NAME

ne - A nice editor

SYNOPSIS

ne [options] files

Options:: [--help] [--] [+[N[,M]]] [--binary] [--read-only] [--utf8] [--no-utf8] [--ansi] [--no-ansi] [--no-config] [--no-syntax] [--prefs ext] [--keys key-configuration-file] [--menus menu-configuration-file] [--macro macro-file]

DESCRIPTION

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

--help: Prints a help message.
--: 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.
--binary: Load the next named file in binary mode. May appear more than once.
--read-only: Load the next file in read-only mode. May appear more than once.
--utf8: Use UTF-8 I/O.
--no-utf8: Do not use UTF-8 I/O.
--ansi: Use the built-in ANSI sequences.
--no-ansi: Never use the built-in ANSI sequences.
--no-config: Skip reading the menu and keyboard configuration files.
--no-syntax: Disable syntax-highlighting support.
--prefs ext: Set autoprefs for the provided extension before loading the first file.
--keys key-configuration-file: Use the specified keyboard configuration file.
--menus menu-configuration-file: Use the specified menu configuration file.
--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 <vigna@di.unimi.it> or Todd Lewis <utoddl@email.unc.edu>.

AUTHORS

ne was originally written by Sebastiano Vigna. Todd M. Lewis added several new features. Daniele Filaretti helped with syntax highlighting.