mino
1 Overview of the mino text editor
1.1 What is mino?
1.2 Which keys are defined for which level?
1.3 Why should I use it?
1.4 How to run it?
1.5 How does mino remember my preferences?
1.6 What about sentence highlighting?
1.7 What else?
2 Mino main window
2.1 The Menu bar
2.2 Status bar
2.3 Editing area
3 Working around with menus
3.1 File Menu (opened by pressing ALT+F):
3.2 Edit Menu (opened by pressing ALT+E):
3.3 Options Menu (opened by pressing ALT+O):
3.4 Help Menu (opened by pressing ALT+H):
4 Using keyboard shortcuts
Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
A.1 GNU Free Documentation License
Index
mino
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This manual is for the Mino text editor (version 2.1).
1 Overview of the mino text editor
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1.1 What is mino?
=================
Mino is a GNU software, part of the GnuDOS package.
Mino is a text file editor for use with the GNU/Linux console/terminals.
The idea is to provide a text editor that is user friendly and easy to
use for those who came from a DOS background. Having accustomed to
SHIFT-selecting text, using CTRL-shortcut keys and so on makes it hard
for the regular Joe to dive in head-first into the GNU syntax. Mino
provides a multi-level experience, the level of complexity can be
adjusted by the user: you want to use DOS-keys with a few basic GNU
ones? you want to go with the full power of the GNU system? All are
options that are provided by the six levels of experience of mino:
1. Newbie: All DOS shortcut keys, no GNU keys yet
2. Novice: DOS shortcut keys, some of which are replaced with GNU's
3. Intermediate: DOS keys with a few more replaced with GNU keys
4. Advanced: ... And more GNU keys in
5. Expert: Very few DOS keys, most are GNU keys
6. Veteran: Only GNU keys, no DOS-like keys
You start with level 1 by default.
To set your level of experience, call mino with the ''--level X'' or
''-l X'' options, Where X is the desired level, for example:
$ mino --level 2
1.2 Which keys are defined for which level?
===========================================
Below is a table showing the DOS-like key combinations along with their
respective GNU key bindings. To the right is the level at which a
certain GNU key is defined. Each key defined is recognized in higher
levels (e.g. level 2 keys are recognized in levels 3-4-5-6). Note that
in level 6 only GNU keys are defined, no DOS key will work at all at
this level!.
Keybindings:
In the table below, C-something means pressing down CTRL and then
pressing the other key. Note that '^' is the same as 'C', meaning
CTRL-key, it is just typed like this so DOS users can feel familiar with
the text.
The same goes for M-something, which means META or ALT.
Function DOS-like key GNU key GnuDOS Level
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
All DOS bindings and Newbie
no GNU bindings
Next Line Down C-n Novice
Prev. Line Up C-p Novice
Backward Left C-b Novice
Forward Right C-f Novice
Back One Word ^Left M-b Novice
Fwd One Word ^Right M-f Novice
Cancel ESC C-g Intermediate
Next Screen PgDn C-v Intermediate
Prev. Screen PgUp M-v Intermediate
Start of Line Home C-a Intermediate
End of Line End C-e Intermediate
Start of text ^Home C-< Intermediate End of text ^End C-> Intermediate
Del prev char BkSpc DEL (is Advanced
BkSpc)
Del next char Delete C-d Advanced
Del prev word ^BkSpc M-DEL (is Advanced
M-BkSpc)
Del next word ^Delete M-d Advanced
Select text SHIFT+Arrow C-Space Advanced
Cut (kill) BkSpc/Del C-w Advanced
Quit ^Q C-x C-c Expert
Paste (yanking) ^V C-y Expert
Del Line ^D C-k Expert
Undo ^Z C-/, C-_, Expert
C-x u
Open File ^O C-x C-f Expert
Save File ^S C-x C-s Expert
Find (Search) ^F C-s (forward Expert
search)
C-r (reverse Expert
search)
Help F1 C-h ? Expert
All GNU bindings and Veteran
no DOS bindings
1.3 Why should I use it?
========================
If you are new to the GNU system and find it hard to dive-in head-first
into the GNU keys and shortcuts that GNU programs like emacs use, this
is the place to start. Use your well-known DOS-like shortcuts, in the
same time learn how to use the GNU system shortcuts.
1.4 How to run it?
==================
After installing the GnuDOS package, simply type:
$ mino
on your console (or GUI terminal) and the editor will run. If you
want to load a file into mino on startup, run:
$ mino path-to-file
To reset the configuration file:
$ mino --reset-config
To show command line help:
$ mino [--help|-h]
1.5 How does mino remember my preferences?
==========================================
Mino stores its configuration in a file named '.mino.conf' under your
home directory. You can edit it by hand (or using mino!), but this is
not advisable. Use the Options menu under mino to change your
preferences and mino will save them to the config file in the proper
way.
1.6 What about sentence highlighting?
=====================================
Currently mino recognizes the following file types (by their extension):
* C/C++ Source and header files
* Perl scripts
* Shell scripts
* Python scripts
* x86 Assembly source listings
* Texi info source files
* HTML page files
* JavaScript source files
* QBASIC source files
* GNU Pascal source files
* Fortran 77 v4.0 source files
Whenever you open a file of one of these types, mino will
automatically adjust the colors of the view so that the language
keywords, library functions, and operators (like +-*/ and so on) are
highlighted, each in a different color, on a black background, to ease
writing your programs.
1.7 What else?
==============
There is one catch: when running under the console, some key
combinations are not recognised (e.g. CTRL+arrow-keys). This is
because starting with version 2.0, the GnuDOS library uses ncurses to
get keyboard input and some keys, especially modifier keys, are not
captured. This means, for example, you might not be able to hold down
SHIFT and use the arrow keys to select text. The solution is using
CTRL+E, which activates the Select mode. Enter the Select mode, use the
arrow keys to size your selection, do whatever you want with it, and
exit the Select mode.
And that's it for the intro!
2 Mino main window
******************
After running mino, you are faced with a window that has the following
components:
2.1 The Menu bar
================
Located at the top of the window. Contains the menus: File, Edit,
Options, and Help. The details of these menus can be found under *Note
Menus::.
2.2 Status bar
==============
At the bottom is the status bar. It shows the current state of the
file, which can be:
* New: After opening a fresh mino window or selecting New from the
File Menu
* Opened: When an existing file is opened
* Saved: After saving the edited file
* Modified: When any editing has been done but not yet been saved
* Idle: Nothing has happened yet!
The right side of the status bar shows the current position in file
in terms of the line and column.
There are indicators which can appear in the status bar:
* CAPS: When Capslock is On (in version 2.0, CAPS is not captured and
this indicator does not show)
* INS: When inserting mode is on (pressing INSERT)
* SEL: When selecting mode is on (pressing SHIFT or CTRL+E)
2.3 Editing area
================
Most of the main window will be occupied by the editing field containing
the lines of the open file. Most of your editing work will be done in
this area.
3 Working around with menus
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Menus are on the menu bar at the top of the *Note Main Window::. They
are:
3.1 File Menu (opened by pressing ALT+F):
=========================================
* New: Clears the editing area and opens a new file
* Open File: Opens a previously saved file for editing
* Save File: Saves the current file to disk
* Save As: Saves the current file under a different name
* Print: Prints the current file to printer (not currently
implemented)
* Exit: Exits mino
3.2 Edit Menu (opened by pressing ALT+E):
=========================================
* Cut: Cuts the current selection and places text into the mino
clipboard
* Copy: Copies the current selection to the mino clipboard
* Paste: Pastes whatever is in the mino clipboard into the current
position in file
* Select All: Selects the whole document
* Undo: Undoes the last action
* Redo: Redoes the last action undone
* Find: Finds text in the file
* Replace: Finds and replaces specific text in the file
* Delete Line: Deletes the line under the cursor
* Toggle Select Mode:
- Toggles the select mode On (like pressing SHIFT)
- Or Off (Like releasing SHIFT)
3.3 Options Menu (opened by pressing ALT+O):
============================================
* Change colors: Opens a dialog box to select different colors for
windows, menu bar, ...
* Tab spaces: Define the number of spaces to be inserted when you
press the TAB key
* Reset config: Resets the configuration (colors and tab spaces)
All the Options menu items write the new values into the config file
(~/.mino.conf).
3.4 Help Menu (opened by pressing ALT+H):
=========================================
* View README: Displays the README file installed with the GnuDOS
package
* GNU keybindings: Displays the keybindings file installed with the
GnuDOS package
* Quick Referece: Shows a quick reference for mino functions
* About Mino: Shows the About dialog box
4 Using keyboard shortcuts
**************************
Moving around with Shortcut Keys:
ALT+F: Open File menu
ALT+E: Open Edit menu
ALT+H: Open Help menu
ALT+O: Open Options menu
(1) File menu shortcuts:
CTRL+O: Open file
CTRL+S: Save file
CTRL+P: Print file (currently under development)
CTRL+Q: Exit program
(2) Edit menu shortcuts:
CTRL+X: Cut selection
CTRL+C: Copy selection
CTRL+V: Paste selection
CTRL+F: Find
CTRL+R: Find & Replace
CTRL+A: Select All
CTRL+D: Delete Line
CTRL+Z: Undo
CTRL+Y: Redo
CTRL+E: Toggle select mode
Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
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