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