bin/mined/mined.1

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.\" $DragonFly: src/bin/mined/mined.1,v 1.8 2007/07/30 02:09:22 swildner Exp $
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.Dd March 15, 2005
.Dt MINED 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mined
.Nd emergency text editor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is a simple text editor primarily designed for use when a
system is booted single-user and has no
.Pa /usr
(and thus no access to
.Xr vi 1 ) .
Simple help can be obtained by hitting the F1 key while in the editor.
CTRL+W writes out the file and CTRL+X exits the editor.
.Sh KEY BINDINGS
.Bl -tag -width "Right arrow" -compact -offset indent
.It F1
HELP
.It F2
File status
.It F3
Forward search
.It F4
Global replace
.It Shift+F3
Backwards search
.It Shift+F4
Line replace
.It Up arrow
Move up one line
.It Down arrow
Move down one line
.It Left arrow
Move left one character
.It Right arrow
Move right one character
.It Home
File top
.It End
File bottom
.It Page Up
Scroll one page up
.It Page Down
Scroll one page down
.It Esc
Repeat last cmd # times
.It CTRL+A
Start of line
.It CTRL+B
Word backward
.It CTRL+C
Save from marked location to current cursor location
.It CTRL+D
Reverse scroll
.It CTRL+E
End of line
.It CTRL+F
Word forward
.It CTRL+G
Insert a file at cursor
.It CTRL+K
Delete from marked location to current cursor location
.It CTRL+L
Erase and redraw screen
.It CTRL+N
Delete next word
.It CTRL+P
Delete previous word
.It CTRL+Q
Insert the contents of the save file into new file
.It CTRL+S
Run shell
.It CTRL+T
Delete to end of line
.It CTRL+U
Forward scroll
.It CTRL+V
Visit another file
.It CTRL+W
Write current file
.It CTRL+X
Exit
.It CTRL+Y
Insert the contents of the save file at cursor
.It CTRL+\e\\&
Abort current operation
.It CTRL+@
Set mark
.It CTRL+^
Screen top
.It CTRL+_
Screen bottom
.It CTRL+]
Goto line #
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ed 1 ,
.Xr ee 1 ,
.Xr vi 1
.Sh CAVEATS
The terminal type is hardwired to either an xterm or cons25 (video console).
The editor understands stty
rows and columns but is otherwise meant to be fairly minimal in scope.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in Minix.
It was brought into PicoBSD for a
time, and some work was done on it, then later brought into
.Dx
where some additional usability work was done on it.