Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive,
while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.
-To open the command bar, press CtrlE. This enables a `>` prompt for typing
+To open the command bar, press Ctrl-e. This enables a `>` prompt for typing
commands. From now on when the documentation says to run a command such as
-`> help`, this means press CtrlE and type `help` (and press enter to execute
+`> help`, this means press Ctrl-e and type `help` (and press enter to execute
the command).
For a list of the default keybindings run `> help defaultkeys`.
## Quick-start
-Press CtrlQ to quit, and CtrlS to save. Press CtrlE to start typing commands and
+Press Ctrl-q to quit, and Ctrl-s to save. Press Ctrl-e to start typing commands and
you can see which commands are available by pressing tab, or by viewing the help
topic `> help commands`.
If the colorscheme doesn't look good, you can change it with
`> set colorscheme ...`. You can press tab to see the available colorschemes, or
-see more information with `> help colors`.
+see more information about colorschemes and syntax highlighting with `> help colors`.
-Press CtrlW to move between splits, and type `> vsplit filename` or
+Press Ctrl-w to move between splits, and type `> vsplit filename` or
`> hsplit filename` to open a new split.
## Accessing more help
-Micro has a built-in help system much like Vim's (although less extensive).
+Micro has a built-in help system which can be accessed with the `help` command.
-To use it, press CtrlE to access command mode and type in `help` followed by a
+To use it, press Ctrl-e to access command mode and type in `help` followed by a
topic. Typing `help` followed by nothing will open this page.
Here are the possible help topics that you can read:
projects / micro.git / blobdiff