Operation

Hint

In distraction-free writing mode, you can access this help page by pressing F1.

Change the editor window and font size

Ctrl-+ increases the size.
Ctrl-– decreases the size.

Switch between sections

Ctrl-PgUp loads the previous section, if any.
Ctrl-PgDn, loads the next section, if any.
When loading another section, you may be asked for applying changes.

Create a new section

Ctrl-N creates a new section.
- The new section is placed after the currently edited section.
- The new section is of the same type as the currently edited section.
- The editor loads the newly created section.

Split a section

Ctrl-L splits the section at the cursor position.
- All the text from the cursor position is cut and pasted into a newly created section.
- The new section is placed after the currently edited section.
- The new section is appended to the currently edited section.
- The new section has the same status as the currently edited section.
- The new section is of the same type as the currently edited section.
- The new section has the same viewpoint character as the currently edited section.
- The editor loads the newly created section.

Clone a section

Ctrl-U applies changes and creates an “unused” copy of the currently edited section in the background. This allows you to quickly and conveniently try out alternative text variations.

Apply changes and save the project

Ctrl-S applies the changes made to the current section, and saves the whole project.

Move the cursor and select text

Clicking the left mouse button positions the cursor just before the character underneath the mouse cursor, sets the input focus, and clears any selection.
Dragging with the left mouse button strokes out a selection between the cursor and the character under the mouse.
Double-clicking the left mouse button selects the word under the mouse and positions the cursor at the beginning of the word.
Dragging after a double click will stroke out a selection consisting of whole words.
Triple-clicking the left mouse button selects the line under the mouse and positions the cursor at the beginning of the line.
Dragging after a triple click will stroke out a selection consisting of whole lines.
The ends of the selection can be adjusted by dragging with the left mouse button while Shift is down; this will adjust the end of the selection that was nearest to the mouse cursor when the left button was pressed.
If the button is double-clicked before dragging then the selection will be adjusted in units of whole words; if it is triple-clicked then the selection will be adjusted in units of whole lines.
Clicking the left mouse button with Ctrl down will reposition the cursor without affecting the selection.
Ctrl-A and Ctrl-/ select the whole text.
Left and Right move the cursor one character to the left or right and clear any selection in the text.
If Left or Right is typed with the Shift key down, then the cursor moves and the selection is extended to include the new character.
Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right move the cursor by words.
Ctrl-Shift-Left and Ctrl-Shift-Right move the cursor by words and also extend the selection.
Up and Down move the cursor one line up or down and clear any selection in the text.
If Up or Down is typed with Shift down, then the cursor moves and the selection is extended to include the new characters.
PgUp and PgDn move the cursor forward or backwards by one screenful and clear any selection in the text.
If Shift is held down while PgUp or PgDn is typed, then the selection is extended to include the new characters.
Home moves the cursor to the beginning of its line and clears any selection.
Shift-Home moves the cursor to the beginning of the line and also extends the selection to that point.
Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-Up move the cursor to the beginning of the text and clear any selection.
Ctrl-Shift-Home and Ctrl-Shift-Up move the cursor to the beginning of the text and also extend the selection to that point.
End moves the cursor to the end of the line and clears any selection.
Shift-End moves the cursor to the end of the line and extends the selection to that point.
Ctrl-End and Ctrl-Down move the cursor to the end of the text and clear any selection.
Ctrl-Shift-End and Ctrl-Shift-Down move the cursor to the end of the text and extend the selection to that point.

Modify text

If any normal printing characters are typed, they are inserted at the point of the cursor.
Del deletes the selection, if any. Otherwise, it deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Backspace deletes the selection, if any. Otherwise, it deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-H deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-K deletes from the cursor to the end of its line; if the cursor is already at the end of a line, then Ctrl-K deletes the newline character.
Ctrl-D deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl-T reverses the order of the two characters to the left and right of the cursor.
Ctrl-O opens a new line by inserting a newline character in front of the cursor without moving the cursor.

Undo/Redo

Ctrl-Z undoes the last editing. Multiple undo is possible.
Ctrl-Y redoes the last undo. Multiple redo is possible.

Note

Only insert and delete operations are recorded as editing steps. Text formatting (see below) cannot be undone using this mechanism.

Format text

Ctrl-I formats the selected text “Emphasis”.
Ctrl-B formats the selected text “Strong emphasis”.
Ctrl-M removes “Emphasis” and “Strong emphasis” formatting from the selection.

Copy/cut/paste text

Ctrl-C copies the selection, to the clipboard.
Ctrl-X copies the selection to the clipboard and deletes the selection.
Ctrl-V inserts the contents of the clipboard at the position of the cursor.

Word count

The section word count is displayed at the status bar at the top of the window.
By default, word count is updated manually by pressing the F5 key.
The word count can be updated “live”, i.e. just while entering text. This is enabled or disabled via the options dialog.

End the distraction-free writing mode

Esc exits the distraction-free writing mode.
Under Windows you can optionally exit with Alt-F4.
Otherwise you can optionally exit with Ctrl-Q.
When closing the editor window, you may be asked for applying changes.

Interrupt the distraction-free writing mode (not recommended)

You can temporarily leave the distraction-free mode using your desktop’s task switcher (e.g. via Win-Tab under Windows).