Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of UsersGuide


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Timestamp:
2010-03-31T20:36:40Z (14 years ago)
Author:
Jiri Svoboda
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Improve description of text editing keys

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  • UsersGuide

    v13 v14  
    33 1. [#QuickStart Quick Start]
    44 2. [#Console Console]
     5 3. [#TextEditing Text Editing Keys]
    56 3. [#Shell Shell]
    67 4. [#Editor Editor]
     
    2627|| Ctrl-Shift-F2   || Czech QWERTZ    ||
    2728
    28 == Shell == #Shell
     29== Text Editing Keys == #TextEditing
    2930
    30 Type ''help'' (+Enter) to get a list of built-in commands.
    31 
    32 (''Trunk Only'') The shell has basic command-line editing capabilities. Besides typing to insert text, you can use the following controls:
     31Whenever you are prompted to enter or edit some text, you can use the same common base set of control keys. These should be quite familiar to you as they are similar to the keys used in popular desktop environments.
    3332
    3433|| '''Keystroke'''  || '''Action''' ||
    35 || Enter            || Submit and execute the command ||
     34|| Enter            || Submit or insert end-of-line ||
    3635|| Backspace        || Delete character to the left of cursor (or delete selection) ||
    3736|| Delete           || Delete character under cursor (or delete selection) ||
     
    4241|| Ctrl-Left Arrow  || Move cursor left by one word ||
    4342|| Ctrl-Right Arrow || Move cursor right by one word ||
    44 || Ctrl-Up Arrow    || Move cursor up by one row (within input spanning multiple rows) ||
    45 || Ctrl-Down Arrow  || Move cursor down by one row (within input spanning multiple rows) ||
    46 || Up Arrow         || Move to older history entry ||
    47 || Down Arrow       || Move to newer history entry ||
    4843|| Shift-''movement'' || Select text ||
    4944|| Ctrl-A             || Select all ||
     
    5247|| Ctrl-V             || Paste from clipboard ||
    5348
     49== Shell == #Shell
     50
     51Type ''help'' (+Enter) to get a list of built-in commands.
     52
     53The shell supports [#TextEditing common text-editing controls]. In addition to that the following controls are defined:
     54
     55|| '''Keystroke'''  || '''Action''' ||
     56|| Enter            || Submit and execute the command ||
     57|| Up Arrow         || Move to older history entry ||
     58|| Down Arrow       || Move to newer history entry ||
     59
     60(''Trunk Only'') Other command-line driven applications (e.g. SBI) support exactly the same controls as the shell. (The command-line input is implemented in a common library called CLUI).
     61
    5462== Text Editor (''Trunk only'') == #Editor
    5563
    56 Started with the {{{edit}}} command. The editor controls are in the same spirit as on the command line. Summary of controls in the editor:
     64Started with the {{{edit}}} command. The editor supports [#TextEditing common text-editing controls] and in addition, the following controls are defined:
    5765
    5866|| '''Keystroke'''  || '''Action''' ||
    5967|| Enter            || Insert line break ||
    60 || Backspace        || Delete character to the left of cursor (or delete selection) ||
    61 || Delete           || Delete character under cursor (or delete selection) ||
    62 || Left Arrow       || Move cursor left by one character ||
    63 || Right Arrow      || Move cursor right by one character ||
    64 || Home             || Move cursor to beginning of line ||
    65 || End              || Move cursor to end of line ||
    6668|| Up Arrow         || Move cursor one line up ||
    6769|| Down Arrow       || Move cursor one line down ||
    6870|| Page Up          || Move cursor up by one page ||
    6971|| Page Down        || Move cursor down by one page ||
    70 || Shift-''movement'' || Select text ||
    71 || Ctrl-A             || Select all ||
    72 || Ctrl-C             || Copy selection to clipboard ||
    73 || Ctrl-X             || Cut selection to clipboard ||
    74 || Ctrl-V             || Paste from clipboard ||
    7572|| Ctrl-Q           || Quit ||
    7673|| Ctrl-S           || Save ||