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YUDIT(1)			LINUX COMMANDS			      YUDIT(1)

NAME
       yudit - Unicode Editor for The X	Window System

SYNOPSIS
       yudit [ -e encoding ] [[	file-name [ file-name...  ]]

DESCRIPTION
       yudit is	a Unicode text editor.

       When  a	user  runs  yudit  for the first time $HOME/.yudit, $HOME/.yu-
       dit/data, $HOME/.yudit/fonts, and $HOME/.yudit/syntax are created.

       The configuration file can be edited inside yudit. For the detailed de-
       scription of usage and configuration take a look	at the on-line manual.

       If you are planning to save files with yudit please note	that the  for-
       mat preferred encoding format for Unicode files is utf-8.

       Yudit can convert between different encoding methods, but if you	do not
       need a GUI consider uniconv.

OPTIONS
       -e encoding
	      Encoding	determines how yudit interacts with character streams:
	      file input, file output, cut and paste. XInput encoding  is  set
	      up to use	an independent,	fixed encoder.

	      If  you  received	yudit through the yudit	distribution, the fol-
	      lowing encoding methods are inclusively supported:

	      utf-8, utf-7, utf-16, utf-16-le, utf-16-be, euc-jp, iso-2022-jp,
	      shift-jis, big-5,	gb-2312	and java.

	      For a detailed description of these refer	to uniconv man page.

	      Yudit can	also use the keyboard input files as a transliterating
	      text converters.

       file-name
	      is the file yudit	should read into its editor buffer  at	start-
	      up.  When	multiple files are specified, they become available in
	      the history of the command area. The history can be viewed there
	      by pressing the up and down arrow	keys.

COMMANDS
       Yudit has an editor area	and a command area.

       Some of the commands need the documentation files to be	available  un-
       compressed.  They may come in a separate	yudit-doc package.

       Some  of	 the commands require confirmation to execute.	One example is
       when we want to replace an unsaved editor buffer	with a	new  file.  If
       the editor buffer was not saved,	the command will abort unless -yes op-
       tion is given.

       help   Load  a help file, which is a FAQ.TXT document in	your language.
	      For language settings refer to yudit.default.language topic of a
	      howto configure document.

       test   Load a test page.

       configure | config
	      The configuration	 file  $HOME/.yudit/yudit.properties  will  be
	      loaded into the editor buffer.

	      After  editing and saving	the configuration file yudit should be
	      restarted	for the	changes	to take	effect.

       howto configure
	      Load the HOWTO-configure.txt document if it exists.  That	 docu-
	      ment contains information	about editing the configuration	file.

	      Various  other topics are	also available.	 These howto documents
	      can be viewed on yudit website too.

       find string
	      Find a string in the document.

	      If the string contains spaces, double or single  quotes  can  be
	      used around it.

       replace string replacement
	      Find  a Unicode string and replace it with another string	inter-
	      actively.

	      If the string or replacement contains spaces, double  or	single
	      quotes can be used around	them.

       go | goto line [column]
	      Move the caret to	the line and (optionally) to the column.

       sedy   Display  the location of the encryption module add-on.  Refer to
	      yudit.syntaxpath section of the howto configure document for de-
	      tails.

       print [options]
	      Print the	document, create a postscript file, or send the	 post-
	      script file to a program.	For a full list	of options, type print
	      -h on the	command	area.

	      For  instance  print  -e evince will send	the postscript file to
	      the program evince.

	      print -o out.ps will create a postscript file called out.ps.

	      When printing from inside	the editor, the	current	font is	 used.
	      Bitmap  fonts are	also converted into postscript,	but yudit will
	      complain in the status area about	bad printing quality in	such a
	      case.

       syntax Yudit provides a user interface to switch	dictionaries and add a
	      different	highlighting type. This	can also be done in  the  com-
	      mand area. Type syntax -h	for help.

	      If  the  command	is issued without an argument, the location of
	      the spell-checker	add-on is displayed.

       save [-yes] -e encoding filename
	      Save the current buffer. The preferred encoding is utf-8.	 If  a
	      keymap  name  is	used  as an encoding, a	transliterated text is
	      written to the file.

	      Use the -yes option if you are sure you want to overwrite	an ex-
	      isting file.

	      For a list of available encoding methods	use  the  the  command
	      line tool: uniconv -h

       open | load [-yes] -e encoding filename
	      Load  a  file  to	 the  editor buffer. The preferred encoding is
	      utf-8.  If a keymap name is used as an encoding, the input  file
	      will be parsed by	that keymap.

	      Use the -yes option if you do not	mind losing unsaved changes of
	      the current editor buffer.

	      For  a  list  of	available encoding methods use the the command
	      line tool: uniconv -h

SHORTCUTS
       A variety of key	shortcuts are available	to make	 editing  more	conve-
       nient.  Arrow-keys,  page-down, page-up,	home and end work as expected.
       There is	only insert mode in yudit.

       Holding down the	shift key while	moving the caret selects the text.

       In the command area the up and  down  keys  serve  as  command  history
       browser keys.

       Some  of	the icons have tool-tips which can be used to check the	short-
       cut.

       The line-break button does not have a shortcut.	 It  can  be  used  to
       change  the  line-break character to Unix/DOS/MAC(obsolete)/PS(a	rarely
       used Paragraph Separator).  Pressing this button	will modify the	 docu-
       ment in the buffer.

       Function	Keys
	      F1..F12  are  used to switch between input methods.  The assign-
	      ment of the keys are defined in the configuration	 property  yu-
	      dit.editor.inputs	 which can be changed directly from inside yu-
	      dit by the input assignment dialog.

	      Shift F1..F12 are	used to	switch between fonts.  The  assignment
	      of the keys are defined in the configuration property yudit.edi-
	      tor.fonts	which can be changed via editing yudit.properties. See
	      howto configure command.

       esc    The escape key can be used to switch between editing and command
	      mode.

       ctrl|meta O
	      This shortcut copies an open-file	command	to the command area.

       ctrl|meta S
	      This shortcut copies a save command to the command area.

       ctrl|meta P
	      This shortcut copies a print command to the command area.

       ctrl|meta W
	      This  shortcut  copies  a	 print-preview	command	to the command
	      area.

	      The default preview commend can be  set  via  the	 configuration
	      property yudit.default.preview.command.

       ctrl|meta Q
	      This shortcut copies a find command to the command area.

       ctrl|meta U
	      Undo  the	last change to the document. There are cases where the
	      change is	broken down into smaller changes, so you may  need  to
	      press this more than once.

       ctrl|meta R
	      Redo the changes that were undone	by the Undo shortcut.

       ctrl|meta T
	      Change  the embedding of the document. Document embedding	can be
	      right-left, neutral, and	left-right.  This  is  only  a	visual
	      change, the document itself will not be modified.

       ctrl|meta D
	      Override the directionality of the input and the selected	text.

	      The  following  markers are used:	RLO (Right-Left	Override), LRO
	      (Left-Right Override), PDF (Pop Directional Formatting).

	      Text under RL cursor for instance	will be	enclosed between  RLO-
	      PDF markers.

	      Note  that  yudit	 uses Unicode BiDi algorithm.  Characters have
	      inherent directionality properties, so normally override is  not
	      needed.

	      It is useful if the script can be	written	both ways.

	      In  case of Old Hungarian	and Old	Italic yudit provides software
	      glyph mirroring depending	 on  inherent  directionality  of  the
	      character,  the font directionality and the directionality over-
	      ride.

	      See yudit.font.<fontname>	in howto configure document to set  up
	      such a font.

       ctrl|meta E
	      Override the embedding of	the input and the selected text.

	      The  following  markers  are  used:  RLE(Right-Left  Embedding),
	      LRE(Left-Right Embedding), PDF(Pop Directional Formatting).

	      Text under RL-embedded cursor will be enclosed  between  RLE-PDF
	      markers.

	      Embedding	 can be	used to	change the embedding level of a	region
	      of a text.

       ctrl|meta Y
	      Give up embedding	and directionality.  The  RLO-LRO/RLE-LRE  and
	      PDF markers will be removed from the selected text.

       ctrl|meta A
	      Make  the	font size smaller. Available font sizes	are defined by
	      the configuration	property yudit.editor.fontsizes	which  can  be
	      edited by	hand.

       ctrl|meta Z
	      Make  the	 font size bigger. Available font sizes	are defined by
	      the configuration	property yudit.editor.fontsizes	which  can  be
	      edited by	hand.

       ctrl|meta N
	      This  command copies the current highlighting mode into the com-
	      mand area.

       ctrl|meta C
	      Copy selected text to CLIPBOARD. The X Window System has 2 clip-
	      boards. This clipboard is	the one	that can be accessed only  via
	      keyboard shortcuts.

       ctrl|meta X
	      Copy  selected  text to CLIPBOARD	and delete it from the editor.
	      In X Window System there are 2 clipboards. This clipboard	is the
	      one that can be accessed only via	keyboard shortcuts.

       ctrl|meta V
	      Paste the	selected text from CLIPBOARD into the  editor.	 In  X
	      Window  System there are 2 clipboards. This clipboard is the one
	      that can be accessed only	via keyboard shortcuts.

	      If there is selected text	in the editor, it will be replaced  by
	      the contents of the CLIPBOARD.

	      The  behavior of the other (XA_PRIMARY) X11 clipboard is differ-
	      ent.  The	selected text automatically goes to  XA_PRIMARY	 clip-
	      board and	can be pasted by the middle mouse button.

	      When  editing encrypted sedy files XA_PRIMARY clipboard is read-
	      only.

       ctrl|meta H
	      Move the caret to	the left.

       ctrl|meta L
	      Move the caret to	the right.

       ctrl|meta J
	      Move the caret down.

       ctrl|meta K
	      Move the caret up.

       ctrl|meta B
	      Move to the previous page.

       ctrl|meta F
	      Move to the next page.

       ctrl|meta M
	      Erase the	whole line.

ENVIRONMENT
       The environment variable	HOME should point to the  user's  home	direc-
       tory, where the yudit configuration file	(~/.yudit/yudit.properties) is
       kept.

       Removing	~/.yudit/yudit.properties forces yudit to recreare the config-
       uration file with default properties.

SEE ALSO
       mytool, uniconv,	uniprint

AUTHOR
       This program  was written by gaspar@yudit.org (Gaspar Sinai), in	Tokyo,
       and  released  on 10 November, 1997 as yutex.  It  was renamed to yudit
       on 8 December 1997.

       Version 2.0 was released	in January 2001. It came  with	internal  font
       processing  in  an  effort  to make it work in any environment.	It was
       ported to Windows also.

       Many thanks to Andrew Weeks at University of  Bath  for	releasing  his
       TrueType	 to postscript (ttf2pfa) program which gave the	inspiration of
       font conversion,	rasterization and printing in the 2.0 series.

       When Linux started to support Unicode Yudit project became inactive.

       In 2020 the project was revisited and a Macintosh port was  added.   In
       2023  yudit.scale  property  was	introduced to upscale the GUI on high-
       resolution  monitors.

LINUX COMMANDS			  Feb 5	2023			      YUDIT(1)

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