ne (nice editor) Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation Commands

MoveLeft [n]	ML	moves the cursor to left n times.
MoveRight [n]	MR	moves the cursor to right n times.
LineUp [n]	LU	moves the cursor up n times.
LineDown	LD	moves the cursor down n times.
GotoLine [line]	GL	moves the cursor to the respective line.
GotoColumn [col]	GC	moves the cursor to the respective column in the line.
GotoMark	GM	moves the cursor to the current mark.
PrevPage [n]	PP	moves the cursor n pages bakward.
NextPage [n]	NP	moves the cursor n pages forward.
PageUp [n]	PUP	pageups n times.
PageDown [n]	PDN	pagedowns n times.
PrevWord	PW	moves the cursor to the first letter of the word n times.
NextWord [n]	NW	moves the character to the next word n times.
MoveEOL	EOL	moves the character to the end of the current line.
MoveSOL	SOL	moves the cursor to the start of the line.
MoveTOS	TOS	moves the cursor to the top of the screen.
MoveBOS	BOS	moves the cursor to the lowest line in the view.
MoveEOF	EOF	moves the character to the end of the document.
MoveSOF	SOF	moves the character to the start of the file.
MoveEOW	EOW	moves the cursor one character past the end of the word.
MoveIncUp	MIU	moves the cursor to the start of the document incrementally.
MoveIncDown	MID	moves the cursor to the end of the document incrementally.
AdjustView	AV	shifts the text visible in terminal horz. or vert.
ToggleSEOF	TSEOF	moves the cursor to the start of the document.
ToggleSEOL	TSEOL	moves the cursor to thte start of the current line.

Misc

Where are the menus?

Press Esc twice to bring the menu.

Where to type all of these commands?

To type any command, press ^K to bring the commandBar

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Document Commands

Quit	Q	exits. If any documents are modified, you'll be asked to confirm
Exit	X	save all the modified documents, then exit.
NewDoc	N	create a new unnamed document
Clear	CL	destroy the content of current document, undo buffer, current document become unnamed
CloseDoc	CD	close the current document
NextDoc	ND	bring the next document from the document list
PrevDoc	PD	bring the previous document from the document list
SelectDoc	SD	display opened document list

Opening and Saving commands

Command	Abbvr.	Description
Open [file]	O	loads the file in the current document
OpenNew [file]	ON	loads the file in a new document
Save	S	save the current document
SaveAs [file]	SA	save the current document using the specified string
SaveAll	SL	saves all the modified documents

Delete Commands

DeleteChar [n]	DC	deletes n characters to the right.
DeletePrevWord [n]	DFW	deletes text from the current position to the first character of the previous word n times.
DeleteNext Word [n]	DNW	deletes text from the current position to the next word n times.
Backspace [n]	BS	deletes n characters to the left.
DeleteLine [n]	DL	deletes n lines, puts the last deleted line in the buffer.
DeleteEOL	DE	deletes all characters from current cursor to the end of the line.

Formatting Commands

Center [n]	CE	centers n lines from the cursor position.
Paragraph [n]	PA	reformats n paragraphs from the cursor position.
ToUpper [n]	TU	shifts to upper letters from cursor position to the end of the word.
ToLower [n]	TL	shifts to lower letters from cursor position to the end of the word.
Capitalize [n]	CA	shifts the first letter to upper and other letters to lower case.
RightMargin [n]	RM	sets the right margin
WordWrap	WW	sets the wordwrap flag
AutoIndent	AI	sets the autoindent flag.

Links

Official site: http://ne.di.unimi.it

PDF documentation: http://ne.di.unimi.it/ne.pdf

HTML documentation: http://ne.di.unimi.it/docs/index.html

ne in Ubuntu packages: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ne

ne in homebrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/ne.rb

Clipping commands

Mark [0\|1]	M	set the mark at current position, cancels the previous mark
MarkVert [0\|1]	MV	same as Mark but for verticla selection
Copy [n]	C	copies the content of the block
Cut [n]	CU	deletes the block being copied
Paste [n]	P	paste the marked content
PasteVert [n]	PV	vertically paste the content
Erase	E	delete the content in the block

Searching

Find [pattern]	F	searches the given pattern
FindRegExp [pattern]	FX	searches the given regexp pattern
Replace [string]	R	search and replace
ReplaceOnce [string]	RA	search and replace the first instance
ReplaceAll [string]	RA	search and replace all the instances
RepeatLast [times]	RL	repeats the last find or replace operation
MatchBracket	MB	moves the cursor to the other paired bracket
AutoMatchBracket	AMB	highlights the paired brackets
SearchBack [0\|1]	SB	search and replace operations performed backwards on true
CaseSearch [0\|1]	CS	sets the case sensitivity flag
AutoComplete [prefix]	AC	shows and inserts matching words

Macros

Record [0\|1]	REC	records macro
Play [times]	PL	plays macro
Macro [filename]	MA	executes the file name as a macro
OpenMacro [filename]	OM	loads the given file as current macro
SaveMacro [filename]	SM	save the current macro in a file
UnloadMacro	UM	frees the macro cache list

Undo

Undo [n]	U	undoes
Redo [n]	RE	redoes
DoUndo [0\|1]	DU	disable/enable undo system

Support Commands

Help [name]	H	displays help about the command name.
Refresh	REF	resfreshes the display.
Suspend	SU	suspends ne.
Escape	ESC	toggle the menus on/off.

More info

ne is posix compatible, have GPLv3 license.
Developed in 1993.
Linux Voice has rated ne as the third best editor for Linux.
ne has a cygwin version too.

ne tands for nice editor

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ne stands for nice editor.

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Published: 26th August, 2018
Last Updated: 27th August, 2018

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