doc: editor: hotkeys

Hotkeys for editor

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• [wiki:doc/filePanels/hotkeys hotkeys for panels]

Hotkeys

Ctrl and Shift mean the same keyboard keys, Meta is metakey, on PC it's Alt or single Esc press.

F3	Begin of text selection. Second press - end of text selection
Shift+F3	Begin of block text selection
F5	Copy text selection
F6	Move text selection
F8	Delete text selection
Meta+i	Go to previous bookmark
Meta+j	Go to next bookmark
Meta+k	Toggle bookmark
Meta+l	Go to line by number
Meta+o	Flush bookmarks
Meta+q	Insert literal. See table at bottom of this page
Meta+t	Sort of text in selection.
Meta+u	Execute external command and insert output into cursor position
Ctrl+f	Save selection into external file
Ctrl+k	Delete chars to end of line
Ctrl+n	Create new file
Ctrl+s	Toggle syntax highlighting
Ctrl+t	Select text charset
Ctrl+u	Undo
Ctrl+x	Go to end of next word
Ctrl+y	Delete line
Ctrl+z	Go to start of previous word
Shift+F5	Insert external file content into cursor position
Meta+Enter	Codejump dialog
Meta+-	Move back into codejump (go to from function definition to function call)
Meta++	Move forvard into codejump (go to from function call to function definition)
Meta+n	Toggle number of lines
tab	If 'persistent blocks' option is on, then move selected text to right
M-tab	If 'persistent blocks' option is on, then move selected text to left
Shift+Arrows	Text selection
Meta+Arrows	Block text selection
Meta+Shift+-	Toggle show visible tabs and trailing spaces

Table of literals

HEX	Dec	Key	Description
01	1	Meta+q,a
02	2	Meta+q,n
03	3	Meta+q,v
04	4	Meta+q,d
05	5	Meta+q,e
06	6	Meta+q,f
07	7	Meta+q,g
08	8	Meta+q,h
09	9	Meta+q,i	TAB
0A	10	Meta+q,j
0B	11	Meta+q,k
0C	12	Meta+q,l
0E	14	Meta+q,m
0F	15	Meta+q,o
10	16	Meta+q,p
11	17	Meta+q,q
12	18	Meta+q,r
13	19	Meta+q,s
14	20	Meta+q,t
15	21	Meta+q,u
16	22	Meta+q,b
17	23	Meta+q,w
18	24	Meta+q,c
19	25	Meta+q,y
1A	26	Meta+q,x
1B	27	Meta+q,z Meta+q,Esc,Esc