.TH eFTE 1 
.SH NAME
efte \- Text editor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B efte
.I " [[options] files ...]"
.BR

.B vefte 
.I "[[options] files ...]"
.BR

.B nefte 
.I "[[options] files ...]"
.BR
.\" .I "[[options] files ...]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR "efte" .

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
(but may be used by others), because the original program does not
have a manual page.
Instead, it has documentation in html format; see below.
.PP
.B efte
is a powerful text editor which closely resembles Borlands programming
editors for M$\-DOS, but is far more flexible and configurable.
.SH OPTIONS
.BR efte
uses a command line syntax, which is a little bit different from
most of Debian GNU/Linux apps.
.TP
.B \-h \-? \--help
Help on command line options.
.TP
.B \-! 
Ignore any external configuration file and use internal configuration.
.TP
.BI \-l <line>[,<column>]
Go to line (and column) in next file on command line.
.TP
.BI \-# <line>[<,column>]
Same as \fB-l\fP. Do not use this option.
.TP
.BI \-m [<mode>]
Set mode for next files to <mode>. If just plain \fB\-m\fP,
then use default mode.
.TP
.BI \-C [<.cnf>]
Use specified configuration file (compiled). Plain \fB\-C\fP does the same as
\fB\-!\fP.
.TP
.BI \-D [<.dsk>]
Load/save desktop from file <.dsk>. If no argument, disable
desktop load/save.
.TP
.BI \-H [<.his>]
Load/save history from file <.his>. If no argument, disable
history load/save.
.TP
.BI \-T <tagfile>
Load 'tagfile' at startup.
.TP
.BI \-t <tag>
Lookup tag 'tag' and display file containing it.
.TP
.B \-\-
The rest of the arguments are not options, but filenames.
.TP
.B \-+
The next argument is not an option even if starting with a '-'.
Useful when loading files that begin with a -.
.TP
.B \-noxmb
Do not use XMB functions in \fBxefte\fP - useful if you have incorrect locales
and you want to use just english fonts.
.TP
.B \-font
Select XWindow font to use with \fBxefte\fP. See \fBVIOFONT\fP also.

.SH ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
This is list of variable which might change behavior of some \
internals of \fBefte\fP.
.TP
\fBVIOFONT\fP \- select font used by xefte 
.TP
\fBISOCONSOLE\fP \- when set, vefte is usign ascii symbols to draw tables. \
This is useful when iso latin charset is used on console.

.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.BI "efte \-m" "BIN /usr/bin/vefte"
load /usr/bin/vefte in BIN mode
.TP
\fBefte \-m\fP\fIBIN\fP \fB\-+\fP \fI\-bla\-\fP
load file -bla- in BIN mode
.TP
.BI "efte \-l" "100,30 win.c"
go to (100,30) in win.c
.TP
.BI efte " window.cpp"
load file window.cpp
.TP
.BI "efte \-\-" " \-1 \-2 \-3 \-4 \-5 \-6"
load files \-1, \-2, \-3, \-4, \-5, \-6
.TP
.BI "efte \-D \-H" " efte.dsk efte.his"
disable desktop and history loading and saving and load files
efte.dsk and efte.his
.SH FILES
.I ~/.efterc
.br
.BI /usr/local/etc/ efte/system.fterc
.br
.BI /etc/ efte/system.fterc

Default configuration files. Includes all keybindings and menus
compiled with
.BR "cefte"(1)
from config files in \fB/usr/share/doc/\fP\fIefte/config-example.tar.gz\fP.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cefte (1),
.BI /usr/share/doc/ efte/contents.html
.SH 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.
.SH DATE
18 Nov 1999