efte(1) Text editor

SYNOPSIS

efte [[options] files ...]

vefte [[options] files ...]

nefte [[options] files ...]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the efte.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in html format; see below.

efte is a powerful text editor which closely resembles Borlands programming editors for M$-DOS, but is far more flexible and configurable.

OPTIONS

efte uses a command line syntax, which is a little bit different from most of Debian GNU/Linux apps.
-h -? --help
Help on command line options.
-!
Ignore any external configuration file and use internal configuration.
-l<line>[,<column>]
Go to line (and column) in next file on command line.
-#<line>[<,column>]
Same as -l. Do not use this option.
-m[<mode>]
Set mode for next files to <mode>. If just plain -m, then use default mode.
-C[<.cnf>]
Use specified configuration file (compiled). Plain -C does the same as -!.
-D[<.dsk>]
Load/save desktop from file <.dsk>. If no argument, disable desktop load/save.
-H[<.his>]
Load/save history from file <.his>. If no argument, disable history load/save.
-T<tagfile>
Load 'tagfile' at startup.
-t<tag>
Lookup tag 'tag' and display file containing it.
--
The rest of the arguments are not options, but filenames.
-+
The next argument is not an option even if starting with a '-'. Useful when loading files that begin with a -.
-noxmb
Do not use XMB functions in xefte - useful if you have incorrect locales and you want to use just english fonts.
-font
Select XWindow font to use with xefte. See VIOFONT also.

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

This is list of variable which might change behavior of some internals of efte.
VIOFONT - select font used by xefte
ISOCONSOLE - when set, vefte is usign ascii symbols to draw tables. This is useful when iso latin charset is used on console.

EXAMPLES

efte -mBIN /usr/bin/vefte
load /usr/bin/vefte in BIN mode
efte -mBIN -+ -bla-
load file -bla- in BIN mode
efte -l100,30 win.c
go to (100,30) in win.c
efte window.cpp
load file window.cpp
efte -- -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
load files -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6
efte -D -H efte.dsk efte.his
disable desktop and history loading and saving and load files efte.dsk and efte.his

FILES

~/.efterc
/usr/local/etc/efte/system.fterc
/etc/efte/system.fterc

Default configuration files. Includes all keybindings and menus compiled with cefte(1) from config files in /usr/share/doc/efte/config-example.tar.gz.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Riku Voipio and Zdenek Kabelac <[email protected]> <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

DATE

18 Nov 1999