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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.
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.
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
KWrite doesn't support printing yet.
KWrite honors the following key bindings.
Insert
Toggle between Insert and Overwrite modeLeft 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 bookmarkAlternate-C
Clear bookmarkF1
HelpF3
Find againF5
Vertical selectionControl-F
FindControl-C
Copy the marked text to the clipboard. Control-F
FindControl-G
Go to a given lineControl-I
IndentControl-K
Delete a lineControl-N
New document (the one already in editing will be saved) Control-R
ReplaceControl-U
UnindentControl-V
Paste the clipboard text into line edit. Control-X
Cut the marked text, copy to clipboard.
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