Configuring the aXe editor

• Backspace deletes the previous character or the selected text
• The extra Delete key deletes the following character
• The Insert key inserts a file
• Home and End moves to beginning and end of the line
• Page-Up and Page-Down are defined
• The Escape key clears the minibuffer and lets you enter commands there. If already there, it brings you back to the editing area.
• The KEY PAD is utilized as follows:
  • Enter: saves the file
  • Decimal: closes the editor (with prompts if file has not yet been saved)
  • Plus: invokes LaTeX (if $WF is defined, see below)
  • Minus: invokes plain TeX (if $WF is defined, see below)
  • Multiply: undo
  • Divide: undo by reloading the file
  • 0: moves to the current position and highlights the current line
  • 1: moves to the line entered subsequently
  • 2: searches for the next occurence of a selected text
  • 3: searches for the previous occurence of a selected text
  • 4: finds the matching parenthesis and highlights the text in between, if the cursor (caret) is just behind one parenthesis
• The function keys:
  • 1-4: like 1-4 of the key pad
  • 5: starts xdvi (if $WF is defined, see below)
  • 6: starts dvips (if $WF is defined, see below)
  • 7: starts ghostview (if $WF is defined, see below)

ted() { OLD_WF="$WF"; if [ -n "$*" ]; then WF="$PWD/$*"; else WF="$OLD_WF"; fi
        export WF;
        ( sleep 1; axe -noserver "$WF.tex" & ) }