KEY NAME	NORMAL FUNCTION	GOLD FUNCTION
Control A	ascii code	match
Control B	bottom of text	append
Control C	copy	clear to eol
Control D	begin of line	prefix
Control E	command
Control F	search	search prompt
Control G	GOLD	GOLD
Control H	backspace
Control J	carriage-return
Control K	delete character	undelete char
Control L	delete line	undelete line
Control M	carriage-return
Control N	next page	next buffer
Control O	end of line
Control P	prev page	prev buffer
Control R	redraw screen	reverse
Control T	top of text
Control U	mark
Control V	paste	forward search
Control W	delete word	undelete word
Control X	cut	format
Control Y	advance word	prev word
Control Z	replace	replace prompt
Control [ (Escape)	menu

leave editor

If changes have been made, the user will get a menu prompting whether or not the changes should be saved.

help

Displays a help screen, with all of the keyboard operations and commands.

edit

Pops up a menu to allow the user to mark, copy marked text, cut marked text, or paste previously marked text.

file operations

Pops up a menu for selecting whether to read a file, write to a file, or save the current contents of the editor, send the contents of the editor to a print command (see the section Initializing aee from a file), as well as recovering from a previous edit session (see Recovery below).

redraw screen

Provides a means to repaint the screen if the screen has been corrupted.

settings

Shows the current values of the operating modes, and margins. By pressing return when the cursor is on a particular item, the value can be changed. Also within this menu is an entry to allow the user to save the current configuration of the editor to a file. To leave this menu, press the escape key. (See Modes below.)

search/replace

Pops up a menu in which the user may choose to enter a string to search for, or search for a string already entered, or perform a replace string operation.

miscellaneous

Pops up a menu that allows the user to format the current paragraph, execute a shell command, or check the spelling of the text in the current buffer.

autoformat *

Turn automatic paragraph formatting on.

noautoformat *

Turn automatic paragraph formatting off (default).

binary*

Turn on binary mode. Files read into the current session will be treated as binary files, that is, the only special character is the new-line character. See also text.

buffer [name]*

This command will move from the current buffer to the buffer with the name given by the user. If the buffer did not previously exist, it is created. If no parameter is given, then the name of the current buffer is displayed. Note: a buffer created with this command is not associated with a file, nor is it journalled.

case*‡

Specifies that the case of each letter is to be taken into account in the search operation.

nocase*‡

Specifies that there is no distinction between upper and lower case during search and replace operations (default).

cd directory

Change directory

character

Displays the ascii code of the character the cursor is on.

define [gold] key string*

Assigns all of the string following the key definition to the key specified by the user. The commands allowed in the string are described in the SYMBOLS section.

delete

Deletes the current buffer (the initial buffer may not be deleted).

diff

Execute the diff command comparing the contents of the edit buffer with the associated file and place the results in a separate buffer.

echo string †

Echoes the string to the terminal during startup of aee.

edit filename

Edit another file. A new buffer will be created in which the named file can be edited. If no file is specified, a temporary buffer name is created for use within aee. If journalling is on for the initial file being edited, journalling will occur for the new edit buffer as well.

ee_mode*

Have aee's main menu look more like ee's main menu.

eight*

If your terminal has an eight bit character set, then use this command to cause aee to send the eight bit value to your terminal. The default condition is to display the eight bit character as the decimal value of the character between angle brackets.

noeight*

If your terminal does not have an eight bit character set, use this command to cause aee to display eight bit characters as the decimal value of the character between angle brackets (251 is displayed as <251>). This is the default condition.

exit[!]‡

Exit the current edit session writing out the main buffer to the file name used in entering the editor. The optional exclamation mark allows you to leave without editing the rest of the files in the list of files specified when the edit session was invoked.

expand*‡

Causes spaces to be inserted when the tab key is pressed. Spaces fill to the next tab stop.

noexpand*‡

Tabs are not replaced with spaces (default).

file

Display the name of the file being edited.

help‡

Provides the user with information about using the editor while in the editor.

height [number] *

Set the height (number of lines) displayed in the info window. If no number is specified, the current value is displayed.

helpfile†

The location and name of the file containing help information.

indent*‡

When creating a new line by pressing the carriage return, the new line will have the same indentation (number of spaces and tabs) as the previous line.

noindent*‡

Turns off the indent mode (default).

info *

Turn info window on (default).

noinfo *

Turn info window off.

journal

Displays the journal file associated with the current edit session buffer.

journaldir

Specifies the path to the directory where journal files are to be created.

justify

Justify the right side of the text when using the format function to format a paragraph.

nojustify

Turn off right justification of a paragraph (default).

line

Displays the current line number.

literal*‡

Causes characters in search string to be matched one-to-one with characters in the text.

noliteral*‡

Allows metacharacters in the search string (default).

margins *‡

Causes left and right margins to be observed (set using leftmargin and rightmargin).

nomargins *‡

Allows lines to be any length (disregards the margin settings).

leftmargin [number] *

Set the left margin to number. If no number is specified, then the current value is displayed.

rightmargin [number] *

Set the right margin to number (nowrap must be set for margin setting to be observed). If no number is specified, then the current value is displayed.

overstrike*‡

Causes characters to overstrike or replace existing characters instead of inserting.

nooverstrike*‡

Causes characters to be inserted into line at current cursor position without replacing existing characters (default).

print

Sends the contents of the current buffer to the printer. The command that is used can be specified in the init.ae file, see section Initializing aee From A File.

printcommand †

Allows the setting of the print command (default: "lp").

pwd

Display the current directory.

quit[!]‡

Quit the current edit session without writing a file. The optional exclamation mark has the same meaning as for the exit command.

read file

Read a file into the current buffer after the cursor.

resequence

Renumber the lines.

save

Save the contents of the main buffer to the file being edited.

show [gold] key

Displays the function(s) assigned to the specified key.

status*‡

A status line is displayed on the bottom line of the screen.

nostatus*‡"

Turns off the status line (default).

spacing number *

Tabs will be spaced every number spaces, unless other tabs are set using the tabs command.

tabs [stops ...] *

Sets tabs to stops. After the last user defined tab stop, tabs are the normal sequence of every eight columns, or as set using the stops command. The first column is 0.

untabs stops ... *

Removes the specified tab stops.

text*

Turns text mode (default) . Files read in while in text mode are checked whether they are UNIX files or Windows files. If carriage return characters are found immediately prededing a new-line character, the editor treats the file as a DOS file and discards the carriage-returns on read, and carriage-returns are inserted on file write. The menu may be used to toggle between DOS file mode and UNIX file mode. See also binary.

windows*‡

This command specifies whether or not buffers are displayed on the screen simultaneously. If windows (default) is specified, then buffers exist on the screen together.

nowindows*‡

This command specifies that there is only one buffer on the screen at a time.

write file

Write the current buffer out to the specified file.

0123456789

Enter a number to go to the line corresponding to that number.

+ or - number ‡

Moves forward or back the number of lines specified.

[<inbuff] [>outbuff ] !command

Execute the command following the exclamation mark in the UNIX shell. The shell used is the one specified in the shell variable SHELL in the user's environment, or /bin/sh if SHELL is not defined. You may send data from the buffer outbuff (or the current buffer if outbuff is not specified) out to the shell by using the right angle bracket (>). You may read into inbuff (or the current buffer if inbuff is not specified) by using the left angle bracket (<) as shown. The data read in from the command will be placed after the current cursor location in the buffer

* may be used in init file, see section Initializing aee From A File
† only used in initialization file
‡ may also be assigned to a key using the define command

/string1/string2/

/old/abc&123/

aee -r foo

	define ^b dl

	define gold ^b udl

	define f2 /this is an inserted string/ cr

	define f3 dl cr left

Symbol	Description
menu	pop up menu
dl	delete line
dc	delete character
dw	delete word
und	undelete last thing deleted, keeps last 128 things deleted
udl	undelete line
udc	undelete character
udw	undelete word
eol	end of line
bol	begin of line
bot	begin of text
eot	end of text
np	next page
pp	previous page
nb	next buffer
pb	previous buffer
gold	gold
il	insert line
psrch	search prompt
srch	search
prp	replace prompt
rp	replace
fwd	forward (search forward of cursor)
rev	reverse (search before cursor)
al	advance line
aw	advance word
pw	previous word
format	format paragraph
mark	mark text
prefix	mark text and place before existing text in paste buffer
append	mark text and place after existing text in paste buffer
cut	cut marked text
copy	copy marked text
pst	paste previously cut or copied text
unmark	unmark text, doesn't affect previous paste buffer contents
ac	ascii character
mc	match (), {}, [], or <>
cmd	command
up	up arrow
down	down arrow
left	left arrow
right	right arrow
rd	redraw screen
bck	backspace
cr	carriage return
/,.	the first non-alpha character will act as a separator to allow for single line text insertion, the second occurrence of the same character will end the insertion

	define ^z rp
	define gold ^z prp
	define f3 und
	define f4 unmark
	define k0 srch
	define gold k0 psrch
	case
	printcommand lp -dlaser
	echo \033&jB

	<inbuff >outbuff !command

	<sorted >list !sort

• Begin or end of file.
• Line with no characters, or only spaces and/or tabs.
• Line starting with a period ('.') or right angle bracket ('>').

tabs to spaces

Tabs may be inserted as a single tab character, or replaced with spaces.

case sensitive search

The search operation can be sensitive to whether characters are upper- or lower-case, or ignore case completely.

literal search

Allows the user to specify whether regular expressions are to be used for searching or not.

observe margins

The left and right margins can be observed, or not.

info window

A window showing the keyboard operations that can be performed can be displayed or not.

status line

Display the file name, position in the file, and selected status indicators.

auto indent

The editor can be set to automatically indent the newly inserted line the same as the previous line, or not (primarily useful for programming).

overstrike

Toggle text insertion or overstrike modes.

auto paragraph formatting

While typing in text, the editor can try to keep it looking reasonably well within the width of the screen.

multi windows

Allow multiple buffers to be displayed at the same time, or only a single buffer at a time.

info window height

Displays and allows the user to change the height of the information window displayed at the top of the terminal (window) with key mappings and commands.

save editor config

Used to save the current editor configuration to a file (see the section Initializing aee from a file). In addition to the settings within the settings menu, tabs and key mappings are saved.