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Keyboard GlossaryKeyboard Glossary
Other sources of information: See moving around and
selection for lists of key combinations on editor
windows; see the graphical user interface for a general
explanation of operating Edith's user interface.
RATIONALE
A way of getting to appreciate the choice of the menu shortcuts is to
remember that
- combinations with Alt only will generally apply to the
current (text or panel) window only. The Ctrl
key on the other hand is usually assigned to an operation that
can be selected anywhere in the application.
- only less frequently used combinations will have Shift
- some keycodes in the Edit menu and Browse menu have
alternatives that resemble those of the VI text editor, but
have Ctrl added. These are e.g. Ctrl .,
Ctrl %, Ctrl /, Ctrl
?.
- conformance to Emacs key codes is severly limited. There
is Erase line (Edit menu, Ctrl U), and a number of single key strokes on browser
windows. People have asked for more, but as with the VI
codes, most of these are clumsy and old-fashioned, because they
date back to the time that computer keyboards didn't even have
such things as arrow keys.
OTHER KEYS
As far as possible, other keys labelled with special functions, such as
the Sun L keys, should work. If they don't, do not hesitate to
write to the author so that they can
be included.
Linux users who haven't done so already, may need to put a command
like
xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 = BackSpace BackSpace'
in their .xsession
or .xinitrc
file. A more complete fix
to the rather limited Linux keyboard setup is available from
ZFC on request. On (some?) PC keyboards, a
number of key combinations with both Shift and Ctrl generate
a response only when the right Shift key is used.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF KEYBOARD COMBINATIONS
The following is a list, ordered by their position on the keyboard, of
key combinations in the menus, and those that apply to text windows
only; combinations with Alt may not apply in dialog panels, because
they are assigned to buttons.
- F1-F20
- External commands (Edith menu)
for Default setup.
- Ctrl F1-F20
- External commands (Edith menu)
for text window modes other than Default setup.
- Escape
- back-indent or shortcut expansion.
On browsers: Stop (Browse menu). On panels: abort
through a button like Cancel.
- Tab
- To next edit/true tab stop.
Go to next text input field on panels.
Select next link on browser windows.
- Shift Tab
- To next true/edit (alternative) tab stop.
Go to previous text input field on panels.
Select previous link on browser windows.
- Left tab
- Same as Shift Tab
- Ctrl Tab
- Cycle texts (Windows menu)
- Caps Lock
- Additive selection (Mark menu)
- Alt 1
- Do dribble 1 (Edit menu), also Ctrl 1
- Alt 2
- Do dribble 2 (Edit menu), also Ctrl 2
- Alt 3
- Do dribble 3 (Edit menu), also Ctrl 3
- Ctrl %
- Find bracket (Browse menu), also Ctrl B
- Ctrl A
- Apropos... (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl A
- ASCII/ISO table (Windows menu)
- Alt A
- Select all (Mark menu)
- Alt Shift A
- Begin selection (Mark menu)
- B
- Back (Browse menu) on browsers
- Ctrl B
- Find bracket (Browse menu), also Ctrl %
- Shift Ctrl B
- Cut/replace buffer (Windows menu)
- Alt B
- Open browse menu
- Alt Shift B
- End selection (Mark menu)
- Ctrl C
- Copy (Edit menu)
- Shift Ctrl C
- Colours... (Options menu)
- Alt C
- Copy (Edit menu)
- Alt Shift C
- Capitalize (Text menu)
- D
- Go to info index (on browsers)
- Ctrl D
- Next target above (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl D
- Text display/fonts... (Options menu)
- Alt D
- Delete line (Edit menu)
- Alt Shift D
- Indent to column... (Text menu)
- Ctrl E
- Edit source... (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl E
- Execute command... (Edith menu)
- Alt E
- Open edit menu
- Alt Shift E
- Expand tabs (Text menu)
- F
- Forward (Browse menu) on browsers
- Ctrl F
- Search engine... (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl F
- File options... (Options menu)
- Alt F
- Open file menu
- Alt Shift F
- Filter... (Edith menu), also Control !
- Ctrl G
- Next target below (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl G
- Highlighting styles... (Options menu)
- Alt G
- Goto line... (Browse menu)
- Alt Shift G
- Highlight syntax (Options menu)
- H
- Help (Browse menu) on browsers
- Ctrl H
- Replace (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl H
- Tile horizontally (Windows menu)
- Alt H
- Open Edith menu; often: help.
- Alt Shift H
- Create source tag (Mark menu)
- Ctrl I
- Edith info index (Edith menu)
- Shift Ctrl I
- Interface options... (Options menu)
- Alt I
- Invert selection (Mark menu)
- Alt Shift I
- Auto indent (Options menu)
- Ctrl J
- Shift left (Text menu)
- Alt J
- Shift left one (Text menu)
- Alt Shift J
- Join lines (Edit menu)
- Ctrl K
- Shift right (Text menu)
- Alt K
- Shift right one (Text menu)
- Alt Shift K
- Kill trailing blanks (Text menu)
- Ctrl L
- Open location... (File menu)
- Shift Ctrl L
- Language options... (Options menu)
- Alt Shift L
- To lower case (Text menu)
- Ctrl M
- System manual... (Browse menu)
- Shift Ctrl M
- Text window modes... (Windows menu)
- Alt M
- Open mark menu
- Alt Shift M
- Show matching brackets (Options menu)
- Ctrl N
- Open next (File menu)
- Shift Ctrl N
- New untitled text (File menu)
- Alt N
- New view on text... (Windows menu)
- Alt Shift N
- Convert newlines... (Text menu)
- Ctrl O
- Open text... (File menu)
- Shift Ctrl O
- Open binary... (File menu)
- Alt O
- Open options menu
- Alt Shift O
- Sort (Text menu)
- Ctrl P
- Quick search above... (Browse menu), also Ctrl ?
- Shift Ctrl P
- Format right-aligns (Options menu)
- Alt P
- Put marker (Mark menu)
- Alt Shift P
- Format paragraph (Text menu)
- Q
- Close window (File menu) on browsers
- Ctrl Q
- Quick search below... (Browse menu), also Ctrl /
- Shift Ctrl Q
- Quit (File menu)
- Alt Q
- Select south-east quadrant (Mark menu), also Ctrl [
- Alt Shift Q
- Select north-east quadrant (Mark menu), also Ctrl ]
- Ctrl R
- Repeat dribble (Edit menu), also Ctrl .
- Shift Ctrl R
- Text ruler... (Options menu)
- Alt R
- Reload... (File menu)
- Alt Shift R
- Reverse lines (Text menu)
- Shift Ctrl S
- Shortcuts... (Options menu)
- Ctrl S
- Switch mode... (Windows menu)
- Alt S
- Save (File menu)
- Alt Shift S
- Save as... (File menu)
- Ctrl T
- Store dribble (Edit menu)
- Shift Ctrl T
- Trash buffer (Windows menu)
- Alt T
- Open text menu
- Alt Shift T
- Compress tabs (Text menu)
- Ctrl U
- Erase line (Edit menu)
- Alt U
- Undo (Edit menu)
- Alt Shift U
- To upper case (Text menu)
- Ctrl V
- Paste (Edit menu)
- Shift Ctrl V
- Tile vertically (Windows menu)
- Alt V
- Paste (Edit menu)
- Alt Shift V
- Overlay (Edit menu)
- Ctrl W
- Close window... (File menu)
- Shift Ctrl W
- Close all windows (Windows menu)
- Alt W
- Open windows menu
- Alt Shift W
- Auto wrap (Options menu)
- Ctrl X
- Cut (Edit menu)
- Shift Ctrl X
- External commands... (Options menu)
- Alt X
- Cut (Edit menu)
- Alt Shift X
- Delete (Edit menu)
- Ctrl Y
- Private info index (Edith menu)
- Alt Y
- Toggle single/column (Mark menu)
- Alt Shift Y
- Save all texts (File menu)
- Ctrl Z
- Resize... (Windows menu)
- Shift Ctrl Z
- Size and gadgets... (Options menu)
- Alt Z
- Clear selection (Mark menu)
- Alt Shift Z
- Save selection... (File menu)
- Backspace
- Delete character left of cursor (Moving around); note
on some Linux systems the backspace key is, incorrectly,
indistinguishable from Delete.
Contrary to Delete, doesn't
delete the selection in panels.
- Shift Backspace
- Delete to beginning of line (Moving around, User interface)
- Ctrl Backspace
- Delete word left of cursor (Moving around, User interface)
- Return
- Create a new line. Exit a panel through an
affirmative button (usually OK). In browsers:
open selected link.
- Ctrl ]
- Select SE quadrant... (Mark menu), also Alt Q
- Ctrl [
- Select NE quadrant... (Mark menu), also Alt Shift Q
- Ctrl .
- Repeat... (Edit menu), also Ctrl R
- Ctrl /
- Quick search below... (Browse menu), also Ctrl Q
- ?
- Help (Browse menu) on browsers
- Ctrl ?
- Quick search above... (Browse menu), also Ctrl P
- Space
- Page down on browsers
- Insert
- Replace mode (Mark menu)
- Ctrl Insert
- Insert... (File menu)
- Delete
- Delete character right of cursor (Moving around).
In panels, deletes selected text (User interface).
- Shift Delete
- delete to end of line (Moving around)
- Ctrl Delete
- Delete word right of cursor (Moving around)
- Home
- Line home (Moving around), also Begin
- Shift Home
- Extend fragment to line home (Selection)
- End
- Line end (Moving around)
- Shift End
- Extend fragment to line end (Selection)
- Ctrl Home
- Text home (Moving around), also Ctrl Begin
- Shift Ctrl Home
- Extend fragment to text home (Selection)
- Shift Ctrl End
- Extend fragment to text end (Selection)
- Page up
- Page up (Moving around)
- Shift Page up
- Extend fragment one page up (Selection)
- Page down
- Page down (Moving around)
- Shift Page down
- Extend fragment one page down (Selection)
- Up
- Cursor up (Moving around)
- Shift Up
- Extend fragment one line up (Selection)
- Ctrl Up
- Paragraph up (Moving around)
- Shift Ctrl Up
- Extend fragment one paragraph up (Selection)
- Alt Up
- Display up (Moving around)
- Down
- Cursor down (Moving around)
- Shift Down
- Extend fragment one line down (Selection)
- Ctrl Down
- Paragraph down (Moving around)
- Shift Ctrl Down
- Extend fragment one paragraph down (Selection)
- Alt Down
- Display down (Moving around)
- Left
- Cursor left (Moving around, User interface)
- Shift Left
- Extend fragment one character to the left (Selection, User interface)
- Alt Left
- Back (Browse menu)
- Right
- Cursor right (Moving around, User interface)
- Shift Right
- Extend fragment one character to the right (Selection, User interface)
- Alt Right
- Forward (Browse menu)
- Ctrl Left
- Word left (Moving around)
- Shift Ctrl Left
- Extend fragment leftward by one word (Selection)
- Ctrl Right
- Word right (Moving around)
- Shift Ctrl Right
- Extend fragment rightward by one word (Selection)
- Ctrl Num pad 7
- Move window to top left corner of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 8
- Move window to top of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 9
- Move window to top right corner of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 4
- Move window to left of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 5
- Move window to middle of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 6
- Move window to right of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 1
- Move window to bottom left corner of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 2
- Move window to bottom of screen
- Ctrl Num pad 3
- Move window to bottom right corner of screen
- Num pad -
- Smaller font (Windows menu)
- Num pad +
- Larger font (Windows menu)
- Enter
- Same as Return, always.
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