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3 Working around with menus

Menus are on the menu bar on the top of the See Main Window. They are:

(1) File Menu (opened by pressing ALT+F):

 New: Clears editing area and opens a new file
 Open File: Opens another file for editing
 Save File: Saves the current file to disk
 Save As: Save the current file under another name
 Print: Prints the current file to printer
 Exit: Exits mino

(2) Edit Menu (opened by pressing ALT+E):

 Cut: Cuts current selection and places text into mino clipboard
 Copy: Copies current selection to mino clipboard
 Paste: Pastes whatever in the mino clipboard into the current position in file
 Select All: Selects the whole document
 Undo: Undoes the last action
 Redo: Redoes the last action undone
 Find: Finds text in the file
 Replace: Finds and replaces specific text in the file
 Delete Line: Deletes the line under the cursor
 Toggle Select Mode (Only under X):
  Toggles the select mode On (like pressing SHIFT)
  or Off (Like releasing SHIFT)

(3) Options Menu (opened by pressing ALT+O):

 Change colors: Opens a dialog box to select different colors for window, menu bar, ...
 Tab spaces: Define the number of spaces to be inserted when you press TAB
 Reset config: Resets the configuration (colors and tab spaces)

All the Options menu items write the new values into the config file (~/.mino.conf).

(4) Help Menu (opened by pressing ALT+H):

 View README: Displays the README file installed with the package
 Quick Referece: Shows a quick reference for mino functions
 About Mino: Shows About dialog box


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