MicroEmacs
This is the Digital Mars version of MicroEmacs, based on the public domain version by Dave Conroy. It is small, fast, easilly customizable, and it ports readily to whereever it's needed.
This version is also in the public domain.
| men.exe | Win32 executable |
| mex.exe | DOS32 executable |
| medos.exe | DOS executable |
| melinux | Linux executable |
| Command | Description | Keybinding |
|---|---|---|
| Movement | ||
| basic_nextline | Move to next line | F5 |
| gotobol | Move to start of line | ^A |
| forwchar | Move forward by characters | ^F, rightarrow |
| gotoeol | Move to end of line | ^E |
| backchar | Move backward by characters | ^B, leftarrow |
| forwline | Move forward by lines | ^N, downarrow |
| backline | Move backward by lines | ^P, uparrow |
| forwpage | Move forward by pages | ^V, PgDn |
| backpage | Move backward by pages | Esc B, PgUp |
| gotobob | Move to start of buffer | Esc <, ^Home |
| gotoeob | Move to end of buffer | Esc >, ^End |
| gotoline | Move to line number | ^X L |
| word_back | Backup by words | Esc B, ^leftarrow |
| word_forw | Advance by words | Esc F, ^rightarrow |
| Windows | ||
| window_next | Move to the next window | ^X N, F6 |
| window_prev | Move to the previous window | ^X P |
| window_only | Make current window only one | ^X 1 |
| window_split | Split current window | ^X 2 |
| window_mvdn | Move window down | Esc N, End |
| window_mvup | Move window up | Esc P, Home |
| window_enlarge | Enlarge display window | ^X Z |
| window_shrink | Shrink window | Esc Z |
| window_reposition | Reposition window | ^X T |
| window_refresh | Refresh the screen | ^L |
| delwind | Delete a window | ^X D |
| Deleting | ||
| random_deblank | Delete blank lines | ^X O |
| random_forwdel | Forward delete | ^D, Del |
| random_backdel | Backward delete | ^H, 0x7F |
| random_undelchar | Undelete a character | AltF Del |
| Ddelline | Delete a line | ^J |
| Dundelline | Undelete a line | Esc J, AltF F2 |
| Ddelword | Delete a word | |
| Ddelbword | Delete a word (backwards) | |
| Dundelword | Undelete a word | AltF ^rightarrow, AltF ^leftarrow |
| delfword | Delete forward word | Esc D |
| delbword | Delete backward word | Esc H |
| Cutting/Pasting | ||
| random_kill | Kill forward | ^K |
| random_yank | Paste from kill buffer | ^Y, ^X K, F10 |
| region_kill | Cut region to kill buffer | Esc 9, F9 |
| region_copy | Copy region to kill buffer | Esc 8, F8 |
| basic_setmark | Set mark | F7, Esc . |
| removemark | Remove mark | ^X . |
| swapmark | Swap dot and mark | Esc X |
| word_select | Select word | Esc W |
| Files | ||
| filenext | Edit next file | AltF N |
| fileread | Get a file | read only |
| filevisit | Get a file | read write |
| filewrite | Write a file | AltF W |
| fileunmodify | Turn off buffer changed bits | AltF U |
| filesave | Save current file | AltF S |
| filename | Adjust file name | AltF F |
| filemodify | Write modified files | AltF M |
| Dinsertfile | Insert a file at dot | AltF I |
| Exit | ||
| ctrlg | Abort out of things | ^@, ^G |
| quit | Quit | ^C, AltF Q |
| quickexit | low keystroke style exit | |
| normexit | Write modified files and exit | AltF X, AltX |
| Macros | ||
| ctlxlp | Begin macro | ^X ( |
| ctlxrp | End macro | ^X ) |
| macrotoggle | Start/End macro | F12 |
| ctlxe | Execute macro | ^X E, F11 |
| Search | ||
| forwsearch | Search forward | ^S |
| backsearch | Search backwards | ^R |
| replacestring | Search and replace | Esc R |
| queryreplacestring | Query search and replace | Esc Q |
| Dsearch | Search | F4, AltF F4 |
| Dsearchagain | Search for the same string | F2 |
| C, C++ and D | ||
| search_paren | Toggle over parentheses | ^W, F3 |
| random_indent | Insert CR-LF | then indent |
| random_incindent | increase indentation level | ^X ], AltF10 |
| random_decindent | decrease indentation level | ^X [, AltF9 |
| random_opttab | optimize tabbing in line | Esc I |
| Dcppcomment | convert /* */ to // | ^X / |
| Configuration | ||
| display_norm_fg | AltF2 | |
| display_norm_bg | AltF1 | |
| display_mode_fg | AltF4 | |
| display_mode_bg | AltF3 | |
| display_mark_fg | AltF5 | |
| display_mark_bg | AltF6 | |
| display_eol_bg | AltF7 | |
| main_saveconfig | Save configuration | AltC |
| Process | ||
| spawncli | Run CLI in a subjob | ^Z |
| spawn | Run a command in a subjob | ^X ! |
| spawn_filter | Filter buffer through program | ^X # |
| spawn_pipe | Run program and gather output | ^X @, AltZ |
| Dpause | Pause the program (UNIX only) | |
| Buffers | ||
| listbuffers | Display list of buffers | AltF B |
| usebuffer | Switch a window to a buffer | ^X B |
| buffer_next | Switch to next buffer | ^X W, AltB |
| killbuffer | Make a buffer go away | |
| Other | ||
| random_setfillcol | Set fill column | ^X F |
| word_wrap_line | Word wrap line | ^X A |
| random_showcpos | Show the cursor position | ^X = |
| random_twiddle | Twiddle characters | ^T |
| random_tab | Insert tab | ^I, Tab |
| random_hardtab | Set hardware tabs | AltF T |
| random_newline | Insert CR-LF | ^M |
| random_openline | Open up a blank line | ^O, AltF Ins |
| random_quote | Insert literal | ^Q, ^X Q |
| region_togglemode | Toggle column region mode | Esc T |
| toggleinsert | Toggle insert/overwrite mode | Ins |
| line_overwrite | Write char in overwrite mode | |
| getcol | Get current column | |
| misc_upper | Upper case word/region | Esc U |
| misc_lower | Lower case word/region | Esc L |
| capword | Initial capitalize word | Esc C |
| win32toggle43 | Toggle hires mode | AltE |
| ibmpctoggle43 | Toggle hires mode | AltE |
| Dignore | do nothing | |
| Dadvance | Set into advance mode | Esc downarrow |
| Dbackup | Set into backup mode | Esc uparrow |
| Dinsertdate | File and date stamp | AltF D |
Glossary
- dot
- current cursor position
- mark
- start of a region
- minibuffer
- text entry box used for entering file names and search strings
- region
- text between "dot" and "mark"
Notes
- ^[ also works as Esc.
- Names without a keybinding can't be accessed, but they can be called if the keybindings in main.c are updated.
- Prefixing a command with ^U enables a count to be entered, which executes the command count times.
- Pressing ^X, AltF, or Esc and then pausing will bring up a menu.
- The right mouse button will bring up a menu.
- The left mouse button can be used for setting the dot, marking regions, and adjusting window sizes.
- The minibuffer has a small history buffer, accessible with the uparrow key.
- On Win32, by clicking on the title bar, then select [Edit], you can access the Windows clipboard. This is very handy for cutting/pasting text from another window or the web browser.
Bugs
- Some of the keybindings make no sense.
- The Alt function key sequences don't work on Win32.
- The control numeric pad sequences don't work on Linux.
- The colors can't be modified on any but the DOS version.
- The process functionality is flaky.
- The mouse doesn't work on Linux.
- For some reason, the mouse in the Win32 version doesn't work on Win2000, but does on WinNT.