Jove Help Note log into the system and type teachjove if you want to get an online tutorial introduction to jove THE CHALLENGE JOVE IN TWO PAGES SOME NECESSARY NOTATION Any ordinary character goes into the buffer no insert command needed In commands use carriage return shown as cr after a string unless the chart shows otherwise CMM x string A control character C f means control f A two character command sequence where the first character is the ESC key Altmode M f means ESC then f A command designated by hand M x revert file means type ESC x revert file then cr point Point is the current position of THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CURSOR GETTING OUT C x C SAVE current buffer into a new version of current file C x C w Save current buffer to file with ANOTHER name prompts C x C c EXIT JOVE BUFFER OPERATIONS C x C f Get a file into a buffer for editing prompts for filename C x b Select a different buffer prompts default is last one C x C b Display the list of available buffers C x k Kill buffer prompts default is current one use with caution M Move to the top of the current buffer M Move to the end of the current buffer M g n Move to line n M x number Number the lines in the buffer or get rid of the numbers if they are already there HELP AND HELPER FUNCTIONS C g Abort anything anytime it beeps you may need two Also GOOD FOR EXITING FROM HELP functions M string Describe command try M query replace as an example M x apropos string Show all commands that contain string C x key Describe key what does this key do try C x C d C y Yank back last thing killed kill and delete are different You can t yank back a killed buffer M n Provide a numeric argument of n for the command that follows HANDY Try M 10 C p as an example Page 1 of 3 CHARACTER OPERATIONS C b Move left Back C f Move right Forward C p Move up Previous C n Move down Next backspace Delete left C d Delete right C t Transposes the 2 characters before and after point and then moves point forward one position ht th WORD OPERATIONS M b Move left Back M f Move right Forward M RUBOUT Kill left C y yanks it back at point M DEL Same as M RUBOUT M d Kill right C y yanks it back at point M c Capitalize word phil Phil M u Uppercase word phil PHIL M l Lowercase word PHIL phil LINE OPERATIONS C a Move to the beginning C e Move to the end C o Open up a line for typing C x C o Close up any blank lines around point M 0 C k Kill from beginning to point C y yanks it back C k Kill from point to end C y yanks it back at point SENTENCE OPERATIONS M a Move to the beginning M e Move to the end C x RUBOUT Kill from beginning to point C y yanks it back M k Kill from point to end C y yanks it back at point PARAGRAPH OPERATIONS M Move to the beginning M Move to the end M j Fill current paragraph Fills space between margins HANDY There are other useful fill commands try doing M x apropos auto fill M x set right margin n Set right margin at column n M x set left margin n Set left margin at column n Page 2 of 3 SCREEN OPERATIONS C v Show next screen M v Show previous screen C l Redisplay screen M n C l Move line at point to line n of screen try n 0 or 15 SEARCH AND REPLACE C string Searches forward and moves to string typed C r string Searches backward and moves to string typed M x replace string Replace string with another prompts for other string M x query replace Replace string with another wants SPACE or y meaning do it or RUBOUT or n to skip REGION OPERATIONS Region is area of buffer between point mark C Set the mark at point for use with region commands C x C x Interchange point and mark i e go to the other end of the current region M w Copy the current region to the kill buffer C y yanks it at point C w Kill the current region C y yanks it back at point WINDOW OPERATIONS C x 2 Split the screen in two windows C x 1 Resume single window using buffer from top window C x O Move cursor to other window Page 3 of 3