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Alpha allows you to customize the keystrokes you use to invoke editor functions. There are basically three different ways editor functions can be invoked: • Directly via Alpha menus. • Via the 'Evaluate' function (escape-x). • By selecting them and "load"ing them (command-l). • Through key combinations other than menu equivalents. These combinations include function keys and the numeric keypad. It is the last option that we are concerned with here. By default, Alpha has well over 100 different key bindings, far more than you would ever want to memorize. However, the bindings are there only for your convenience. You don't need to use any of them, but many people find that using the mouse for common editing functions seriously slows them down. The following is a list of some of the most commonly used key bindings in Alpha's default setup: Help =========================================================================== 'help' invoke Alpha help Moving the Cursor =========================================================================== left-arrow or control-b backward character right-arrow or control-f forward character up-arrow or control-p previous-line down-arrow or control-n next-line option-left-arrow or option-b backward one word option-right-arrow or option-f forward one word command-left-arrow or control-a beginning of line command-right-arrow or control-e end of line command-up-arrow or 'home' beginning of window command-down-arrow or 'end' end of window 'pgup' move one page backward 'pgdn' move one page forward Selecting Text =========================================================================== shift-left-arrow extend selection one char left shift-right-arrow extend selection one char right shift-up-arrow extend selection one line up shift-down-arrow extend selection one line down shift-option-left-arrow extend selection one word left shift-option-right-arrow extend selection one word right control-h select next word shift-command-left-arrow select to beginning of line shift-command-right-arrow select to end of line Deleting Text =========================================================================== 'del' or control-d delete forward char 'delete' delete backward char option-d delete forward word option-h or option-delete delete backward word control-k delete to end of line Windows =========================================================================== F5 previous window F6 next window F7 tile windows F8 exchange previous window w/ current ================================================================================ A formated table of key bindings in LaTeX format are in ":LaTeX:latex 2e". Below are the rest of the generic bindings. Be aware that each file has a "mode" associated with it (popup menu on the downward-pointing triangle above the vertical scrollbar) that may define additional key bindings. Whenever in doubt about your current mode, select "Describe Mode" from the popup menu over the flag icon above the vertical scrollbar. bind 'a' <oz> insertAscii bind 'a' <soz> getAscii bind 'a' <z> beginningOfLine bind 'b' <z> backwardChar bind 'c' <z> prefixChar bind 'c' <zC> gotoMatch bind 'd' <z> deleteChar bind 'e' <z> endOfLine bind 'f' <zX> findFile bind 'f' <cz> freeMem bind 'f' <z> forwardChar bind 'g' <z> abortEm ascii 0x8 backSpace bind 'h' <z> hiliteWord bind 'k' <z> killLine bind 'l' <z> centerRedraw ascii 0xd carriageReturn bind 'n' <z> nextLine bind 'o' <z> openLine bind 'p' <z> previousLine bind 'q' <z> prefixChar bind 'r' <z> rsearch bind 's' <zX> save bind 's' <coz> spacesToTabs bind 's' <z> isearch bind 't' <coz> tabsToSpaces bind 't' <z> insertToTop bind 'u' <z> iterationCount bind 'v' <z> pageForward bind 'w' <sz> rectMarkHilite bind 'w' <z> cut bind 'x' <z> prefixChar bind 'x' <zX> exchangePointAndMark bind 'y' <z> yank bind 'z' <z> pageBack ascii 0x1b startEscape bind '\[' <sz> normalLeftBracket bind '\]' <sz> normalRightBracket bind ' ' <e> oneSpace bind ' ' <z> setMark bind ''' <z> quoteWord bind '9' <sX> startKeyboardMacro bind '0' <sX> endKeyboardMacro bind ',' <z> pushMark bind '.' <z> popMark bind '1' <X> zoom bind '1' <z> execAbbrev bind ',' <se> beginningOfBuffer bind '.' <se> endOfBuffer bind kpad. endOfBuffer bind 'b' <se> backwardWordSelect bind right forwardChar bind right <c> endOfLine bind right <s> forwardCharSelect bind right <cs> endLineSelect bind right <z> {scrollRightCol 15} bind right <o> forwardWord bind right <so> forwardWordSelect bind 'f' <se> forwardWordSelect bind left backwardChar bind left <c> beginningOfLine bind left <s> backwardCharSelect bind left <cs> beginningLineSelect bind left <z> {scrollLeftCol 15} bind left <o> backwardWord bind left <so> backwardWordSelect bind clear insertToTop bind down nextIntro Help bind down nextLine bind down <c> endOfBuffer bind down <s> nextLineSelect bind down <cs> endBufferSelect bind down <z> scrollDownLine bind down <o> scrollDownLine bind enter pageForward bind up prevIntro Help bind up previousLine bind up <s> prevLineSelect bind up <c> beginningOfBuffer bind up <cs> beginningBufferSelect bind up <z> scrollUpLine bind up <o> scrollUpLine bind kpad0 pageBack bind kpad1 prevFunc bind kpad3 nextFunc bind kpad4 backwardWord bind kpad4 <c> backwardDeleteWord bind kpad5 exchangePointAndMark bind kpad6 forwardWord bind kpad6 <c> deleteWord bind kpad7 backwardDeleteWord bind '\[' <cs> ordLeftBrace bind kpad9 deleteWord bind '\]' <cs> ordRightBrace bind f5 prevWindow bind 'a' <Q> tiled bind f6 nextWindow bind 'b' <X> chooseAWindow bind 'b' <Q> shrinkLow bind 'b' <e> backwardWord bind f7 tiled bind 'c' <Q> chooseAWindow bind 'c' <e> capitalizeWord bind f3 copy bind 'd' <e> deleteWord bind f8 swapWithNext bind 'e' <X> executeKeyboardMacro bind 'e' <e> nextSentence bind f9 pushMark bind 'f' <Q> shrinkFull bind 'f' <e> forwardWord bind 'g' <e> gotoLine bind f11 shrinkHigh bind 'h' <Q> horizontally bind 'h' <e> backwardDeleteWord bind 'i' <Q> iconify bind f13 startKeyboardMacro bind 'j' <e> fillParagraph bind 'k' <e> keyCode bind f14 endKeyboardMacro bind 'l' <C> texDividingLine TeX bind 'l' <X> currentPosition bind 'l' <Q> shrinkLeft bind 'l' <e> downcaseWord bind 'l' <C> dividingLine bind 'm' <X> matchingLines bind f10 popMark bind 'n' <Q> nextWindow bind 'o' <X> swapWithNext bind 'o' <Q> overlay bind f12 shrinkLow bind 'p' <Q> prevWindow bind 'p' <e> fillParagraphSentence bind f15 executeKeyboardMacro bind 'r' <Q> shrinkRight bind 'r' <e> repeatSearchBackward bind help alphaHelp bind 's' <Q> swapWithNext bind 's' <e> repeatSearchForward bind home beginningOfBuffer bind 't' <Q> shrinkHigh bind 't' <e> findTag bind pgup pageBack bind 'u' <e> upcaseWord bind del deleteChar bind 'v' <Q> vertically bind 'v' <e> pageBack bind f4 yank bind 'w' <e> copy bind end endOfBuffer bind 'x' <e> execute bind f2 cut bind pgdn pageForward bind f1 iconify bind left backwardChar bind left <c> beginningOfLine bind left <s> backwardCharSelect bind left <cs> beginningLineSelect bind left <z> {scrollLeftCol 15} bind left <o> backwardWord bind left <so> backwardWordSelect bind right forwardChar bind right <c> endOfLine bind right <s> forwardCharSelect bind right <cs> endLineSelect bind right <z> {scrollRightCol 15} bind right <o> forwardWord bind right <so> forwardWordSelect bind down nextIntro Help bind down nextLine bind down <c> endOfBuffer bind down <s> nextLineSelect bind down <cs> endBufferSelect bind down <z> scrollDownLine bind down <o> scrollDownLine bind up prevIntro Help bind up previousLine bind up <s> prevLineSelect bind up <c> beginningOfBuffer bind up <cs> beginningBufferSelect bind up <z> scrollUpLine bind up <o> scrollUpLine bind 'a' <o> prevSentence