-svrname name"
254 When starting nedit in server mode, name the server, such that it responds to
255 requests only when \fInc\fR\|(1) is given a corresponding \fB\-svrname\fR argument. By
256 naming servers, you can run several simultaneously, and direct files and
257 commands specifically to any one.
258 .Ip "\fB\-import\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
259 .IX Item "-import file"
260 Loads an additional preferences file on top of the existing defaults saved in
261 your \fI.nedit\fR file. To incorporate macros, language modes, and highlight
262 patterns and styles written by other users, run nedit with \fB\-import\fR
263 \&\fI<file>\fR, then re-save your \fI.nedit\fR file with
264 Preferences->Save\ Defaults.
265 .Ip "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-version\fR" 4
266 .IX Item "-V, -version"
267 Prints version and build information, to be mentioned when reporting bugs and
268 problems. Also prints credits and license information.
270 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
271 .Ip "\s-1DISPLAY\s0" 4
273 NEdit requires an X-based workstation or X-Terminal. If you have used telnet
274 or rlogin to access the host Unix system, set the Unix environment variable for
278 \& % setenv DISPLAY devicename:0
282 NEdit stores a few files in a user's home directory:
285 The general configuration file. Do not edit this file by hand.
286 .Ip "\fI.neditmacro\fR" 4
287 .IX Item ".neditmacro"
288 A file that can contain a number of macro statements and subroutines. The
289 statements will be executed when a NEdit server starts, the subroutines will be
290 loaded for later reference.
291 .Ip "\fI.neditdb\fR" 4
293 The list of recently opened files. Do not edit this file by hand.
296 For more information see NEdit's online help, or nedit.doc in the NEdit
299 NEdit sources, executables, additional documentation, and contributed software
300 are available from the NEdit web site at http://nedit.org.
302 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
303 \&\fInc\fR\|(1), X(1), \fImwm\fR\|(1), \fIvi\fR\|(1), \fIemacs\fR\|(1), \fIctags\fR\|(1)
306 NEdit was written by Mark Edel, Joy Kyriakopulos, Christopher Conrad, Jim
307 Clark, Arnulfo Zepeda-Navratil, Suresh Ravoor, Tony Balinski, Max Vohlken,
308 Yunliang Yu, Donna Reid, Arne Forlie, Eddy De Greef, Steve LoBasso, Alexander
309 Mai, Scott Tringali, and Thorsten Haude.
311 The regular expression matching routines used in NEdit are adapted (with
312 permission) from original code written by Henry Spencer at the University of
315 Syntax highlighting patterns and smart indent macros were contributed by: Simon
316 T. MacDonald, Maurice Leysens, Matt Majka, Alfred Smeenk, Alain Fargues,
317 Christopher Conrad, Scott Markinson, Konrad Bernloehr, Ivan Herman, Patrice
318 Venant, Christian Denat, Philippe Couton, Max Vohlken, Markus Schwarzenberg,
319 Himanshu Gohel, Steven C. Kapp, Michael Turomsha, John Fieber, Chris Ross,
320 Nathaniel Gray, Joachim Lous, Mike Duigou, Seak Teng-Fong, Joor Loohuis,
321 Mark Jones, and Niek van den Berg.
323 .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
324 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
325 the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License as published by the Free Software
326 Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
329 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but \s-1WITHOUT\s0 \s-1ANY\s0
330 \&\s-1WARRANTY\s0; without even the implied warranty of \s-1MERCHANTABILITY\s0 or \s-1FITNESS\s0 \s-1FOR\s0 A
331 \&\s-1PARTICULAR\s0 \s-1PURPOSE\s0. See the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License in the Help section
332 \&\*(L"Distribution Policy\*(R" for more details.