| Button 1 Down |
Start Selection |
| Button 1 Motion |
Adjust Selection |
| Button 1 Up |
End Selection (cut) |
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| Button 2 Down |
Insert Current Selection (paste) |
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| Button 3 Down |
Extend Current Selection |
| Button 3 Motion |
Adjust Selection |
| Button 3 Up |
End Selection (cut) |
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| LINE EDIT MODE |
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| Line edit mode |
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| enables several shortcut commands for searching and replacing text in
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| xedit buffer. |
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| Line edit mode |
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| commands have the format: |
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[line-number[,line-number]]command[parameters] |
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| Line number |
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| may be specified as: |
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| 8 |
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| . |
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| The current text line. |
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| 8 |
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| $ |
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| The last line of the file. |
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| 8 |
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| number |
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| The literal line number. |
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| 8 |
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| - or ^ |
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| The previous line. Equivalent to -1. |
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| 8 |
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| -number or ^number |
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| The current line minus number. |
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| 8 |
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| + |
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| The next line. Equivalent to +1. |
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| 8 |
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| +number |
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| The current line plus number. |
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| 8 |
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| , or % |
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| From the first to the last line. Equivalent to 1,$. |
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| 8 |
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| ; |
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| From the current to the last line. Equivalent to .,$. |
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| Command |
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| may be specified as: |
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| 8 |
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| s |
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| Substitute text in the specified lines. |
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| 8 |
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| /re/ |
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| Search forward for the regular expression pattern re. |
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| 8 |
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| ?re? |
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| Search backward for the regular expression pattern re. |
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| Parameters |
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| may be specified as: |
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| 8 |
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| /re/ |
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| Works as a parameter to i or as a command. |
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| 8 |
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| /re/text/ |
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| Search forward for re and substitute by text. |
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| Options |
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| may follow or be parameters, known values are: |
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| 8 |
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| i |
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| Case insensitive search. |
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| 8 |
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| g |
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| Global match when replacing text. Unless specified, only the
nth, |
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| that defaults to 1, match will be replaced. |
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| 8 |
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| c |
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| Confirm before replacing text. |
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| 8 |
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| number |
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| Replace only the occurrence referenced by number. |
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| Commands accept some variations, examples: |
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/pattern/i |
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i/pattern/ |
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i/pattern |
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| Search forward for pattern. |
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,sc/pattern/text |
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,s/pattern/text/c |
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| Search the entire buffer and ask confirmation to replace
pattern |
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| with text. |
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,s/pattern/text/number |
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| Replace the match number in the text line. If not specified, |
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| defaults to the first occurrence. |
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| When searching for text, type <Return> to go to the next
match. |
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| When interactively replacing text, type y or Y to accept
the |
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| change, and n or N to ignore it and go to the next
match. |
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| COMMANDS |
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| Quit 8 |
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| Quits the current editing session. If any changes have not been
saved, |
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| xedit |
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| displays a warning message, allowing the user to save them. |
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| Save |
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| If file backups are enabled (see RESOURCES, below) |
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| xedit |
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| stores a copy of the |
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| original, unedited file in <prefix>file<suffix>, |
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| then overwrites the file with the contents of the edit window.
The |
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| filename is retrieved from the Text widget directly to the right of |
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| the Load button. |
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| Load |
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| Loads the file named in the text widget immediately to the right |
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| of the this button and displays it in the Edit window. |
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| RESOURCES |
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| For xedit the available resources are: |
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| 8 |
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| tagsName (Class TagsName) |
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| Specifies the name of the tags file to search when loading a new
file. |
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| Default value is tags. |
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| 8 |
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| loadTags (Class LoadTags) |
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| Boolean value to enable or disabling searching for tags
files. |
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| Default is True. |
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| 8 |
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| enableBackups (Class EnableBackups) |
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| Specifies that, when edits made to an existing file are
saved, |
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| xedit |
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| is to copy the original version of that file to
<prefix>file <suffix> |
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| before it saves the changes. The default value for this resource
is |
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| ``on,'' stating that backups should be created. |
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| 8 |
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| backupNamePrefix (Class BackupNamePrefix) |
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| Specifies a string that is to be prepended to the backup filename.
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| default is that no string shall be prepended. |
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| 8 |
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| backupNameSuffix (Class BackupNameSuffix) |
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| Specifies a string that is to be appended to the backup filename.
The |
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| default is to use ``~'' as the suffix. |
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| 8 |
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| positionFormat (Class Format) |
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| Specifies a format string used to display the cursor position.
This |
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| string uses printf(3) like notation, where |
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| %l |
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| prints the line number, |
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| %c |
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| prints the column number, |
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| %p |
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| prints the insert position offset, and |
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| %s |
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| prints the current file size. It is also allowed to specify field
sizes, |
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| with the notation |
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| %-?[0-9]+ |
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| . The default format string is ``L%l'', which shows the character
``L'' |
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| followed by the line number. |
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| 8 |
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| hints (Class Hints) |
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| Specifies a list of strings, separated by new lines, that will
be |
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| displayed in the bc_label window. |
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| 8 |
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| hintsInterval (Class Interval) |
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| Specifies the interval in seconds, which the hint string in the
bc_label |
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| window will be changed. |
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| 8 |
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| changedBitmap (Class Bitmap) |
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| Specifies the name of the Bitmap that will be displayed in the
fileMenu, when |
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| the file being edited is changed. |
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| 8 |
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| autoReplace (Class Replace) |
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| This resource is useful to automatically correct common misspelling
errors, but |
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| can also be used to create simple macros. The format is |
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| {non-blanks}{blanks}[{string}]. Fields are separated by
newlines. |
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| Example of use: |
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| nto |
not\n\ |
| /macro some long string with \\\n newlines \\\n |
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| Will automatically replace the word nto by
not , and /macro |
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| by some long string with |
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| newlines |
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| when you type that words. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.dictionaries (Class ispell.Dictionary) |
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| Specifies a list of dictionary names, separated by spaces, available
to the |
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| ispell program. The default value is "american
americamed+ english" . |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.dictionary (Class ispell.Dictionary) |
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| Specifies the default dictionary to use. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell*<DICTIONARY>.wordChars (Class
ispell*Chars) |
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| Specifies a set of characters that can be part of a legal word.
The |
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| <DICTIONARY> field is one of the dictionaries
specified in the |
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| dictionaries resource. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.ispellCommand (Class
ispell.CommandLine) |
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| The path to the ispell program, and possibly, additional arguments.
You don't |
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| need to specify the ``-w'' option, neither the ``-a''
option. |
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| Refer to the ispell(1) manpage for more information on
ispell options. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.formatting (Class ispell.TextFormat) |
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| Specifies which text formatting to use while spell checking the file.
The |
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| available formats are text and
html. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell*text.skipLines (Class ispell*text.Skip) |
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| Lines starting with one of the characters in this string will not be
spell |
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| checked. This resource is only used in text
mode. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.terseMode (Class ispell.Terse) |
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| When enabled, runs ispell in terse mode, not asking user interaction
for words |
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| generated through compound formation (when using the ispell ``-C''
option), or |
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| words generated through affix removal. The default value is
False. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.lookCommand (Class ispell.CommandLine) |
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| The path to the program to search for alternate words, and
possibly, |
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| additional arguments. The default program used is
/usr/bin/egrep . |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.wordsFile (Class ispell.Words) |
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| The path to the file[s] to search for alternate words. The default
file is |
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| /usr/share/dict/words. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.guessLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell returns a guess
list |
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| of one or more words. The default value is
Guess. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.missLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when ispell returns a list
of one |
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| or more words to match a misspelled one. The default value is
Miss . |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.rootLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when the word is not in the
dictionary, |
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| but it can be formed through a root one. The default value is
Root: , and is |
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| followed by a space and the root word. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.noneLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when there is no near
misses. The default |
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| value is None. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.compoundLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when the word being checked
is formed by |
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| concatenation of two words. The default value is
Compound. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.okLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| String displayed in the ispell status bar when the checked word is in
the dictionary. |
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| This string is only displayed when using the check
button in the xedit ispell |
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| interface. The default value is Ok. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.eofLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| The string displayed in the ispell status bar when the end of the
file is reached. |
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| The default value is End Of File. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.repeatLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| The string displayed in the ispell status bar when two identical
words are found |
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| together in the file. The default value is
Repeat. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.lookLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| The string displayed in the ispell status bar after displaying the
results of |
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| the Look command. If no results are found, the value of
the |
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| ispell.noneLabel resource is shown. |
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| 8 |
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| ispell.workingLabel (Class ispell.Status) |
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| The string displayed in the ispell status bar while xedit is
communicating with |
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| ispell. The default value is .... |
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| WIDGETS |
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| In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy
of |
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| the widgets which compose xedit. In the notation
below, |
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| indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name |
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| is given first, followed by the widget instance name. |
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