Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs

Jove is a "hot keypad" editor. Whatever you type gets inserted into the file at the current 'point'. You use ctrl-characters to move around and give commands. Here is a quick summary of some useful jove commands:
Ctrl-A		Move to the beginning of the line.
Ctrl-E		Move to the end of the line.
Ctrl-F		Move forward over one character.
Ctrl-B		Move backward over one character.
Ctrl-N		Move down one line.
Ctrl-P		Move up one line.
Ctrl-V		Move down one page/screen.
Ctrl-Z		Move up one page/screen.
Esc <		Move to the beginning of the buffer.
Esc >		Move to the end of the buffer.
Esc ,		Move to the beginning of the visible window.
Esc .		Move to the end of the visible window.

Ctrl-X Ctrl-R	Read file.  Prompts for file name.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-\	Save file.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-W	Write file.  Prompts for file name.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-C	Exit Jove.  Use C-X C-\ to save changes before leaving.
Esc S		Pause Jove.  Temporary exit to shell.  Return using fg. csh(1)

Ctrl-	Set mark.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X	Interchange mark and point.

Rubout		Delete the character before the cursor.
Ctrl-D		Delete the character after the cursor.
Ctrl-K		Kill to the end of the line.
Ctrl-W		Kill region between mark and point.
Esc D		Kill word.
Esc Rubout	Kill word backwards.
Esc K		Kill to end of sentence.
Ctrl-X Rubout	Kill to beginning of sentence.

Ctrl-Y		Yank (re-insert) last killed text.
Esc Y		Replace re-inserted killed text with previously killed text.
Esc W		Save region as last killed without killing.

Ctrl-\[text]	Search forwards for text.

Ctrl-R[text]	Search backwards for text.

Ctrl-X ? [command]	Gives the full name of the command that Jove
			associates with [command] (try: Ctrl-X ? Ctrl-L).

Esc X describe-command [fullname]	Gives a short description of what
					the command 'fullname' does.
					Get command names using Ctrl-X ?

Esc X apropos [key]	Gives a list of all Jove command names containing key.

There is a whole lot more to jove than the commands listed here. To learn jove, start by going through the JOVE tutorial:

	% teachjove
For further information read the JOVE Manual for UNIX Users in the 'Unix User's Manual Supplementary Documents', section 17 (USD:17).
Created by: help@lclark.edu
Updated: 17-Feb-1988
Expires: 1-Jan-2000