Description GNU moe is a console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII character encodings. It has a modeless, user-friendly interface, online help, multiple windows, global search/replace (on all buffers at once), block operations, automatic indentation, word wrapping, file name completion, directory browser, duplicate removal from prompt histories, delimiter matching, text conversion from/to UTF-8, romanization, etc. The file size, line length, number of buffers, and undo/redo capability are only limited by the amount of memory available and the size of the address space of your machine. Moe respects your work. By default it won't automatically add, change, or remove a single byte in your files. Moe is a WYTIWYG (what you type is what you get) editor. Moe can easily edit thousands of files at the same time. Moe tries to rationalize the keyboard commands. The <Alt> key is used for harmless commands like cursor movements and scrolling. The <Control> key is used for more "dangerous" commands like copying text blocks, deleting lines, or exiting. The <Tab> key is used for file name completion and also to show/hide the directory browser when moe asks for a file name to save or load. In any case, the unlimited undo capability of moe makes it difficult to accidentally cause irreparable damage to your files. Moe uses the function keys so that the most frequent commands can be issued with only one finger. The function key <F1> shows the online help, and <F10> allows you to change the options. The online help and some experience with text editors is all you need to start using moe. Reading the manual is only required for more advanced uses of moe. To have moe used as your default editor you need to set the environment variables 'EDITOR=moe' and/or 'VISUAL=moe' in your shell initialization file ($HOME/.profile if you are using bash). Moe needs a screen size of at least 25 lines by 80 columns. Take this into account if running it from a terminal emulator. If your text console doesn't show all the ISO-8859-15 characters, try the command 'setfont' from the package 'kbd'. You may also need to add the line 'append="vt.default_utf8=0"' to /etc/lilo.conf or to the configuration file of the bootloader in your machine. Check also with the command 'kbd_mode' that the keyboard is in the default (ASCII) mode. Use the following commands to set the text console in the right mode for moe: kbd_mode -a setfont -v lat9w-16.psfu If your terminal emulator shows characters with codes >= 128 incorrectly, check that the encoding is set to ISO-8859-15. (Other ISO-8859 encodings may also work). Copyright (C) 2005-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and modify it. The file Makefile.in is a data file used by configure to produce the Makefile. It has the same copyright owner and permissions that configure itself.
