Alphabetical List of All Editor Commands

[line]a

append

[line]a text

append text

[line]ad

append delete buffer

bnumber

branch always number newlines

bnumbert

branch if TRUE number newlines

bnumberf

branch if FALSE number newlines

[range]c

change

[range]c text

change for text

[range]d

delete

e

edit current file

e file

edit file if buffer clean

ee file

edit file

f

query current file

f file

set current file

[range]g/pattern/editor commands

global

[range]g^/pattern/editor commands

global

h number

hold for number time units

[line]i

insert

[line]i text

insert text

[line]id

insert delete buffer

[line]j

join line and line+1

[range]ktarget_line

kopy range after target_line

l character

learn character until Break

[range]mtarget_line

move range after target_line

oC{+|-|~|?}

Set (+), unset (-), toggle (~) or query (?) the option signified by character C. Valid option characters are:

a: option anchor
b: option blank
c: option command
d: option dual
e: option environment
f: option fill
i: option insert
j: option justify
l: option limit
m: option meta
n: option newline
s: option save
t: option tab
w: option wrap

[range]p

print expanding non-printing ascii characters into \hh sequences.

[range]P

print without expanding non-ascii characters.

q

quit the editor if buffer has not been modified

qq

quit the editor regardless

[line]r

read the current file after line

[line]r file

read file after line

[range]s/pattern/replacement_text/

Substitute text; characters other than / may also be used as the delimiter

[range]snumber/pattern/replacement_text/

Substitute text, numberth occurrence only.

Where:

/: is a single character deliminator (Usually a slash, but other characters may be used
number: is the numberth occurrence

t character replacement_text

define translate for character

t character

remove translate for character

t ? character

query translate for character

[range]ucount editor_commands

until count

[range]ucond editor_commands

until cond

[range]uCountCond editor_commands

until Count or Cond, where cond is one of "t" (TRUE) or "f" (FALSE).

vanumber number number

change color of display areas

vc

center display

vc number

set center line

vlquantity

set left margin

vrquantity

set right margin

quantity

scroll display

vw

don't wait for horizontal retrace when using color card

[range]w

write to current file

[range]w file

write to file

[range]wa

write append to current file

[range]wa file

write append to file

x

execute current file

x file

execute file

[range]y"prompt_text"command_chars"commands

yut

[range]zcccharacter

zap cursor change

[range]zcd

zap cursor delete

[range]zce

zap cursor erase

[line]zcfcharacter

zap cursor fill character

[line]zchlocation

zap cursor horizontal

[line]zcl

zap cursor lock

[line]zcp

zap cursor purge character delete buffer

[range]zcr

zap cursor restore from character delete buffer

[range]zcRnumber

zap cursor restore number characters

[range]zcs

zap cursor save in character delete buffer

[line]zkline

zap kopy to/from command line

[range]zlc

zap line center between margins

[range]zld

zap line delete between limits

[range]zle

zap line erase between limits

[range]zlf

zap line fill between margins

[range]zlj

zap line join

[range]zlo

zap line overstrike

[range]zlp

zap line paragraph

zlq

zap line query if tags are set

[line]zlr

zap line restore delete buffer at cursor

[range]zls

zap line save text between limits in delete buffer

[line]zlt

zap line tag

zlu

zap line unset/set all tags

zm

zap message

[line]zp

zap purge line delete buffer

[line]zq

zap query