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@@ -301,18 +301,9 @@ Enter colon command mode. In colon command mode, the status line clears and a colon prompt appears there. An extended command can be entered. Pressing .I Enter -in colon mode dispatches the command. Simple editing is available: -backspace, -.B Ctrl-W -word erase and -.B Ctrl-U -line erase. If backspace is used in an empty colon line, colon mode -terminates without executing a command. -.B Ctrl-C -and -.B Esc -also terminate colon mode without executing a command. Colon commands -are documented in the COLON COMMANDS section below. +in colon mode dispatches the command. Colon commands are documented in the +COLON COMMANDS section below. Simple editing is available, described in the +EDITING COMMANDS section below. .IP "[\fIpos\fP]\fB/[!]\fP\fIpattern\fP, [\fIpos\fP]\fB?[!]\fP\fIpattern\fP" Set a trigger if a non-empty @@ -747,6 +738,48 @@ as the argument to the option, the grep stack, trigger state and display parameters will be stored to exactly the same configuration that existed at the time the state was saved. +.SH EDITING COMMANDS + +The colon command mode and trigger entry modes support rudimentary +editing. The commands are as follows: + +.IP "\fBCtrl-B\fP, \fILeft Arrow\fP" +Move the cursor one character to the left. + +.IP "\fBCtrl-F\fP, \fIRight Arrow\fP" +Move the cursor one character to the right. + +.IP "\fBCtrl-A\fP" +Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. + +.IP "\fBCtrl-E\fP" +Move the cursor to the end of the line. + +.IP \fBBackspace\fP +Erase the character to the left of the cursor. The ASCII BS and DEL +characters are both recognized as backspace (an amazing trick not +yet mastered by Unix TTY's). If backspace is used in an empty line, +the respective mode terminates without executing a command or setting +a trigger. + +.IP \fBCtrl-D\fP +Delete the character under the block cursor, or to the right of +a line or I-beam cursor. + +.IP \fBCtrl-W\fP +Delete the word to the left of the cursor, including any trailing +whitespace between the word and the cursor. + +.IP \fBCtrl-U\fP +Erase the all the characters to the left of the cursor. + +.IP \fBCtrl-K\fP +Erase the the character under the block cursor, or to the right +of a line or I-beam cursor, and all characters which follow. + +.IP "\fBCtrl-C\fP, \fBESC\fP" +Leave edit mode, without executing a colon command or setting a trigger. + .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB-i\fP \fIreal\fP" |