Quick Start

This is a brief description of the minimal set of commands that are necessary to start using BEAV effectively.

The file-visit command, Ctl-X Ctl-V, can be used to read a file in for editing. The file can also be read in from the command line; beav <edit_file>.

These commands can be used to navigate around the window.



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 		 move-back-char 		 Ctl-B 		 moves left
        


        678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 		 move-back-line 		 Ctl-P 		 moves up
        


        678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 		 move-forw-char 		 Ctl-F 		 moves right
        


        678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 		 move-forw-line 		 Ctl-N 		 moves down
        

The move-to-byte command, Ctl-X G, will prompt you for a byte position to move to.

These commands will insert a zero byte at the cursor position or delete the byte at that position.



        678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 		 insert-unit 		 Ctl-X I 		 
        


        678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 		 delete-forw-unit 		 Esc D 		 
        

The file-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-S, will save the data to the file if a change has been made.

The help command, Esc ?, will display a list of all commands and their current key bindings.

The abort-cmd command, Ctl-G, will abort any command that is in operation.

The quit-no-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-C, will exit BEAV. If there is any data that has not been saved you will be warned.