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THE - The Hessling Editor
Hotkeys

 

HOTKEYS


Hot Key
To get, Strike or Strike
Equivalent command
What the hot key does
F0 Esc ` insertm toggle Toggle: insert mode on or off
F1 F1 or Esc hel Display online hel <
F2 F2 or Esc add Add n number of line <
F3 F3 or Esc 3 quit Exit the editor (quit)
F4 F4 or Esc 4 -- Tab forward (insert key must be off)
F5 F5 or Esc 5 -- Execute any pending prefix commands
F6 F6 or Esc 6 -- Put previous command on command line
F7 F7 or Esc 7 backward 1 Pageup (Backward)
F8 F8 or Esc 8 forward 1 PageDown (Forward)
F9 F9 or Esc 9 = Execute the previous typed command
F10 F10 or Esc 0 rgtleft Toggle: shift the screen right/shift left
F11 F11 or Esc - -- Split or join two lines
F12 F12 or Esc = cursor home Toggle: cursor home/back to original postion
F13 Shift F3 or Esc ! -- Go to previous word on current line
F14 Shift F4 or Esc @ -- Go to next word on current line
F15 Shift F5 or Esc # -- Delete current word
F16 Shift F6 or Esc $ -- Tab backward
F17 Shift F7 or Esc % -- Go to end of current line
F18 Shift F8 or Esc ^ -- Make focus line the current line
F19 Esc & -- Undo changes to the current line
F20 Esc * Nextwindow Switch to other window
F21 Esc ( top Go to top of file
F22 Esc ) screen 1 Close the second window
F23 Esc _ screen 2 Open a second window
F24 Esc + bottom Go to bottom of file
F25 Ctrl E -- Delete to end of line


KEY COMBINATION BY TOPICS

CURSOR COMMANDS   DELETE COMMANDS
F21 Go to top of file   ^E or - Delete to end of line
F24 Go to bottom of file   ^G Delete a block
F7 or PageUp Go to previous screen   ^H or Del Delete a character
F8 or PageDown Go to next screen   ^W or F15 Delete a word
Arrow up Move cursor up a line    
Arrow down Move cursor down a line   FILE COMMANDS
<- key Move cursor left   File Save & exit
F13 Go to previous word   FFile Save & exit
-> key Move cursor right   Quit or F3 Don't save & exit
F14 Go to next word   QQuit Don't save & exit
F17 Go to end of line   Save Save & remain in THE
^A

Move first non-blank
character to cursor

  SSave Save & remain in THE
F12 Cursor home   ^Z

Suspend THE and go to
to Unix shell (return via fg)
F4 or ^I Tab forward   F23 Open a second screen
F16 Tab backward   F20 Switch to other window
     F22 Close a second screen
BLOCK COMMANDS   OTHER COMMANDS
^B "Mark" block   ^J Join aligned
^C Copy block and "unmark"   ^R or + Redraw the screen
^D Duplicate marked lines   ^M Same as striking Enter
^F Fill block with characters   ^S Split aligned
^K Copy marked block   ^X SOS edit
^L Mark a single line   ^Q Undo
^O Overlay box   ^P Do prefix command
^U "Unmark" block/line    
^V Move block and unmark    
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The Hessling Editor is Copyright © Mark Hessling, 1990-1998 <M.Hessling@qut.edu.au>
Last modified: April 9, 1999
  

2000-2-16  document@uic.edu
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