Key bindings for the Micro Text Editor
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Arrow Keys
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Move the cursor around
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Shift + Arrow Keys
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Move the cursor and select text
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Alt + Left Arrow
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Ctrl + Left Arrow
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Move to the beginning of the current line
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Alt + Right Arrow
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Ctrl + Right Arrow
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Move to the end of the current line
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Home
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Move cursor to the beginning of the current line
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End
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Move cursor to the end of the current line
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Ctrl + Home
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Ctrl + Up Arrow
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Move cursor to the beginning of the file
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Ctrl + End
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Ctrl + Down Arrow
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Move cursor to the end of the file
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Ctrl + Left Arrow
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Alt + Left Arrow
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Move cursor one word left
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Ctrl + Right Arrow
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Alt + Right Arrow
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Move cursor one word right
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Alt + {
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Move cursor to previous empty line, or beginning of document
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Alt + }
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Move cursor to next empty line, or end of document
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Page Up
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Move cursor up one page
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Page Down
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Move cursor down one page
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Ctrl + L
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Jump to a line in the file (prompts with #)
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Ctrl + W
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Cycle between splits in the current tab (use > vsplit or > hsplit to create a split)
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Alt + F
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Next word
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Alt + B
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Previous word
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Alt + A
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Move to the start of the line
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Alt + E
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Move to the end of the line
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Ctrl + F
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Find (opens prompt)
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Ctrl + N
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Find next instance of current search
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Ctrl + P
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Find previous instance of current search
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Ctrl + Q
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Close current file (quits micro if this is the last file open)
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Ctrl + O
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Open a file (prompts for filename)
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Ctrl + S
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Save current file
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Ctrl + T
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Open a new tab
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Alt + ,
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Previous tab
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Alt + .
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Next tab
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Ctrl + U
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Toggle macro recording (press Ctrl+U to start recording and press again to stop)
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Ctrl + J
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Run latest recorded macro
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Ctrl + G
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Open help file
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Ctrl + E
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Open a command prompt for running commands (see > help commands for a list of valid commands).
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Ctrl + H
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Backspace (old terminals do not support the backspace key and use Ctrl+H instead)
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Ctrl + R
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Toggle the line number ruler
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Tab
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In command prompt, it will autocomplete if possible.
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Ctrl + B
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Run a shell command (this will close micro while your command executes).
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Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow
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Alt + Shift + Right Arrow
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Select word right
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Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow
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Alt + Shift + Left Arrow
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Select word left
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Alt + Shift + Left Arrow
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Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow
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Select to start of current line
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Alt + Shift + Right Arrow
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Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow
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Select to end of current line
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Shift + Home
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Select to start of current line
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Shift + End
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Select to end of current line
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Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow
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Select to start of file
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Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow
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Select to end of file
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Ctrl + X
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Cut selected text
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Ctrl + C
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Copy selected text
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Ctrl + V
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Paste
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Ctrl + K
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Cut the current line
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Ctrl + D
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Duplicate the current line
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo
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Alt + Up Arrow
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Move the current line up
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Alt + Down Arrow
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Move the current line down
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Alt + Backspace
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Alt + Ctrl + H
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Delete word left
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Ctrl + A
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Select all
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F1
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Open help
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F2
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Save
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F3
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Find
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F4
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Quit
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F7
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Find
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F10
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Quit
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