<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"/> <title>leaf</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="manpage.css" type="text/css"/> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Cone: COnsole Newsreader And Emailer"/> <link rel="up" href="cone00index.html" title="Cone mail client"/> <link rel="prev" href="cone.html" title="cone"/> <link rel="next" href="mailtool.html" title="mailtool"/> <link xmlns="" rel="icon" href="icon.gif" type="image/gif"/> <meta xmlns="" name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE"/> <!-- Copyright 2002 - 2007 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. --> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">leaf</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="p" href="cone.html" shape="rect">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <span class="application">Cone</span> mail client</th> <td width="20%" align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">  <a accesskey="n" href="mailtool.html" shape="rect">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr/> </div> <div class="refentry" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="leaf" shape="rect" name="leaf"> </a> <div class="titlepage"/> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2>Name</h2> <p>leaf — Lightweight Editor of Ascii(and more) Files</p> </div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"> <h2>Synopsis</h2> <div class="cmdsynopsis"> <p><code class="command">leaf</code> [-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dictionary</code></em>] [+<em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em>] [<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>]</p> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="id535350" shape="rect" name="id535350"> </a> <h2>USAGE</h2> <p><span class="command"><strong>leaf</strong></span> is a simple console text file editor, with paragraph word-wrapping and spell checking. <span class="command"><strong>leaf</strong></span> is based on the text editor in the <span class="application">Cone</span> mail reader and composer. <span class="command"><strong>leaf</strong></span> opens <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>, position the cursor on the first line, or line #<em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em>, if specified.</p> <p>This is not really the best editor for program sources. <span class="command"><strong>leaf</strong></span> is meant to be used as a quick editor for writing short notes and memos. As text is typed, words will automatically flow to wrap within a typical 80-character terminal display, even on larger display (due to <span class="command"><strong>leaf</strong></span>'s heritage as an editor for E-mail messages, which are traditionally formatted to fit an 80-character display). Word wrapping is "lazy": only long text lines are wrapped. Short text lines are not folded together. Individual paragraphs are separated by blank lines of text. Press <span class="keycap"><strong>CTRL</strong></span>-<span class="keycap"><strong>J</strong></span> to optimally rewrap the paragraph under the cursor. The bottom two lines on the screen list which keys to press for other functions.</p> <p>The <code class="option">-d</code> sets the name of the dictionary used for spell checking (overriding the default spell checking dictionary set by the <code class="envar">DICTIONARY</code> environment variable). <code class="option">+<em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em></code> sets the initial cursor position to line #<em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em>.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <a id="id535446" shape="rect" name="id535446"> </a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">emacs</span>(1)</span>, <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">vi</span>(1)</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr/> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="p" href="cone.html" shape="rect">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="u" href="cone00index.html" shape="rect">Up</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">  <a accesskey="n" href="mailtool.html" shape="rect">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1">cone </td> <td width="20%" align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html" shape="rect">Home</a> | <a accesskey="t" href="bk01-toc.html" shape="rect">ToC</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> mailtool</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>