88 lines
3.1 KiB
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88 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
.\" Man page for Xedit.
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.TH XEDIT 1 "29 January 2014" "MATE Desktop Environment"
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.\" Please adjust this date when revising the manpage.
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.\"
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.SH "NAME"
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Xedit \- The MATE Text Editor
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B xedit [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Xedit is the official text editor of the MATE desktop environment. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, Xedit is a powerful general purpose text editor. It can be used to create and edit all sorts of text files.
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.PP
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Xedit features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically add new advanced features to Xedit itself.
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.PP
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This manual page briefly documents the \fBxedit\fR command.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
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\fBfilename(s)...\fR
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Specifies the file to open when \fBxedit\fR starts. If this is not specified, \fBxedit\fR will start a new, blank file with an "Unsaved Document" label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by spaces. \fBxedit\fR also supports handling of remote files.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-display=DISPLAY\fR
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X display to use.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-encoding\fR
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Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files listed on the command line.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-new\-window\fR
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Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of \fBxedit\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-new\-document\fR
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Create a new document in an existing instance of \fBxedit\fR, on the last Xedit window that had focus.
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.TP
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\fB+[num]\fR
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For the first file, go to the line specified by "num" (do not insert a space between the "+" sign and the number).
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If "num" is missing, go to the last line.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-list-encodings\fR
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Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit
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\fB\-\-version\fR
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Output version information and exit
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.TP
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\fB\-?, \-h, \-\-help\fR
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Print standard command line options.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\-all\fR
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Print all command line options.
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.P
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This program also accepts the standard GTK options.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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\fBxedit \-\-encoding WINDOWS-1252 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README\fR
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.RS 4
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Open the Linux Kernel README file from kernel.org's FTP server using Windows-1252 character encoding.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fBxedit +156 http://mate-desktop.org/\fR
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.RS 4
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Open the main web page of mate-desktop.org and jump to line 156.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fBxedit \-\-new\-window ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_history\fR
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.RS 4
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Open the current users .bashrc and .bash_history files in a new Xedit window.
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.SH "BUGS"
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.SS Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
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http://github.com/mate-desktop/xedit/issues
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.SH "NOTES"
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This version of the Xedit Manual Page was written with Xedit. =)
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.SS This Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:
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Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)
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.SH "HISTORY"
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.SS Some portions of this manual were originally written by Gedit's previous developers, to accompany it in the GNOME Desktop Environment by:
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.nf
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Paolo Maggi <paolo@gnome.org>
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Paolo Borelli <pborelli@katamail.com>
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James Willcox <jwillcox@gnome.org>
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Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com>
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Chema Celorio
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(2000-2010)
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.fi
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.SS
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Xedit documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key.
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Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs
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