The KWrite Handbook: Onscreen Fundamentals
Description: The Kwrite handbook
Keywords: text, editor

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### 3. Onscreen Fundamentals

KWrite is very simply to use. I am sure that if you have ever used a text edit you will have no problems with KWrite.

### 3.1 Drag and Drop

KWrite makes use of the KDE Drag and Drop protocol. This means that you can darg and drop files form the Desktop or kfm or some remote ftp site that you have open in one of kfm's windows on to KWrite.

### 3.2 Editing files on the internet

You can open and save files transparently on the internet. Try the the following at the command-line prompt to see an example of this.

> `

>     % kwrite ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Welcome.msg

> `

### 3.3 Printing

KWrite doesn't support printing yet.

### 3.4 Key Bindings

KWrite honors the following key bindings.

- `Insert` Toggle between Insert and Overwrite mode
- `Left Arrow` Move the cursor one character leftwards
- `Right Arrow` Move the cursor one character rightwards
- `Up Arrow` Move the cursor one line upwards
- `Down Arrow` Move the cursor one line downwards
- `Page Up` Move the cursor one page upwards
- `Page Down` Move the cursor one page downwards
- `Backspace` Delete the character to the left of the cursor
- `Home` Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
- `End` Move the cursor to the end of the line
- `Delete` Delete the character to the right of the cursor
- `Shift - Left Arrow` Mark text one character leftwards
- `Shift - Right Arrow` Mark text one character rightwards
- `Alternate-S` Set bookmark
- `Alternate-C` Clear bookmark
- `F1` Help
- `F3` Find again
- `F5` Vertical selection
- `Control-F` Find
- `Control-C` Copy the marked text to the clipboard.
- `Control-F` Find
- `Control-G` Go to a given line
- `Control-I` Indent
- `Control-K` Delete a line
- `Control-N` New document (the one already in editing will be saved)
- `Control-R` Replace
- `Control-U` Unindent
- `Control-V` Paste the clipboard text into line edit.
- `Control-X` Cut the marked text, copy to clipboard.

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