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Keyboard Usage
exaEdit uses the keyboard in a conservative way. This implies
that there are no key combinations (which have to be learnt by heart)
in order to call certain functions of the editor.
Actually, you have to keep the commands in mind as well but this
should be easier for you since the commands consist of simple words
taken from the English vocabulary (see section
The Commands as well).
For reasonable usage of exaEdit you will need, besides the
character keys (including those modified with Alt etc.)
and the return key, the following keys as well:
- the cursor moving keys
(
,
,
,
),
- the delete key (Entf, DEL,
) or
the backspace key,
- the insert key (Einfg,INS,
â) or an exaEdit function.
In many cases you will need the keys F1 to
F12 and the Pos1 key
(Home) for comfortable usage, but those
keys are not essential.
If you wish so, you can define the F keys with the
functions of the delete, insert and cursor keys.
exaEdit recognizes additional keys as well.
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