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6.3.1 ProblemJOE has many personalities and command-line options. You want it to have customized defaults, so at startup everything is just the way you want it. 6.3.2 SolutionCreate a personalized .joerc file containing your preferences, and put it in your home directory. First take a peek in /etc/joe, because that's where JOE's default initialization files are: $ ls /etc/joe jmacsrc joerc jpicorc jstarrc rjoerc terminfo This example uses joerc just plain ole JOE, not pretending to be anyone else. Copy it to your home directory, make it a hidden file, and keep the filename: $ joe -linums -help /etc/joe/joerc ^K D Name of file to save (^C to abort): ~/.joerc Could not make backup file. Save anyway (y,n,^C)? Y File ~/.joerc saved ^ means the Ctrl key. Don't worry about case; K D is the same as k d. While .joerc lets you micromanage every last little thing, the first two sections contain the most useful options. For example: -marking Text between ^K B and cursor is highlighted (use with -lightoff) -force Force final newline when files are saved -lightoff Turn off highlighting after block copy or move -exask ^K X always confirms filename -beep Beep on errors and when cursor goes past extremes -keepup %k and %c status-line escape sequences updated frequently -help Start with help on -linums Enable line numbers on each line Inactive options have a leading space or tab. To activate an option, simply delete the leading space, and make sure the line is all the way flush left. 6.3.3 DiscussionA nice feature of JOE is that your work is done in a copy of the original file. The original file is saved as a backup file. (This is a configurable option that can be turned off in .joerc.) 6.3.4 See Also
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