MOE(1)

NAME
moe - My Own (text) Editor

SYNOPSIS
moe [global_options] [[+line[,col]] file_name [file_options]]...

DESCRIPTION
GNU moe is a powerful, 8-bit clean, console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII character encodings. It has a modeless, user-friendly interface, online help, multiple windows, unlimited undo/redo capability, unlimited line length, unlimited buffers, global search/replace (on all buffers at once), block operations, automatic indentation, word wrapping, file name completion, directory browser, duplicate removal from prompt histories, delimiter matching, text conversion from/to UTF-8, romanization, etc.

Moe can easily edit thousands of files at the same time.

Moe uses ISO-8859-15 instead of UTF-8 because an 8-bit character set (combined with romanization if needed) can convey meaning safely and more efficiently than UTF-8 can.

'global_options' are a mix of editor options and default 'file_options'. Most long option names have a negative form '--backup' '--no-backup'.

Each file name may be preceded by '+line[,column]' to start the cursor at the specified line and, optionally, column. 'line' and 'column' are applied to subsequent files until new values are specified for them.

'-' used as a file name argument means standard input. Directories are recursively descended into.

  Editor options:

-h, --help
    display this help and exit

-V, --version
    output version information and exit

-1, --orphan
    put extra files in orphaned buffers

-b, --backup
    create backup files (default)

-B, --no-backup
    don't create backup files

-e, --exit-ask
    make save-and-close ask always for confirmation

-H, --smart-home
    go home, then go to first non-blank character

-i, --ignore-case
    make search case insensitive by default

-k, --keep-lines=<n>
    number of lines to keep for PgUp/PgDn

-m, --max-windows=<n>
    max number of windows to show at once

-n, --indent-step=<n>
    number of spaces to add when indenting a block

-s, --search-wrap
    make search wrap at end of file

-u, --auto-unmark
    turn off highlighting after block copy or move

-x, --rectangle
    rectangular block mode

  File options:

-a, --auto-indent
    enable auto indent

-l, --lmargin=<col>
    set left margin

-r, --rmargin=<col>
    set right margin

-o, --read-only
    make buffer read-only

-O, --overwrite
    disable insert mode

-w, --word-wrap
    enable word wrapping

Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which caused moe to panic.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to bug-moe@gnu.org
Moe home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html
General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for moe is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and moe programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info moe

should give you access to the complete manual.