Angel Ortega <angel@triptico.com>
Minimum Profit actions are editor commands that can be directly bound to the menu or a key.
About...
Shows the "About Minimum Profit" information.
Build project... (f2)
Invokes the building of a Make project. If the Makefile file exists in the
working directory, all targets are extracted from it and shown in a list dialog
for the user to select one. The selected one will be called as the only argument
for the make program and its output read. All output will be catched and shown
in a read-only document. Compiler errors and warnings will be highlighted and
can be navigated by using the seek_next and seek_prev actions (keys f3 and
ctrl-f3). The open_under_cursor action can be used to edit each error or warning.
Close (ctrl-w)
Closes the active document. If there are unsaved changes, a confirmation dialog is shown.
Close all
Closes all open documents.
Complete... (ctrl-u)
Takes the (probably partial) word under the cursor and searches for words in the current document that start with it. If more than one is found, a list dialog is shown to make a selection. The word will be replaced with the selected one.
Symbol completion...
Uses a similar approach than the complete action, but using the current tags
file as the completion list. If no tags file exist in the working directory,
the ctags program is invoked to build it.
For other uses of the tags file, see find_tag.
Copy block (ctrl-c)
Copies the currently selected block to the clipboard.
Cut block (ctrl-x)
Copies the currently selected block to the clipboard and deletes the block.
Delete character (delete)
Delete the character over the cursor.
Delete character to the left (backspace)
Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
Delete line (ctrl-y)
Deletes the line under the cursor.
Document list
Shows a dialog with the list of currently open documents. The list cursor will be over the active one and the documents with pending modifications will be prefixed with an asterisk. Selecting a different one will make it become the active.
Set charset encoding...
Shows a dialog asking for a string describing the charset encoding that will be used when saving or opening new documents. If an empty string is entered, the current locale will be used. the following set of character encodings are always available:
If the 'iconv' library is available, there can be many more encodings.
Execute MPSL code... (escape)
Shows a dialog asking for a string of MPSL code that will be executed.
Execute document as MPSL
Executes the active document as MPSL code.
Run system command...
Shows a dialog asking for a system command to execute. If the command is preceded by the pipe symbol (|), the active document will be fed as the standard input of the command; otherwise, the standard output of the command will be inserted in the cursor position.
Exit (ctrl-q)
Closes all documents and exists Minimum Profit.
Search tag... (ctrl-t)
Shows a dialog asking for a tag to search. The tags file will be read from the working directory and the tag searched there; all symbols starting with it will be shown in a list dialog. When selecting a tag from that list, the file containing it will be open and the cursor moved to where the tag is. This is a useful way of finding where a function or variable is defined.
If no tags file exist in the working directory, the ctags program is invoked to build it.
For other uses of the tags file, see complete_symbol.
Go to line... (ctrl-g)
Shows a dialog asking for a line number. If accepted, the current document cursor will move to that line (if existent).
Grep (find inside) files...
Shows a dialog asking for a string to be searched, and an optional spec of files to search the string in. If no spec is given, all files in the working directory are scanned. Matches are shown in a read-only document, and each match can be directly open by using the 'open_under_cursor' action.
This is a useful way to find where a function or variable is used.
Help on word over cursor (f1)
Picks the word under the cursor and asks the underlying system for help about that term.
Insert line (enter)
Inserts a new line. If the cursor is in the middle of a line, it's split in two.
Insert space (space)
Inserts a space, triggering word wrapping, if active.
Insert tab (tab)
Inserts a tabulator, triggering word wrapping, if active.
Insert template...
Shows a list dialog with the names of the templates for the user to select one, that will be inserted in the cursor position.
Join a paragraph in one line (f6)
Joins the text from the cursor position to the next empty line as one paragraph.
Line options...
Shows a dialog asking for line configuration options, like word wrapping, end of line string, etc.
Load session
Loads a session, previously saved by save_session.
Mark beginning/end of block (f9)
Marks the beginning or the end of the block.
Menu (ctrl-a)
Calls the menu.
Mark using mouse dragging (mouse-drag)
This action is called by the underlying driver when the mouse is used to drag over text. It must not be called nor bound to a key.
Beginning of document (ctrl-home)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document (first line, first column).
Beginning of line (home)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line (first column).
Line down (cursor-down)
Moves the cursor to the next line.
End of document (ctrl-end)
Moves the cursor to the last line of the document.
End of line (end)
Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
Character left (cursor-left)
Moves the cursor one character to the left. If it's in the beginning of a line, moves to the last character of the previous line.
Mouse wheel down (mouse-wheel-down)
Moves the cursor four lines down.
Mouse wheel up (mouse-wheel-up)
Moves the cursor four lines up.
Page down (page-down)
Moves the cursor a page down.
Page up (page-up)
Moves the cursor a page up.
Character right (cursor-right)
Moves the cursor one character to the right. If it's over the end of the line, moves to the first character of the next line.
Move cursor to mouse click (mouse_left_button, mouse_right_button, mouse-middle-button)
Moves the cursor to where the mouse is. This action is called by the underlying system and must not be directly called nor bound to a key.
Line up (cursor-up)
Moves the cursor to the previous line.
Word left (ctrl-cursor-left)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Word right (ctrl-cursor-right)
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
New
Creates a new unnamed document.
Next (ctrl-n)
Select the next document as the active one. The list of documents is circular; if the active one is the last, the first one is selected.
Open... (ctrl-o)
Shows a dialog to open a file. Its behaviour and look are system-dependent.
If the document to be opened is password-protected, a dialog asking for the password will also appear.
Edit configuration file
Opens the user configuration file for editing. It doesn't have to exist.
Edit templates file
Opens the templates file for edition. Templates defined here can be later
inserted by calling insert_template. See the mp_templates.sample file
included in the documentation for an example of the accepted format.
Open file under cursor (ctrl-enter)
Picks the word in the current document under the cursor, accepts it as a document name and tries to open it. If it's in the format string:number, is accepted as a file name and a line number.
Paste block (ctrl-v)
Pastes the text in the clipboard into the cursor position.
Play macro (f7)
Replays all keystrokes recorded during the previous learning mode,
activated by a call to record_macro.
Previous
Select the previous document as the active one. The list of documents is circular; if the active one is the first, the last one is selected.
Record macro (f10)
Toggles learning mode. When active, all keystrokes are recorded to
further execute them by a call to play_macro.
Redo
Redoes the previously undone operation, if any.
Replace... (ctrl-r)
Shows the search and replace dialog box.
Revert
Reverts the active document to the state on disk.
Save... (ctrl-s)
Saves the active document. If it's unnamed, save_as is called instead.
Save as...
Shows a dialog asking for a file name to save the current document as. Its behaviour and look are system-dependent.
Save session
Saves all documents and its positions as a session to be later loaded
by load_session.
Search text... (ctrl-f)
Shows the search text dialog.
Search next (f3)
Searches the next occurrence of the string entered by the seek action.
Move to next instance of current char (ctrl-page-down)
Searches for the next occurrence of the char under the cursor. This is useful, for instance, to jump to the next paren or brace.
Search previous (ctrl-f3)
Same as seek_next, but searching backwards.
Move to previous instance of current char (ctrl-page-up)
Searches for the previous occurrence of the char under the cursor. This is useful, for instance, to jump to the previous paren or brace.
Password protect...
Shows a dialog asking (twice) for a password to protect the active document with when it's saved. From that moment on, each time the document is tried to open the password will be asked for.
Minimum Profit encrypts documents using a variant of the ARCFOUR algorithm.
Save modified texts
Saves all texts with pending modifications.
Tab options...
Shows a dialog asking for tabulator configuration options, like tab size, convert to spaces, etc.
Toggle spellchecking
toggles spellchecking. When active, misspelled words will be shown underlined.
Undo (ctrl-z)
Undoes the last operation.
Unmark block (f8)
Unmarks the selected block.
Count words
Counts the number of words and lines in the active document.
Word-wrap a paragraph (f4)
Rebuilds the text from the cursor position to the following empty
line using the wordwrapping setup. Wordwrapping must be set (see
line_options).
Bigger font (f12)
Selects a bigger font (only for GUIs).
Smaller font (f11)
Selects a smaller font (only for GUIs).