NAME



 mp-5 - Minimum Profit Editor, a text editor for programmers

SYNOPSIS



 mp-5 [options] [+NNN] [file [file...]]

DESCRIPTION

Minimum Profit (mp) is a text editor for programmers. Among its features are the following:

•: Fully scriptable using a C-like scripting language.
•: Unlimited undo levels.
•: Complete Unicode support.
•: Multiple files can be edited at the same time and blocks copied and pasted among them.
•: Syntax highlighting for many popular languages / file formats: C, C++, Perl, Shell Scripts, Ruby, Php, Python, HTML...
•: Creative use of tags: tags created by the external utility ctags are used to move instantaneously to functions or variables inside your current source tree. Tags are visually highlighted (underlined), and symbol completion can be triggered to avoid typing your own function names over and over.
•: Intelligent help system: pressing F1 over any word of a text being edited triggers the underlying system help (calling man when editing C or Shell files, perldoc with Perl, ri on Ruby, winhelp on MS Windows...).
•: Understandable interface: drop-down menus, reasonable default key bindings.
•: Configurable keys, menus and colors.
•: Text templates can be easily defined / accessed.
•: Multiplatform: Console (curses and ANSI), Qt4, GTK+, KDE4, MS Windows.
•: Automatic indentation, word wrapping, internal grep, learning / repeating functions.
•: Spellchecking support (via the ispell package).
•: Multilingual.
•: Password-protected, encrypted text files (using the ARCFOUR algorithm).
•: It helps you abandon vi, emacs and other six-legged freaks definitely.

OPTIONS

The following options are avaiable:

-t tag: Edits the file where tag is defined (see ctags(1)).
-e mpsl_code: Executes MPSL code.
-f mpsl_script: Executes an MPSL script.
-d directory: Changes working directory.
-x file: opens file in the hexadecimal viewer.
NNN: Moves to line number NNN of last file.

MPSL

MPSL (Minimum Profit Scripting Language) is a powerful programming language embedded in the Minimum Profit Text Editor (a huge part of the editor itself is written in MPSL). Its features are too large to be inserted here; please read the documentation.

FILES

•: /etc/mp.mpsl (system-wide configuration file).
•: ~/.mp.mpsl (user configuration file).
•: ~/.mp_templates (user text templates).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

•: HOME (user home directory).
•: LANG, LC_ALL (language settings).

LICENSE

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.