Keybindings

Home or Ctrl-A

Move to column 1 on the current line.

End or Ctrl-E

Move to the last used position on the current line.

Ctrl-Space

Moves the mark to the current position.

Left arrow or Ctrl-B

Move one position to the left.

Right arrow or Ctrl-F

Move one position to the right.

Uparrow or Ctrl-P

Move one position up.

Downarrow or Ctrl-N

Move one position down.

Delete or Ctrl-D

Delete the contents of the current position.

g

Ask for two numbers and jumps to those coordinates.

o or Ctrl-X Ctrl-F

Asks for a file name and opens the file with that name as a Pathetic Writer document.

s or Ctrl-X Ctrl-S

Saves the currently open document using the most recently used filename. If no name has been given to the document, the name "noname" is used.

W or Ctrl-X Ctrl-W

Asks for a filename and saves the currently open document using that filename.

q or Ctrl-X Ctrl-C

Quits from Pathetic Writer. If there are any changes that have not been saved, Pathetic Writer asks if they should be saved.

v

Copies the contents of the block to the current position.

Ctrl-X Ctrl-X

Swaps point and mark.

Alt-X or (

Asks for the name of a command to execute. This is useful for commands that do not have keybindings or that take arguments.

< or Alt-<

Move to the beginning of the buffer.

> or Alt->

Move to the end of the buffer.

PgUp or Alt-V

Move the document up one windowful.

PgDown or Ctrl-V

Move the document down one windowful.

b

Move the document left one windowful.

f

Move the document right one windowful.

P

Move point to line one.

N

Move point to the last used line.

? or Ctrl-?

Prints information about the contents of the current position.

Space

Sets the block to the area between mark and the current position.

Ctrl-X k

Kill the current buffer.

Ctrl-X b

Change to another buffer.

Ctrl-X 2

Split the current window vertically.

Ctrl-X 1

Delete all windows except the current one.

Ctrl-X 0

Delete the current window.

F1 or Ctrl-H c

Display the online help for Pathetic Writer. F1 is marginally context-sensitive.