NAME¶
diakonos - a customizable, usable console-based text editor
SYNOPSIS¶
diakonos [files]
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.
Movement¶
Arrow keys Cursor movement
- Home, End
- Move cursor to beginning or end of current line
- Page Up, Page Down
- Pitch buffer view by one screenful of text
- Alt-Up, Alt-Down
- Scroll up, down
Editor Control¶
Ctrl-Q Quit
- F1
- List key bindings
- F12
- Edit user's configuration file
- Alt-M
- Start/stop macro recording
- F4
- Play macro
- F6
- Repeat last command
File/Buffer Control¶
Ctrl-O Open a file
- Ctrl-S
- Save current buffer
- Alt-S
- Save current buffer to specific filename
- Ctrl-W
- Close current buffer
- Ctrl-N
- Create new empty buffer
- Alt-Shift-T
- Specify buffer content type
- Alt-1 to Alt-9
- Switch among first 9 buffers
- Alt-minus, Alt-=
- Switch buffers
- Ctrl-Z
- Undo
- Ctrl-Y
- Redo
Clipboard¶
Ctrl-space Anchor selection (like emacs)
- Ctrl-C
- Copy selection to clipboard
- Ctrl-X
- Copy selection to clipboard and delete (i.e. cut)
- Ctrl-V
- Paste clipboard text
- Alt-U
- Unselect (stop selecting)
- Ctrl-K
- Cut current line (can collect multiple lines)
Searching¶
Ctrl-F Find
- Ctrl-Alt-F
- Find upwards
- F3
- Find again
- Shift-F3
- Find again upwards
- Ctrl-R
- Search and replace
- Ctrl-Alt-U
- Clear match highlight
For more information on
Diakonos see:
http://purepistos.net/diakonos/
http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Getting-Started
http://wiki.purepistos.net/doku.php?id=Diakonos:Tips-and-Tricks
AUTHOR¶
Diakonos is by Pistos Christou
This package is maintained by Ralph Amissah