NAME
efte - 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.
SEE ALSO
cefte(1), /usr/share/doc/efte/contents.html
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Riku Voipio and Zdenek Kabelac
<riku.voipio@iki.fi> <kabi@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
DATE
18 Nov 1999
eFTE(1)