*************************************** AKID quick menus and shortcuts guide Original text by Javier Lavandeira www.lavandeira.net *************************************** *************************************** [F1]: Commands to leave the editor and open a new file *************************************** [E]: Save the file currently open in the editor and quit to MSX-DOS2. [Q]: Quit to MSX-DOS2 without saving. [S]: Save the file and continue editing. [N]: Save the file and edit a different one. AKID will ask for a new file name. [A]: Discard the current file and open a different one. Again, AKID will ask for a new file name. [O]: Discard all changes to the current file and revert to the last version saved. *************************************** [F2]: Commands to split the file and include others *************************************** [I]: Read a file from the disk and insert it in the current file at the cursor position. [W]: Write the current file to disk with a different file name. [Y]: Write the contents of the clipboard to a file. [D]: Shows a directory of the files at a given path. *************************************** [F3]: Commands related to moving the cursor *************************************** [G]: Go to an especific line in the file. AKID will ask for a line number. [T]: Move the cursor to the first line of the file. [B]: Move the cursor to the last line of the file. *************************************** [F4]: Search and replacement commands *************************************** [F]: Search forward for a text string and place the cursor over the first match. [B]: Search backwards for a text string and place the cursor over the first match. [A]: Search forward from the current cursor location and automatically replace all matches with a new string. [R]: Same as A, but allows you to confirm each match and decide whether to apply the replacement or skip to the next match. [S]: Enables/disables case sensitivity for searches. *************************************** [F5]: Copying, duplicating and deleting blocks of text *************************************** [C]: Copy a block of text to the clipboard (discards the previous clipboard contents) [A]: Adds a block of text to whatever is in the clipboard [X]: Deletes a block of text from the screen and copies it to the clipboard *************************************** Key shortcuts *************************************** [CTRL]+[E]: Move the cursor one line up. [CTRL]+[X]: Move the cursor one line down. [CTRL]+[D]: Move the cursor one character to the right. [CTRL]+[S]: Move the cursor one character to the left. [CTRL]+[F]: Move the cursor to the previous word. [CTRL]+[A]: Move the cursor to the next word. [CTRL]+[B]: Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. [CTRL]+[O]: Move the cursor to the end of the file. [CTRL]+[P]: Move the cursor to the end of the file. [CTRL]+[Z]: Scroll down one line. [CTRL]+[W]: Scroll up one line. [CTRL]+[C]: Scroll down one screen. [CTRL]+[R]: Scroll down one screen. [CTRL]+[^]: Search for a string (forward). [CTRL]+[\]: Search for a string (backwards). [CTRL]+[]]: Continue searching for more matches (forward). [CTRL]+[[]: Continue searching for more matches (backwards). [CTRL]+[G]: Delete the character under the cursor (DEL). [CTRL]+[H]: Delete the character before the cursor (BS). [CTRL]+[Y]: Cut the line were the cursor is and store it in the line buffer. [CTRL]+[U]: Cut the current line up to the position of the cursor and store it in the line buffer. [CTRL]+[K]: Cut from the cursor to the end of the current line and store it in the line buffer. [CTRL]+[T]: Delete one word. [CTRL]+[M]: Carriage return (enter a new line). [CTRL]+[N]: Insert a new line above the cursor. [CTRL]+[I]: Tab. [CTRL]+[Q]: Display the current file name, column and row numbers. [CTRL]+[J]: Toggle insert / overwrite modes. [CTRL]+[@]: Enter a control character. [CTRL]+[L]: Paste the contents of the line buffer. [CTRL]+[V]: Paste the contents of the clipboard.