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2: Elvis 1.4 VISUAL MODE COMMANDS Page 2-1
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5: E2. VISUAL MODE COMMANDSF
6:
7: Most visual mode commands are one keystroke long. The following
8: table lists the operation performed by each keystroke, and also
9: denotes any options or arguments that it accepts. Notes at the end
10: of the table describe the notation used in this table.
11:
12: In addition to the keys listed here, your keyboard's "arrow"
13: keys will be interpretted as the appropriate cursor movement
14: commands. The same goes for <PgUp> and <PgDn>, if your keyboard
15: has them. There is a colon mode command (to be described later)
16: which will allow you to define other keys, such as function keys.
17:
18: A tip: visual command mode looks a lot like text input mode. If
19: you forget which mode you're in, just hit the <Esc> key. If elvis
20: beeps, then you're in visual command mode. If elvis does not beep,
21: then you were in input mode, but by hitting <Esc> you will have
22: switched to visual command mode. So, one way or another, after
23: <Esc> elvis will be ready for a command.
24:
25: -1command description type-0
26: ^A ---
27: ^B Move toward the top of the file by 1 screenful
28: ^C ---
29: count ^D scroll down <count> lines (default 1/2 screen)
30: count ^E scroll up <count> lines
31: ^F move toward the bottom of the file by 1 screenful
32: ^G show file status, and the current line #
33: count ^H move left, like h MOVE
34: ^I ---
35: count ^J move down MOVE
36: ^K ---
37: ^L redraw the screen
38: count ^M move to the front of the next line MOVE
39: count ^N move down MOVE
40: ^O ---
41: count ^P move up MOVE
42: ^Q ---
43: ^R redraw the screen
44: ^S ---
45: ^T ---
46: count ^U scroll up <count> lines (default 1/2 screen)
47: ^V ---
48: ^W ---
49: ^X ---
50: count ^Y scroll down <count> lines
51: ^Z ---
52: ESC ---
53: ^\ ---
54: ^] if the cursor is on a tag name, go to that tag
55: ^^ switch to the previous file, like ":e #"
56: ^_ ---
57: count SPC move right,like l MOVE
58: ! mv run the selected lines thru an external filter program
59: " key select which cut buffer to use next
60: count # + increment a number EDIT
61: $ move to the rear of the current line MOVE
62: % move to the matching (){}[] character MOVE
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68: Elvis 1.4 VISUAL MODE COMMANDS Page 2-2
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71: count & repeat the previous ":s//" command here EDIT
72: ' key move to a marked line MOVE
73: count ( move backward <count> sentences MOVE
74: count ) move forward <count> sentences MOVE
75: * go to the next error in the errlist
76: count + move to the front of the next line MOVE
77: count , repeat the previous [fFtT] but in the other direction MOVE
78: count - move to the front of the preceding line MOVE
79: count . repeat the previous "edit" command
80: / text search forward for a given regular expression MOVE
81: 0 if not part of count, move to 1st char of this line MOVE
82: 1 part of count
83: 2 part of count
84: 3 part of count
85: 4 part of count
86: 5 part of count
87: 6 part of count
88: 7 part of count
89: 8 part of count
90: 9 part of count
91: : text run single EX cmd
92: count ; repeat the previous [fFtT] cmd MOVE
93: < mv shift text left EDIT
94: = ---
95: > mv shift text right EDIT
96: ? text search backward for a given regular expression MOVE
97: @ key execute the contents of a cut-buffer as VI commands
98: count A inp append at end of the line EDIT
99: count B move back Word MOVE
100: C inp change text from the cursor through the end of the line EDIT
101: D delete text from the cursor through the end of the line EDIT
102: count E move end of Word MOVE
103: count F key move leftward to a given character MOVE
104: count G move to line #<count> (default is the bottom line) MOVE
105: count H move to home row (the line at the top of the screen)
106: count I inp insert at the front of the line (after indents) EDIT
107: count J join lines, to form one big line EDIT
108: K look up keyword
109: count L move to last row (the line at the bottom of the screen)
110: M move to middle row
111: N repeat previous search, but in the opposite direction MOVE
112: count O inp open up a new line above the current line EDIT
113: P paste text before the cursor
114: Q quit to EX mode
115: R inp overtype EDIT
116: count S inp change lines, like <count>cc
117: count T key move leftward *almost* to a given character MOVE
118: U Undo all recent changes to the current line
119: V ---
120: count W move forward <count> Words MOVE
121: count X delete the character(s) to the left of the cursor EDIT
122: count Y yank text line(s) (copy them into a cut buffer)
123: Z Z save the file & exit
124: [ [ move back 1 section MOVE
125: \ ---
126: ] ] move forward 1 section MOVE
127: ^ move to the front of the current line (after indent) MOVE
128: _ ---
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137: ` key move to a marked character MOVE
138: count a inp insert text after the cursor EDIT
139: count b move back <count> words MOVE
140: c mv change text EDIT
141: d mv delete text EDIT
142: count e move forward to the end of the current word MOVE
143: count f key move rightward to a given character MOVE
144: g ---
145: count h move left MOVE
146: count i inp insert text at the cursor EDIT
147: count j move down MOVE
148: count k move up MOVE
149: count l move right MOVE
150: m key mark a line or character
151: n repeat the previous search MOVE
152: count o inp open a new line below the current line EDIT
153: p paste text after the cursor
154: q ---
155: count r key replace <count> chars by a given character EDIT
156: count s inp replace <count> chars with text from the user EDIT
157: count t key move rightward *almost* to a given character MOVE
158: u undo the previous edit command
159: v ---
160: count w move forward <count> words MOVE
161: count x delete the character that the cursor's on EDIT
162: y mv yank text (copy it into a cut buffer)
163: z key scroll current line to the screen's +=top -=bottom .=middle
164: count { move back <count> paragraphs MOVE
165: count | move to column <count> (the leftmost column is 1)
166: count } move forward <count> paragraphs MOVE
167: count ~ switch a character between uppercase & lowercase EDIT
168: DEL ---
169: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
170:
171: count Many commands may be preceded by a count. This is a sequence of digits
172: representing a decimal number. For most commands that use a count,
173: the command is repeated <count> times. The count is always optional,
174: and usually defaults to 1.
175:
176: key Some commands require two keystrokes. The first key always determines
177: which command is to be executed. The second key is used as a parameter
178: to the command.
179:
180: mv Six commands (! < > c d y) operate on text between the cursor and some
181: other position. To specify that other position, you are expected to
182: follow the command keystroke with a movement command. Also, you may
183: have the command operate on the whole line that the cursor is on by
184: typing the command key a second time.
185:
186: inp Many commands allow the user to interactively enter text.
187:
188: EDIT These commands affect text, and may be repeated by the "." command.
189:
190: MOVE These commands move the cursor, and may be used to specify the extent
191: of a member of the "mv" class of commands.
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200: Elvis 1.4 VISUAL MODE COMMANDS Page 2-4
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202:
203: E2.1 Input ModeF
204:
205: You can't type text into your file directly from visual command
206: mode. Instead, you must first give a command which will put you
207: into input mode. The commands to do this are A/C/I/O/R/S/a/i/o/s.
208:
209: The S/s/C/c commands temporarily place a $ at the end of the
210: text that they are going to change.
211:
212: In input mode, all keystrokes are inserted into the text at the
213: cursor's position, except for the following:
214:
215: ^A insert a copy of the last input text
216: ^D delete one indent character
217: ^H (backspace) erase the character before the cursor
218: ^L redraw the screen
219: ^M (carriage return) insert a newline (^J, linefeed)
220: ^P insert the contents of the cut buffer
221: ^R redraw the screen, like ^L
222: ^T insert an indent character
223: ^U backspace to the beginning of the line
224: ^V insert the following keystroke, even if special
225: ^W backspace to the beginning of the current word
226: ^Z^Z write the file & exit elvis
227: ^[ (ESCape) exit from input mode, back to command mode
228:
229: Also, on some systems, ^S may stop output, ^Q may restart
230: output, and ^C may interupt execution. ^@ (the NUL character)
231: cannot be inserted.
232:
233: The R visual command puts you in overtype mode, which is a
234: slightly different form of input mode. In overtype mode, each time
235: you insert a character, one of the old characters is deleted from
236: the file.
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239: E2.2 Arrow keys in Input ModeF
240:
241: The arrow keys can be used to move the cursor in input mode.
242: (This is an extension; the real Vi doesn't support arrow keys in
243: input mode.) The <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <Home>, and <End> keys work in
244: input mode, too. The <Delete> key deletes a single character in
245: input mode.
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247: The best thing about allowing arrow keys to work in input mode
248: is that as long as you're in input mode, Elvis seems to have a
249: fairly ordinary user interface. With most other text editors, you
250: are always in either insert mode or replace mode, and you can use
251: the arrow keys at any time to move the cursor. Now, Elvis can act
252: like that, too. In fact, with the new "inputmode" option and the
253: "control-Z control-Z" input command, you may never have to go into
254: visual command mode for simple edit sessions.
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266: Elvis 1.4 VISUAL MODE COMMANDS Page 2-5
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269: E2.3 DigraphsF
270:
271: Elvis supports digraphs as a way to enter non-ASCII characters.
272: A digraph is a character which is composed of two other
273: characters. For example, an apostrophe and the letter i could be
274: defined as a digraph which is to be stored & displayed as an
275: accented i.
276:
277: There is no single standard for extended ASCII character sets.
278: Elvis can be compiled to fill the digraph with values appropriate
279: for either the IBM PC character set, or the LATIN-1 character set
280: used by X windows, or neither. (See the discussions of -DCS_IBMPC
281: and -DCS_LATIN1 in the CFLAGS section of this manual.) You can view
282: or edit the digraph table via the ":digraph" colon command.
283:
284: Digraphs wil not be recognized until you've entered ":set
285: digraph".
286:
287: To actually use a digraph type the first character, then hit
288: <Backspace>, and then type the second character. Elvis will then
289: substitute the non-ASCII character in their place.
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291:
292: E2.4 AbbreviationsF
293:
294: Elvis can expand abbreviations for you. You define an
295: abbreviation with the :abbr command, and then whenever you type in
296: the abbreviated form while in input mode, elvis will immediately
297: the long form. COBOL programmers should find this useful. :-)
298:
299: Elvis doesn't perform the substitution until you type a
300: non-alphanumeric character to mark the end of the word. If you
301: type a control-V before that non-alphanumeric character, then Elvis
302: will not perform the substitution.
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305: E2.5 Auto-IndentF
306:
307: With the ":set autoindent" option turned on, Elvis will
308: automatically insert leading whitespace at the beginning of each
309: new line that you type in. The leading whitespace is copied from
310: the preceding line.
311:
312: To add more leading whitespace, type control-T. To remove some
313: whitespace, type control-D.
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315: Elvis' autoindent mode isn't 100% compatible with vi's. In
316: Elvis, 0^D and ^^D don't work, ^U can wipeout all indentation, and
317: sometimes Elvis will use a different amount of indentation than vi
318: would.
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