ne1
A nice editor
Usage
ne [options]
files
Overview
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
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--help -
Prints a help message.
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-- -
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.
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--binary -
Load the next named file in binary mode. May appear more than once.
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--read-only -
Load the next file in read-only mode. May appear more than once.
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--utf8 -
Use UTF-8 I/O.
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--no-utf8 -
Do not use UTF-8 I/O.
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--ansi -
Use the built-in ANSI sequences.
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--no-ansi -
Never use the built-in ANSI sequences.
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--no-config -
Skip reading the menu and keyboard configuration files.
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--no-syntax -
Disable syntax-highlighting support.
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--prefs ext -
Set autoprefs for the provided extension before loading the first file.
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--keys key-configuration-file -
Use the specified keyboard configuration file.
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--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 <[email protected]> or Todd Lewis <[email protected]>.
Authors
ne was originally written by Sebastiano Vigna. Todd M. Lewis added several new features. Daniele Filaretti helped with syntax highlighting.
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 6 times.
-- since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--binary since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-ansi since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-config since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-syntax since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--no-utf8 since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--prefs since Debian 10 (Buster);
--read-only since Debian 10 (Buster);
--utf8 since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).
--noansi until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
--noconfig until Debian 3.0 (Woody).