3 Working around with menus
Menus are on the menu bar on the top of the See Main Window. They are:
3.1 File Menu (opened by pressing ALT+F):
- New: Clears editing area and opens a new file
- Open File: Opens a previously saved file for editing
- Save File: Saves the current file to disk
- Save As: Saves the current file under another name
- Print: Prints the current file to printer
- Exit: Exits mino
3.2 Edit Menu (opened by pressing ALT+E):
- Cut: Cuts current selection and places text into the mino clipboard
- Copy: Copies current selection to the mino clipboard
- Paste: Pastes whatever in the mino clipboard into the current position
in file
- Select All: Selects the whole document
- Undo: Undoes the last action
- Redo: Redoes the last action undone
- Find: Finds text in the file
- Replace: Finds and replaces specific text in the file
- Delete Line: Deletes the line under the cursor
- Toggle Select Mode (Only under X):
- - Toggles the select mode On (like pressing SHIFT)
- - Or Off (Like releasing SHIFT)
3.3 Options Menu (opened by pressing ALT+O):
- Change colors: Opens a dialog box to select different colors for window,
menu bar, ...
- Tab spaces: Define the number of spaces to be inserted when you press the
TAB key
- Reset config: Resets the configuration (colors and tab spaces)
All the Options menu items write the new values into the config file
(~/.mino.conf).
3.4 Help Menu (opened by pressing ALT+H):
- View README: Displays the README file installed with the package
- GNU keybindings: Displays the keybindings file installed with the package
- Quick Referece: Shows a quick reference for mino functions
- About Mino: Shows About dialog box