SYNTAX

    fed [options] [<file>] ...

OPTIONS

-h (--help) bool: Display help.
-w (--tab-width) int: Specify the tab width to use (defaults to 4 characters). Can also be specified by defining the environment variable 'TAB_WIDTH'.
-u (--unicode) bool: Use unicode characters for drawing the UI. Not guaranteed to display correctly on all consoles. Can also be specified by defining the environment variable 'UNICODE'.

ARGUMENTS

[<file>]: File or files to open. If not specified, opens an untitled document. Can be specified more than once. [filename(s)]

DESCRIPTION

Console text editor.

Fed is a basic console text editor. Its interface is similar to pico/nano. It can handle ASCII, UTF-8 and UTF-16 format files, different line endings, very large files, copy and paste, and opening multiple files at once.

The supported commands are given below. The control key is represented as a caret '^', so ^G means Control-G.

Commands

    ^L, F1  Get help
    ^N      New document
    ^O      Open document
    ^S      Save document
    ^A      Save as

    ^U      Page up (alternative to PgUp key)
    ^D      Page down (alternative to PgDn key)
    ^T      Go to top of document
    ^B      Go to bottom of document

    ^F      Find text
    ^K      Delete current line
    ^G      Go to line
    ^R, F5  Redraw the screen
    ^X      Cut (see below)
    ^C      Copy (see below)
    ^V      Paste

    ^P, F2  Switch to Previous view
    ^], F3  Switch to Next view
    ^W, Esc Close current doc
    ^Q      Quit and close all docs

Clipboard support

The standard Symbian clipboard is supported. You can use ^V to paste into the frontmost document. Cut and copy are two-stage operations, because of the limitations of the console: