ne - Man Page
A nice editor
Synopsis
ne [options] files
- Options:
[--help] [--] [+[N[,M]]] [--binary] [--read-only] [--utf8] [--no-utf8] [--ansi] [--no-ansi] [--no-config] [--no-syntax] [--prefs ext] [--keys key-configuration-file] [--menus menu-configuration-file] [--macro macro-file]
Description
ne is a free text editor that runs on (hopefully almost) any UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage.
This documentation is incomplete. The Texinfo/info/HTML/PDF documentation is the authoritative source (try info ne or info -f ne).
Options
- --help
Prints a help message.
- --
Next token is a filename. May appear more than once.
- +[N[,M]]
Moves to the last or N-th line, first or M-th column of the next named file. May appear more than once.
- --binary
Load the next named file in binary mode. May appear more than once.
- --read-only
Load the next file in read-only mode. May appear more than once.
- --utf8
Use UTF-8 I/O.
- --no-utf8
Do not use UTF-8 I/O.
- --ansi
Use the built-in ANSI sequences.
- --no-ansi
Never use the built-in ANSI sequences.
- --no-config
Skip reading the menu and keyboard configuration files.
- --no-syntax
Disable syntax-highlighting support.
- --prefs ext
Set autoprefs for the provided extension before loading the first file.
- --keys key-configuration-file
Use the specified keyboard configuration file.
- --menus menu-configuration-file
Use the specified menu configuration file.
- --macro macro-file
Execute the given macro after startup.
Usage
Start ne, then use escape, escape-escape or F1 to access the menus.
Bugs
Please send bug reports to Sebastiano Vigna <vigna@di.unimi.it> or Todd Lewis <utoddl@gmail.com>.
Authors
ne was originally written by Sebastiano Vigna. Todd M. Lewis added several new features. Daniele Filaretti helped with syntax highlighting.