RED Reference: Edit Functions
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EDIT MOVE&SCROLL, FILE CUSTOMISATION, HELP, MISC.

new-line

Key: Return (Enter)

Insert a line break at the cursor position. This creates a new line and places the cursor at the start of the new line.

open-line

Key: Ctrl-o

Insert a line break at the cursor position, and leave the cursor in the current line.

delete-char

Keys: Ctrl-d, Ctrl-Right, Delete

Delete the character to the right of the cursor. If the cursor is at the end of the line, the line break is deleted and two lines are joined into one.

backward-delete-char

Keys: BackSpace, Ctrl-Left

Delete the character to the left of the cursor. If the cursor is at the beginning of a line, the line break is deleted and the line is joined with the previous one.

backward-delete-untab

Key: (none)

Like backward-delete-char, but if the character to be deleted is a TAB, then convert that TAB into spaces first. For programming, it is often convenient to bind this function to the Backspace key rather than backward-delete-char (see Improved key bindings for details).

tab-to-tab-stop

Key: Tab

Insert a Tab character into the text. This advances the cursor to the next tab stop. Tab stops are every eight characters.

half-tab

Key: Ctrl-Tab

Move cursor to next half-tab stop (every four characters), using TABs and spaces as appropriate. (Spaces are automatically converted to TABs where possible.) For writing programs, it is often convenient to bind this function to the TAB key, rather than tab-to-tab-stop (see Improved key bindings for details).

indent

Key: Shift-Tab

Indent the cursor so that it is under the start of the next word in the next nonblank line above. If there is no nonblank line above, do a tab-to-tab-stop instead.

new-line-and-indent

Key: Shift-Return

Insert a line break at the cursor position and indent the cursor so that it is under the first non blank character in the line above. If you prefer "auto-indent" behaviour in your editor, you can bind your Enter/Return key to call this function.

cut-word

Key: Ctrl-Alt-Left

Cut the whole current word to the paste buffers. A word is defined as a sequence of characters containing only letters, digits or the underscore (_). If the cursor is not on a word when this function is called, the last word before the cursor will be cut. The word is then availabe for pasting into any X application.

cut-to-end-of-word

Key: Ctrl-Alt-Right

Cut the text from the cursor position to the end of the word to the paste buffers.

cut-line

Keys: Shift-Ctrl-Left, F4

Cut the whole current line to the paste buffers. This includes the whole text on the line (if any) and the line break. The line can then be pasted into any X application.

cut-to-end-of-line

Keys: Shift-Ctrl-Right, Ctrl-k

Cut the text from the cursor position to the end of the line to the paste buffers.

cut-region

Key: (none)

Cut the current region (the area between the cursor and the mark. For more details about setting a mark, see set-mark). The text placed into the paste buffer. It can then be pasted into any X Windows application.

Not yet implemented.

cut

Key: Alt-x, F1, F20
Menu: Edit

Cut the current selection. That is: Remove the current selection from the text and place it into the secondary paste buffer. It can then be pasted by using the paste-secondary command.

copy

Key: Alt-c, F16
Menu: Edit

Copy the current selection into the secondary paste buffer. It can then be pasted by using the paste-secondary command.

paste-primary

Keys: Insert, F3
Menu: Edit
Mouse: Middle button

Paste the contents of the primary paste buffer (the text last selected) at the cursor position into the text. See Cut, Copy and Paste for a detailed explanation of the paste buffers.

paste-secondary

Keys: Alt-v, F18
Menu: Edit

Paste the contents of the secondary paste buffer (the text last copied or cut) at the cursor position into the text. See Cut, Copy and Paste for a detailed explanation of the paste buffers.

select-word

Key: Ctrl-w
Mouse: double click button 1

Select the word in which the cursor is. If the cursor is not in a word, the last word before the cursor is selected. If a selection was already on, a word is added to the selection.

select-line

Keys: Ctrl-l, F2
Mouse: triple click button 1

Select the line in which the cursor is. If a selection was already on, the line is added to the selection.

select-region

Key: Shift-Ctrl-space, F8

Select the text area between the mark and the cursor. The mark must be set before calling this function. (See: set-mark for a description of how to set the mark.)

select-all

Key: Alt-a

Select the whole text.

shift-left

Key: Alt-, (Alt-comma)

Shift the content of the current line (or, if the selection is on, every line in the current selection) one character to the left. If the leftmost character in a line is not a whitespace character, the function has no effect.

This can be used to change the indentation of a whole block by selecting the block and shifting.

shift-right

Key: Alt-. (Alt-period)

Shift the content of the current line (or, if the selection is on, every line in the current selection) one character to the right. This is done by inserting spaces or TABs at the beginning of the line.

This can be used to change the indentation of a whole block by selecting the block and shifting.

insert-file

Key: Alt-q

Insert the contents of another file at the cursor position into the current text. Calling this function opens a file selection dialogue that allows the file to be selected and offers a "Quoted insert" option. If quoted insert is chosen, each line is prefixed with a quote string. The quote string can be specified in the preferences dialogue (see preferences).

comment

Key: Ctrl-c

Comment out the current line (or, if the selection is on, every line in the selection). The strings used for start and end of comments are defined in the preferences dialogue (see preferences). Use uncomment to remove the comment symbols.

uncomment

Key: Shift-Ctrl-c

Remove comment symbols at beginning and end of the current line (or, if the selection is on, every line in the selection). The strings used for start and end of comments are defined in the preferences dialogue (see preferences).

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