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Command Line Editing

The interactive text interface in OOF uses version 1.11 of the editline library by Simmule Turner and Rich Salz. Here are the relevant parts of its manual:

A program that uses this library provides a simple emacs-like editing interface to its users. A line may be edited before it is sent to the calling program by typing either control characters or escape sequences. A control character, shown as a caret followed by a letter, is typed by holding down the ``control'' key while the letter is typed. For example, ``^A'' is a control-A. An escape sequence is entered by typing the ``escape'' key followed by one or more characters. The escape key is abbreviated as ``ESC''. Note that unlike control keys, case matters in escape sequences; ``ESC F'' is not the same as ``ESC f''.

An editing command may be typed anywhere on the line, not just at the beginning. In addition, a return may also be typed anywhere on the line, not just at the end.

Most editing commands may be given a repeat count, $n$ , where $n$ is a number. To enter a repeat count, type the escape key, the number, and then the command to execute. For example, ``ESC 4 ^f'' moves forward four characters. If a command may be given a repeat count then the text ``[n]'' is given at the end of its description.

The following control characters are accepted: 

^A     Move to the beginning of the line
^B     Move left (backwards) [n]
^D     Delete character [n]
^E     Move to end of line
^F     Move right (forwards) [n]
^G     Ring the bell
^H     Delete character before cursor (backspace key) [n]
^J     Done with line (return key)
^K     Kill to end of line (or column [n])
^L     Redisplay line
^M     Done with line (alternate return key)
^N     Get next line from history [n]
^P     Get previous line from history [n]
^R     Search backward (forward if [n]) through history for text;
          prefixing the string with a caret (^) forces it to
          match only at the beginning of a history line
^T     Transpose characters
^V     Insert next character, even if it is an edit command
^W     Wipe to the mark
^X^X   Exchange current location and mark
^Y     Yank back last killed text
^[     Start an escape sequence (escape key)
^]c    Move forward to next character ``c''
^?     Delete character before cursor (delete key) [n]

The following escape sequences are provided. 

ESC ^H    Delete previous word (backspace key) [n]
ESC DEL   Delete previous word (delete key) [n]
ESC SP    Set the mark (space key); see ^X^X and ^Y above
ESC .     Get the last (or [n]'th) word from previous line
ESC ?     Show possible completions; see below
ESC <     Move to start of history
ESC >     Move to end of history
ESC b     Move backward a word [n]
ESC d     Delete word under cursor [n]
ESC f     Move forward a word [n]
ESC l     Make word lowercase [n]
ESC m     Toggle if 8 bit chars display as themselves or with
             an ``M\-'' prefix
ESC u     Make word uppercase [n]
ESC y     Yank back last killed text
ESC w     Make area up to mark yankable
ESC nn     Set repeat count to the number nn
ESC C     Read from environment variable ``_C_'', where C is an
             uppercase letter

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Cannot handle lines more than 80 columns.

AUTHORS

Simmule R. Turner $\langle$uunet.uu.net!capitol!sysgo!simmy$\rangle$ and Rich Salz $\langle$rsalz@osf.org$\rangle$. Original manual page by DaviD W. Sanderson $\langle$dws@ssec.wisc.edu$\rangle$.

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