Specifications

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ev e nt) or text cursor location (if triggered by a key event).

extend-adjust( ) This action allows a selection started with an extend-start action

to be modiﬁed.

extend-end(name[,name,...]) This action ends a text selection that beganwith the extend-start

action, and asserts ownership of the selection or selections speci-

ﬁed. A name can be a selection (e.g. PRIMARY)oracut buffer

(e.g CUT_BUFFER0). Note that case is important. If no names

are given, PRIMARY is asserted.

insert-selection(name[,name,...]) This action retrievesthe value of the ﬁrst (left-most) named

selection that exists or the cut buffer that is not empty and inserts

it into the Textwidget at the current insert point location. A

name can be a selection (e.g. PRIMARY)oracut buffer (e.g

CUT_BUFFER0). Note that case is important.

5.2.4. The New Line Actions

newline-and-indent( ) This action inserts a newline into the text and adds spaces to that

line to indent it to match the previous line.

newline-and-backup( ) This action inserts a newline into the text after the insert point.

newline( ) This action inserts a newline into the text before the insert point.

5.2.5. Kill and Actions

kill-word( )

backward-kill-word( ) These actions act exactly likethe delete-next-word and delete-

previous-word actions, but theystuffthe word that was killed

into the kill buffer (CUT_BUFFER_1).

kill-selection( ) This action deletes the current selection and stuffs the deleted

text into the kill buffer (CUT_BUFFER_1).

kill-to-end-of-line( ) This action deletes the entire line to the right of the insert point

position, and stuffs the deleted text into the kill buffer

(CUT_BUFFER_1).

kill-paragraph( ) This action deletes the current paragraph, if between paragraphs

it deletes the paragraph above the insert point, and stuffs the

deleted text into the kill buffer (CUT_BUFFER_1).

kill-to-end-of-paragraph( ) This action deletes everything between the current insert point

location and the next paragraph boundary,and stuffs the deleted

text into the kill buffer (CUT_BUFFER_1).

5.2.6. Miscellaneous Actions

redraw-display( ) This action recomputes the location of all the text lines on the

display,scrolls the text to vertically center the line containing the

insert point on the screen, clears the entire screen, and redisplays

it.

insert-ﬁle([ﬁlename]) This action activates the insert ﬁle popup. The ﬁlename option

speciﬁes the default ﬁlename to put in the ﬁlename buffer of the

popup. If no ﬁlename is speciﬁed the buffer is empty at startup.