BRIEF v3.1 Keys
Movement
- arrows - move cursor around
- [Ctrl]+E/D - scroll line up/down
- [Ctrl]+T/C/B - move to top/center/bottom of the window
- [KP-5] move to center of the window
- [Home] - move to begin of line or window or file
- [End] - move to end of line or window or file
- [Ctrl]+[Left]/[Right] - move to beginning of previous/next word
- [Ctrl]+[PGUP]/[PGDN] - move to beginning/end of file
- [Ctrl]+[Home]/[End] - move to beginning/end of window
- [Alt]+[Home]/[End] - move to the first/last character on screen
- [Alt]+0..9 - set bookmark 0..9
- [Alt]+J 0..9 - jump to bookmark
- [Alt]+G num - go to num line
- [Ctrl]+G - go to routine
Editing
- [BS] - delete previous character
- [Del] - deletes character or marked block
- [Tab] - indent/slide in
- [Shift]+[Tab] - slide out
- [Ctrl]+[BS] - delete the previous word
- [Alt]+[BS] - delete the next word
- [Alt]+D - delete the current line
- [Alt]+Q - quote the next character
- [Ctrl]+R num char - repeat num times the char character
- [Alt]+U or [KP-Mul] - undo last operation
- [Ctrl]+U - redo
- [Alt]+K - delete from the cursor to the end of line
- [Ctrl]+K - delete from the cursor to the start of line
- [Ctrl]+[ENTER] - open a new line below the current line and goto that line (does not split current line)
Search and Replace
- [Alt]+S or [F5] - search from cursor
- [Shift]+[F5] - search again
- [Alt]+[F5] - search again backwards
- [Alt]+T or [F6] - translate from cursor
- [Shift]+[F6] - translate again
- [Alt]+[F6] - translate again backwards
Clipboard
- [Alt]+M - toggle standard text marking mode
- [Alt]+A - toggle non-inclusive marking mode
- [Alt]+L - toggle line marking mode
- [Alt]+C - toggle column marking mode
- [KP-Plus] - COPY marked block or current line
- [KP-Minus] - CUT marked block or current line
- [Ins] - PASTE clipboard contents to current position
Buffer Commands
- [Alt]+E - edit (open) file
- [Alt]+R - read file
- [Ctrl]+Minus - unload current buffer
- [Alt]+W - write block or file
- [Alt]+O - change file name
- [Alt]+X - exit (asks to save)
- [Alt]+B - buffer list
- [Alt]+Minus - previous buffer
- [Alt]+N - next buffer
- [Alt]+P - print block
- [Alt]+F - display filename
- [Ctrl]+X - write all and exit
Toggles
- [Ctrl]+[F5] - toggle case sensitivity of search commands
- none - search/replace inside block (block_search macro)
- [Ctrl]+W - toggle automatic backup
- [Alt]+[F1] - toggle window borders
- [Alt]+I - toggle insert/overwrite mode
- [Ctrl]+[F6] - toggle regular expression search
- [Shift]+[F7] - toggle pause recording
Macros
- [F7] - remember
- [F8] - playback
- [Shift]+[F7] - pause recording toggle
- [Alt]+[F7] - load keystroke macro
- [Alt]+[F8] - save keystroke macro
- [F9] - load macro
- [Shift]+[F9] - unload macro
- [Ctrl]+[Break] - halt
Compilers and commands
- [Alt]+[F10] - compile current buffer
- [Ctrl]+P - view compiler output
- [Ctrl]+N - move to the next error
- [F10] - execute command
- [Alt]+Z - (suspend) start a shell
- [Alt]+H - HELP
- [Alt]+V - display version number
Windows
- [F1] arrow - change window
- [F2] arrow - resize window
- [F3] arrow - create window
- [F4] arrow - delete window
- [Ctrl]+Z or [Alt]+[F2] - toggle zoom/unzoom window
- [Shift]+arrow or [Alt]+arrow - quick window switch