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Key Mappings


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Ctrl-c Copy selection into windowing system clipboard. Marking with left mouse has this effect on X-Windows systems.
Ctrl-e Bring up Search/Replace dialog
Ctrl-g Brings up Goto a linenumber Dialog
Ctrl-f Brings up Find Dialog (used to find text in the active file)
Ctrl-Shift-F Find Next occurence of a previous find
Ctrl-m Match brackets (see Bracket Matching
Ctrl-n Open a new empty file
Ctrl-o Open an existing file (brings up file finding dialog)
Ctrl-r Rebuild the current database by parsing only changed files (and those who depend on the changed files) Equivalent to clicking the Reparse icon of the toolbar.
Ctrl-s Save file (if modified). Uses current name for the file. Brings up Save As dialog if file is not yet named.
Ctrl-tab Move between open windows in the MS-Windows MDI interface mode.
Ctrl-v Paste clipboard text at cursor position. If text is currently marked it will replace that marked text with contents of the clipboard.
Ctrl-x Cut selection into the clipboard.
Ctrl-y Redo last event that was reversed by Undo
Ctrl-z Undo last editing event
Ctrl-insert Same as Ctrl-c. (copy to clipboard)
Shift-insert Same as Ctrl-v (Paste clipboard)
Shift-delete Same as Ctrl-x (Cut to clipboard)
Alt-backspace Same as Ctrl-z (Undo)
delete Delete current selection. Or delete (moving forward) character at the current cursor position
end Move cursor to end of current line
Ctrl-end Move cursor to end of file
home Move cursor to beginning of first word on line. If no words on line then beginning of line.
Ctrl-home Move cursor to beginning of file
page down Move cursor down one page
Ctrl-Page Down Scroll the horizontal scroll right
Page Up Move cursor up one page
Ctrl-Page Up Scroll the horizontal scroll left
Left Arrow Move cursor left one position
Ctrl-Left Arrow Jump cursor to beginning of previous word
Right Arrow Move cursor right one position
Ctrl-Right Arrow Jump cursor to beginning of next word
Down Arrow Move cursor down one position, retaining column position if possible.
Ctrl-Down Arrow Move vertical scroll bar down one position
Up Arrow Move cursor up one line, retaining column position if possible
Ctrl-Up Arrow Move vertical scroll bar up one position

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