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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 console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII character en‐
13       codings.  It has a modeless, user-friendly interface, online help, mul‐
14       tiple  windows,  global  search/replace (on all buffers at once), block
15       operations, automatic indentation, word wrapping, file name completion,
16       directory  browser,  duplicate removal from prompt histories, delimiter
17       matching, text conversion from/to UTF-8, romanization,  etc.  The  file
18       size, line length, number of buffers, and undo/redo capability are only
19       limited by the amount of memory available and the size of  the  address
20       space of your machine.
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22       Moe  respects your work. By default it won't automatically add, change,
23       or remove a single byte in your files. Moe is a WYTIWYG (what you  type
24       is what you get) editor.
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26       Moe can easily edit thousands of files at the same time.
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28       'global_options'  are  a  mix  of  editor options and default 'file_op‐
29       tions'.  Most  long  option  names  have  a  negative  form  '--backup'
30       '--no-backup'.
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32       Each  file name may be preceded by '+[line[,column]]' to start the cur‐
33       sor at the line, and optionally column, specified. 'line' and  'column'
34       are  applied  to  subsequent  files  until new values are specified for
35       them.  A '+' alone puts the cursor at end-of-buffer.
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37       A hyphen '-' used as a file name argument means standard input.  Direc‐
38       tories are recursively descended into.
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40   Editor options:
41       -h, --help
42              display this help and exit
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44       -V, --version
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47       -1, --orphan
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50       -b, --backup
51              create backup files (default)
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53       -B, --no-backup
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56       -e, --exit-ask
57              make save-and-close ask always for confirmation
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59       -H, --smart-home
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62       -i, --ignore-case
63              make search case insensitive by default
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65       -k, --keep-lines=<n>
66              number of lines to keep for PgUp/PgDn
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68       -m, --max-windows=<n>
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71       -n, --indent-step=<n>
72              number of spaces to add when indenting a block
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74       -s, --search-wrap
75              make search wrap at end of file
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77       -u, --auto-unmark
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80       -x, --rectangle
81              rectangular block mode
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83   File options:
84       -a, --auto-indent
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87       -l, --lmargin=<col>
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90       -r, --rmargin=<col>
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93       -o, --read-only
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96       -O, --overwrite
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99       -w, --word-wrap
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102       -2, --two-spaces
103              make reformat put two spaces after period
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105       Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (invalid
106       flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate an invalid or  unreadable  input
107       file,  3 for an internal consistency error (e.g., bug) which caused moe
108       to panic.
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REPORTING BUGS

111       Report bugs to bug-moe@gnu.org
112       Moe home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
113       General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp
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116       Copyright © 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version  2
117       or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
118       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
119       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

122       The full documentation for moe is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
123       the info and moe programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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132GNU moe 1.12                     January 2022                           MOE(1)
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