ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.8)
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intro - Introduction to Ce
FIRST THINGS FIRST
The index of all commands and help topics is in the help file
$CEHELPDIR/commands.hlp This help contains a one line description
of each help topic. It is always a good place to start when
looking for things. A description of all the default key
definitions is in the help file
FOR THE FORMER APOLLO DOMAIN USER
If you are an former Apollo Domain user, you do not need to read
this file. You already know how to use ce. The only trick is to
determine where some of the functions from the Apollo keyboard
have moved to on the new keyboard. The .Cekeys file created in
your home directory contains a summary of where things have been
moved. Commonly used keys have been moved to F1 through F8 since
these keys are available on all keyboards. An attempt has been
made to match named keys to appropriate functionality. For
example, Sun keyboards contain "Copy" and "Paste" keys and these
get mapped appropriately. On other keyboards ^c and ^p are copy
and paste. The common control keys (^t (top), ^b (bottom), ^m
(modify), ^y (save and quit), ^n (quit without save), ^w (write
to file), and some others are mapped the same as they were on the
Apollo. The commands.hlp file is available and there are other
help files which go into the details of setting up custom key
definitions on the non-Apollo keyboards.
FOR THE NON-APOLLO USER
If you are not a former Apollo Domain user, some learning curve
is unavoidable. While Ce is a very powerful editor, you can use
Ce effectively without reading about a lot of commands. As you
become more comfortable with Ce, you can integrate more commands
and options into your working set.
THE VERY BASICS:
The ce command will come up in read write mode if you have write
access to the file. You type "ce <name_of_the_file>" and the
first page of the file is displayed in the window.
The mouse cursor and the text cursor are attached to each other.
Move the mouse and the text cursor (box) follows the mouse cursor
(arrow). You can type anywhere. Move the mouse to where you want
to type and start typing. The arrow keys also move the cursor
around. The next and prev keys will scroll the file up and down.
The backspace and character delete keys behave appropriately. The
<ctrl>w key, abbreviated ^w, does a save (write). The ^y key does
a save with quit. If the window is in read only mode, ^m makes
the window modifiable.
The ^n key does a QUIT WITHOUT SAVING.
Ce does not wrap lines to fit the screen. You can use the
<shift><arrow right> and <shift><arrow left> keys to scroll
sideways. You can also make the window bigger to see more text at
one time.
As initially installed, holding down the <Alt> key and pressing
the mouse 3 button prompts for a help topic. Blank or commands is
a good place to start. Once you get started, there a is more
useful set of mouse key definitions you can use in the KeyCon
help file. You can copy these into your .Cekeys file.
COPY AND PASTE:
Press F1 at when the cursor is at the point you wish to begin the
copy operation. Then move the mouse, scroll, or use arrow keys to
move to the end of the data. Press F2 to copy the data or F3 to
cut it. Move the cursor to the target area (which may be in
another Ce window) and paste with the F4 key.
FINDING A STRING:
The <escape> key moves the cursor to the "Command: " input
window. In this window you can type any Ce command. The first
command you will probably want to type is the find command. Press
<escape> and then /<string_to_find>/ and press return. The search
will start from the place the cursor was before you pressed
<escape>. The <ctrl>r key, abbreviated ^r, does a repeat find and
^u does a repeat find in the reverse direction. You can start a
find in the reverse description using \<string_to_find>\ or
?<string_to_find>?. The <string_to_find> can be a normal string
or a regular expression. By default, Ce is installed in Aegis
regular expression mode. These are the regular expressions used
on Apollo Domain machines. Ce can be converted to use Unix
regular expressions by either the system administrator or the
user. See the help file on Key Concepts for more information. You
can tell which expression mode you are in using the 're' (regular
expression) command with no arguments.
The Ce Users Guide has a chapter on basics. Also the ce_practice
file created in your home directory when you ran ce_init contains
a useful tutorial. Ce is a feature rich editor. If there is
something you want to do and don't see it. Poke around in the
help for commands and see what is available. You are encouraged
to design your own key definitions to make things work just the
way you want.
If you cannot find something, you can use the data in the bug.hlp
to ask about it via email, FAX, or analog mail.
RELATED HELP FILES:
commands (List of Commands)
keyCon (Key Concepts)
curswinCon (Cursor/window Concepts)
keyboard (common keys)
ce (Create Edit)
cv (Create View)
ceterm (terminal window)
xresources (Arguments and X resources)
kd (Key Definition)
kk (Key Key)
support (customer support)
bug (bugs,enhancements,questions)
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