1 Minimum Profit Action Reference
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4 Minimum Profit _actions_ are editor commands that can be directly
5 bound to the menu or a key.
12 Shows the "About Minimum Profit" information.
17 _Build project..._ (`f2')
19 Invokes the building of a Make project. If the `Makefile' file exists in the
20 working directory, all targets are extracted from it and shown in a list dialog
21 for the user to select one. The selected one will be called as the only argument
22 for the `make' program and its output read. All output will be catched and shown
23 in a read-only document. Compiler errors and warnings will be highlighted and
24 can be navigated by using the `seek_next' and `seek_prev' actions (keys `f3' and
25 `ctrl-f3'). The `open_under_cursor' action can be used to edit each error or warning.
32 Closes the active document. If there are unsaved changes, a confirmation dialog
40 Closes all open documents.
45 _Complete..._ (`ctrl-u')
47 Takes the (probably partial) word under the cursor and searches for words in
48 the current document that start with it. If more than one is found, a list dialog
49 is shown to make a selection. The word will be replaced with the selected one.
54 _Symbol completion..._
56 Uses a similar approach than the `complete' action, but using the current _tags_
57 file as the completion list. If no _tags_ file exist in the working directory,
58 the *ctags* program is invoked to build it.
60 For other uses of the _tags_ file, see `find_tag'.
65 _Search repeated words..._
72 _Copy block_ (`ctrl-c')
74 Copies the currently selected block to the clipboard.
79 _Cut block_ (`ctrl-x')
81 Copies the currently selected block to the clipboard and deletes the block.
86 _Delete character_ (`delete')
88 Delete the character over the cursor.
93 _Delete character to the left_ (`backspace')
95 Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
100 _Delete line_ (`ctrl-y')
102 Deletes the line under the cursor.
109 Shows a dialog with the list of currently open documents. The list cursor will
110 be over the active one and the documents with pending modifications will be
111 prefixed with an asterisk. Selecting a different one will make it become the
117 _Set charset encoding..._
119 Shows a dialog asking for a string describing the charset encoding that will
120 be used when saving or opening new documents. If an empty string is entered,
121 the current locale will be used. the following set of character encodings are
125 Aliases are utf-8, UTF8 and UTF-8.
127 Aliases are iso-8859-1, ISO-8859-1, ISO8859-1, latin1, latin-1, LATIN1 and LATIN-1.
128 * utf16 (with endianness detection on input and local endianness on output).
129 Aliases are utf-16, UTF16, UTF-16, ucs-2, UCS2, UCS-2.
130 * utf16be (big endian).
131 Aliases are utf-16be, UTF16BE, UTF-16BE, ucs2be, UCS2BE, ucs-2be and UCS-2BE.
132 * utf16le (little endian).
133 Aliases are utf-16le, UTF16LE, UTF-16LE, ucs2le, UCS2LE, ucs-2le and UCS-2LE.
134 * utf32 (with endianness detection on input and local endianness on output).
135 Aliases are utf-32, UTF32, UTF-32, ucs-4, ucs4, UCS-4 and UCS4.
136 * utf32be (big endian).
137 Aliases are utf-32be, UTF32BE, UTF-32BE, ucs4be, UCS4BE, ucs-4be and UCS-4BE.
138 * utf32le (little endian).
139 Aliases are utf-42le, UTF42LE, UTF-42LE, ucs4le, UCS4LE, ucs-4le and UCS-4LE.
141 If the 'iconv' library is available, there can be many more encodings.
146 _Execute MPSL code..._ (`escape')
148 Shows a dialog asking for a string of MPSL code that will be executed.
153 _Execute document as MPSL_
155 Executes the active document as MPSL code.
160 _Run system command..._
162 Shows a dialog asking for a system command to execute. If the command is
163 preceded by the pipe symbol (|), the active document will be fed as the
164 standard input of the command; otherwise, the standard output of the command
165 will be inserted in the cursor position.
172 Closes all documents and exists Minimum Profit.
177 _Search tag..._ (`ctrl-t')
179 Shows a dialog asking for a tag to search. The _tags_ file will be read from
180 the working directory and the tag searched there; all symbols starting with it
181 will be shown in a list dialog. When selecting a tag from that list, the file
182 containing it will be open and the cursor moved to where the tag is.
183 This is a useful way of finding where a function or variable is defined.
185 If no _tags_ file exist in the working directory, the *ctags* program is
188 For other uses of the _tags_ file, see `complete_symbol'.
193 _Go to line..._ (`ctrl-g')
195 Shows a dialog asking for a line number. If accepted, the current document
196 cursor will move to that line (if existent).
201 _Grep (find inside) files..._
203 Shows a dialog asking for a string to be searched, and an optional spec of
204 files to search the string in. If no spec is given, all files in the working
205 directory are scanned. Matches are shown in a read-only document, and each
206 match can be directly open by using the 'open_under_cursor' action.
208 This is a useful way to find where a function or variable is used.
213 _Help on word over cursor_ (`f1')
215 Picks the word under the cursor and asks the underlying system for help
221 _Ignore last misspelled word_
223 Ignores the last misspelled word found by `seek_misspelled' by adding it
224 to a whitelist so it won't be found again.
229 _Insert line_ (`enter')
231 Inserts a new line. If the cursor is in the middle of a line,
237 _Insert space_ (`space')
239 Inserts a space, triggering word wrapping, if active.
246 Inserts a tabulator, triggering word wrapping, if active.
253 Shows a list dialog with the names of the templates for the user to
254 select one, that will be inserted in the cursor position.
259 _Join a paragraph in one line_
261 Joins the text from the cursor position to the next empty line as one
269 Shows a dialog asking for line configuration options, like word wrapping,
270 end of line string, etc.
277 Loads a session, previously saved by `save_session'.
282 _Mark beginning/end of block_ (`f9')
284 Marks the beginning or the end of the block.
289 _Mark vertical block_ (`ctrl-b')
291 Marks the beginning or the end of a vertical (also known as
304 _Mark using mouse dragging_ (`mouse-drag')
306 This action is called by the underlying driver when the mouse is used to drag
307 over text. It must not be called nor bound to a key.
312 _Beginning of document_ (`ctrl-home')
314 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document (first line, first column).
319 _Beginning of line_ (`home')
321 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line (first column).
326 _Line down_ (`cursor-down')
328 Moves the cursor to the next line.
333 _End of document_ (`ctrl-end')
335 Moves the cursor to the last line of the document.
340 _End of line_ (`end')
342 Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
347 _Character left_ (`cursor-left')
349 Moves the cursor one character to the left. If it's in the beginning of
350 a line, moves to the last character of the previous line.
352 move_mouse_wheel_down
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355 _Mouse wheel down_ (`mouse-wheel-down')
357 Moves the cursor four lines down.
362 _Mouse wheel up_ (`mouse-wheel-up')
364 Moves the cursor four lines up.
369 _Page down_ (`page-down')
371 Moves the cursor a page down.
376 _Page up_ (`page-up')
378 Moves the cursor a page up.
383 _Character right_ (`cursor-right')
385 Moves the cursor one character to the right. If it's over the end of
386 the line, moves to the first character of the next line.
388 move_to_mouse_position
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391 _Move cursor to mouse click_ (`mouse_left_button', `mouse_right_button', `mouse-middle-button')
393 Moves the cursor to where the mouse is. This action is called by the
394 underlying system and must not be directly called nor bound to a key.
399 _Line up_ (`cursor-up')
401 Moves the cursor to the previous line.
406 _Word left_ (`ctrl-cursor-left')
408 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
413 _Word right_ (`ctrl-cursor-right')
415 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
422 Creates a new unnamed document.
429 Select the next document as the active one. The list of documents
430 is circular; if the active one is the last, the first one is selected.
437 Shows a dialog to open a file. Its behaviour and look are system-dependent.
439 If the document to be opened is password-protected, a dialog asking for the
440 password will also appear.
445 _Edit configuration file_
447 Opens the user configuration file for editing. It doesn't have to exist.
452 _Edit templates file_
454 Opens the templates file for edition. Templates defined here can be later
455 inserted by calling `insert_template'. See the `mp_templates.sample' file
456 included in the documentation for an example of the accepted format.
461 _Open file under cursor_ (`ctrl-enter')
463 Picks the word in the current document under the cursor, accepts it as
464 a document name and tries to open it. If it's in the format string:number,
465 is accepted as a file name and a line number.
470 _Paste block_ (`ctrl-v')
472 Pastes the text in the clipboard into the cursor position.
479 Replays all keystrokes recorded during the previous _learning mode_,
480 activated by a call to `record_macro'.
487 Select the previous document as the active one. The list of documents
488 is circular; if the active one is the first, the last one is selected.
493 _Record macro_ (`f10')
495 Toggles _learning mode_. When active, all keystrokes are recorded to
496 further execute them by a call to `play_macro'.
503 Redoes the previously undone operation, if any.
508 _Replace..._ (`ctrl-r')
510 Shows the search and replace dialog box.
517 Reverts the active document to the state on disk.
524 Saves the active document. If it's unnamed, `save_as' is called instead.
531 Shows a dialog asking for a file name to save the current document as.
532 Its behaviour and look are system-dependent.
539 Saves all documents and its positions as a session to be later loaded
545 _Section list..._ (`ctrl-d')
547 Shows a list with the sections found in the current document. Selecting
548 one of them moves the cursor there.
553 _Search text..._ (`ctrl-f')
555 Shows the search text dialog.
560 _Search misspelled word_ (`f5')
562 Searches for the next misspelled word in the current document. If one
563 is found, the cursor is moved there. If it's a false positive, the
564 `ignore_last_misspell' action can be called to add the recently found
565 word to a whitelist so it won't be found again.
572 Searches the next occurrence of the string entered by the `seek' action.
577 _Move to next instance of current char_ (`ctrl-page-down')
579 Searches for the next occurrence of the char under the cursor. This is
580 useful, for instance, to jump to the next paren or brace.
585 _Search previous_ (`ctrl-f3')
587 Same as `seek_next', but searching backwards.
592 _Move to previous instance of current char_ (`ctrl-page-up')
594 Searches for the previous occurrence of the char under the cursor. This is
595 useful, for instance, to jump to the previous paren or brace.
600 _Search repeated word_ (`f6')
602 Searches for repeated words. Controlled by the configuration directives
603 `mp.config.rw_num_chars' and `mp.config.rw_max_dist'. A searching is done
604 from the cursor position trying to find two words nearer from each
605 other up to a maximum of the specified distance and that start or
606 end with the same letters. If a pair is found, the words are
607 highlighted as spelling errors and the cursor moved over the first
608 one. Otherwise, a message marking the end is shown and nothing is done.
613 _Password protect..._
615 Shows a dialog asking (twice) for a password to protect the active document with
616 when it's saved. From that moment on, each time the document is tried to open
617 the password will be asked for.
619 Minimum Profit encrypts documents using a variant of the ARCFOUR algorithm.
624 _Save modified texts_
626 Saves all texts with pending modifications.
633 Shows a dialog asking for tabulator configuration options, like tab size,
634 convert to spaces, etc.
639 _Toggle spellchecking_
641 toggles spellchecking. When active, misspelled words will be shown underlined.
648 Undoes the last operation.
653 _Unmark block_ (`f8')
655 Unmarks the selected block.
662 Counts the number of words and lines in the active document.
667 _Word-wrap a paragraph_ (`f4')
669 Rebuilds the text from the cursor position to the following empty
670 line using the wordwrapping setup. Wordwrapping must be set (see
676 _Bigger font_ (`f12')
678 Selects a bigger font (only for GUIs).
683 _Smaller font_ (`f11')
685 Selects a smaller font (only for GUIs).
689 Angel Ortega <angel@triptico.com>