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NAME

6       moe - My Own (text) Editor
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SYNOPSIS

9       moe [global_options] [[+line[,col]] file_name [file_options]]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       GNU  moe  is  a powerful, 8-bit clean, console text editor for ISO-8859
13       and ASCII character encodings. It has a modeless, user-friendly  inter‐
14       face,  online  help,  multiple windows, unlimited undo/redo capability,
15       unlimited line length, unlimited buffers, global search/replace (on all
16       buffers  at  once), block operations, automatic indentation, word wrap‐
17       ping, file name completion, directory browser, duplicate  removal  from
18       prompt  histories,  delimiter  matching, text conversion from/to UTF-8,
19       romanization, etc.
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21       Moe respects your work. By default it won't automatically add,  change,
22       or  remove  not even one byte in your files. Moe is a WYTIWYG (what you
23       type is what you get) editor.
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25       Moe can easily edit thousands of files at the same time.
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27       Moe uses ISO-8859-15 instead of UTF-8 because an  8-bit  character  set
28       (combined  with  romanization  if needed) can convey meaning safely and
29       more efficiently than UTF-8 can.
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31       'global_options' are a mix of  editor  options  and  default  'file_op‐
32       tions'.   Most  long  option  names  have  a  negative  form '--backup'
33       '--no-backup'.
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35       Each file name may be preceded by '+line[,column]' to start the  cursor
36       at  the line, and optionally column, specified. 'line' and 'column' are
37       applied to subsequent files until new values are specified for them.
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39       '-' used as a file name argument means standard input.  Directories are
40       recursively descended into.
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42   Editor options:
43       -h, --help
44              display this help and exit
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46       -V, --version
47              output version information and exit
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49       -1, --orphan
50              put extra files in orphaned buffers
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52       -b, --backup
53              create backup files (default)
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55       -B, --no-backup
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58       -e, --exit-ask
59              make save-and-close ask always for confirmation
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61       -H, --smart-home
62              go home, then go to first non-blank character
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64       -i, --ignore-case
65              make search case insensitive by default
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67       -k, --keep-lines=<n>
68              number of lines to keep for PgUp/PgDn
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70       -m, --max-windows=<n>
71              max number of windows to show at once
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73       -n, --indent-step=<n>
74              number of spaces to add when indenting a block
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76       -s, --search-wrap
77              make search wrap at end of file
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79       -u, --auto-unmark
80              turn off highlighting after block copy or move
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82       -x, --rectangle
83              rectangular block mode
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85   File options:
86       -a, --auto-indent
87              enable auto indent
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89       -l, --lmargin=<col>
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92       -r, --rmargin=<col>
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95       -o, --read-only
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98       -O, --overwrite
99              disable insert mode
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101       -w, --word-wrap
102              enable word wrapping
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104       -2, --two-spaces
105              make reformat put two spaces after period
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107       Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (invalid
108       flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate an invalid or  unreadable  input
109       file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which caused moe to
110       panic.
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REPORTING BUGS

113       Report bugs to bug-moe@gnu.org
114       Moe home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
115       General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp
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118       Copyright © 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version  2
119       or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
120       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
121       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

124       The full documentation for moe is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
125       the info and moe programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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130       should give you access to the complete manual.
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134GNU moe 1.11                     January 2021                           MOE(1)
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