1XED(1) General Commands Manual XED(1)
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6 Xed - The Text Editor
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9 xed [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]
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12 Xed is the official text editor of the X-APPS project, which aims to
13 provide applications to the Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktops. While
14 aiming at simplicity and ease of use, Xed is a powerful general purpose
15 text editor. It can be used to create and edit all sorts of text files.
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17 Xed features a flexible plugin system which can be used to dynamically
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20 This manual page briefly documents the xed command.
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24 filename(s)...
25 Specifies the file to open when xed starts. If this is not spec‐
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30 --display=DISPLAY
31 X display to use.
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33 --encoding
34 Set the character encoding to be used for opening the files
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37 --new-window
38 Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of xed.
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40 --new-document
41 Create a new document in an existing instance of xed, on the
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44 +[num] For the first file, go to the line specified by "num" (do not
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48 --list-encodings
49 Display list of possible values for the encoding option and exit
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51 --version
52 Output version information and exit
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54 -?, -h, --help
55 Print standard command line options.
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57 -w, --wait
58 Open files and block the xed process.
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60 --help-all
61 Print all command line options.
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69 Open the Linux Kernel README file from kernel.org's FTP server
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72 xed +156 http://www.some-website.com/
73 Open the main web page of some-website.com and jump to line 156.
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75 xed --new-window ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_history
76 Open the current users .bashrc and .bash_history files in a new
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81 Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
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86 Xed documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1
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