• Contents
  • A preface to stedi
    • A General Orientation To Stedi
      • The Keyboard Commands
      • The Command-Line
      • Advanced Features
      • The Manual
      • A note on key notation

  • Getting acquainted
    • Running the editor
      • Starting up the editor
    • Creating a file
    • Moving around
      • Using the arrow keys
      • Using the command line Commands
    • Options and the status bar
      • Choosing Screen Colors
      • Insert and Overwrite mode
    • Basic editing
      • Using the character delete keys
      • Using the Search and Overwrite Routine
      • Using the Search and Replace Routine
      • The Alt-T Toggle and Virtual Space
    • Reading, writing, printing
      • Writing out or Saving files
        • File Output Format
      • Reading In Files
      • Printing
    • Cutting, copying, pasting
    • The folds
    • Advanced topics
      • Learn Buffers
      • External Program Execution
      • Miscellaneous Commands
    • Conclusion

  • Basic operations
    • The screen
    • Moving the cursor
      • Keyboard commands
      • Command line commands
    • Entering text
    • Deleting text
    • Exchange operations

  • The status bar and options
    • The status bar
      • Insert and Overwrite mode
      • The Write Mode
      • The Search Direction mode
      • Case Sensitivity
      • Yank buffer
      • Caps Lock
      • Backup Mode
      • The buffer number
      • `Dirty Bit'

  • The command line
    • The regular commands
    • Special commands

  • Reading, Writing and Printing
    • Reading a file
    • Writing out a file
      • The write mode
      • The backup mode.
      • The View-Only mode
      • Messages concerning file output
    • Printing
      • Messages concerning printing
    • Free disk space

  • Default settings
  • The mark
    • Tags

  • Buffers
    • Switching between buffers

  • Cutting and Pasting
  • Folds
    • Fold line syntax
    • Opening and closing folds
      • Function key commands
      • Command line commands
    • Miscellaneous

  • Search and Replace
    • The search command
    • The search and replace command
    • Related commands
    • Special characters
      • Special search commands

  • Regular expressions
    • Single objects
      • Groups
    • Repetitors
    • Or and If
    • Additional special characters
    • Replacements
      • Substitution variables
    • Overview
    • Efficiency

  • Tabs
    • Defining tab stops
    • Tabbing, expanding, trimming

  • Word-oriented commands
    • Words
    • Commands related to words
    • Word searches
      • Find current word
      • Repeat current word search
      • Replace current word
    • Word wrapping
      • The word wrap command
      • The rewrap commands
    • The auto-indent mode

  • The undo feature
    • The Undo key
      • Characters and words
      • Lines
      • Buffers
    • Cutting and pasting

  • The learn buffers
    • Filling a learn buffer
    • Replaying a learn buffer

  • Variables
  • Macro's
    • Operators
    • Flow control
    • The `first' command

  • Stream editing
  • Execute an external command
    • Escape to shell

  • Screen control
    • Screen color
    • Split screen
    • Special representations

  • The sort command
    • About the algorithm

  • Miscellaneous commands
    • Yank
    • Get
    • Date
    • Display last message
    • File searches
    • Garbage collections
    • Message
    • Pause

  • Hex code
    • Binary editing

  • Keyboard transformations
    • Syntax
      • Mnemonics
      • The meaning of the codes
      • Flags and masks
    • The K command and keycomp

  • Running STedi
    • Starting up STedi
      • From a desktop
      • From a command processor
    • Exiting STedi
    • The help facility

  • List of messages and their meanings