.\"  Name: Diakonos
.\"  Program Author: Pistos Christou
.\"  Author: Ralph Amissah
.\"  Description: a customizable, usable console-based text editor
.\"  License: GNU Public License (LGPL)
.\"  Notes: Process this file with
.\"    groff -man -Tascii diakonos.1
.\"    nroff -man diakonos.1 | most 

.TH diakonos 1  "2010-02-18" "0.8.12" "diakonos"
.SH NAME
.B diakonos \- a customizable, usable console\-based text editor

.SH SYNOPSIS
diakonos [files]

.SH Basic Commands

Following are some of the most common commands and their default key bindings. Not all commands are listed here. For a comprehensive listing, see the configuration file.

.SH Movement

.B Arrow keys
Cursor movement
.TP 
.B Home, \ End
Move cursor to beginning or end of current line
.TP 
.B Page \ Up, \ Page \ Down
Pitch buffer view by one screenful of text
.TP 
.B Alt\-Up, \ Alt\-Down
Scroll up, down

.SH Editor Control

.B Ctrl\-Q
Quit
.TP 
.B F1
List key bindings
.TP 
.B F12
Edit user's configuration file
.TP 
.B Alt\-M
Start/stop macro recording
.TP 
.B F4
Play macro
.TP 
.B F6
Repeat last command

.SH File/Buffer Control

.B Ctrl\-O
Open a file
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-S
Save current buffer
.TP 
.B Alt\-S
Save current buffer to specific filename
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-W
Close current buffer
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-N
Create new empty buffer
.TP 
.B Alt\-Shift\-T
Specify buffer content type
.TP 
.B Alt\-1 \ to \ Alt\-9
Switch among first 9 buffers
.TP 
.B Alt\-minus, \ Alt\-=
Switch buffers
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-Z
Undo
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-Y
Redo

.SH Clipboard

.B Ctrl\-space
Anchor selection (like emacs)
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-C
Copy selection to clipboard
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-X
Copy selection to clipboard and delete (i.e. cut)
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-V
Paste clipboard text
.TP 
.B Alt\-U
Unselect (stop selecting)
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-K
Cut current line (can collect multiple lines)

.SH Searching

.B Ctrl\-F
Find
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-Alt\-F
Find upwards
.TP 
.B F3
Find again
.TP 
.B Shift\-F3
Find again upwards
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-R
Search and replace
.TP 
.B Ctrl\-Alt\-U
Clear match highlight

.\"%% Further Information

.SH FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information on 
.I Diakonos
see:
.I http://purepistos.net/diakonos/
.PP
.I http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Getting\-Started
.PP
.I http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Tips-and-Tricks
.PP

.SH AUTHOR

Diakonos is by  Pistos Christou
.PP
This package is maintained by Ralph Amissah