
Alpha allows you to customize the keystrokes you use to invoke editor 
functions. There are basically three different ways editor functions can 
be invoked:

	¥ Directly via Alpha menus.
	¥ Via the 'Evaluate' function (escape-x).
	¥ By selecting them and "load"ing them (command-l).
	¥ Through key combinations other than menu equivalents. These 
	  combinations include function keys and the numeric keypad.
	  
It is the last option that we are concerned with here. By default, Alpha 
has well over 100 different key bindings, far more than you would ever want 
to memorize. However, the bindings are there only for your convenience. You 
don't need to use any of them, but many people find that using the mouse 
for common editing functions seriously slows them down.

The following is a list of some of the most commonly used key bindings in 
Alpha's default setup:


Help
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'help'									invoke Alpha help


Moving the Cursor
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left-arrow  or  control-b				backward character
right-arrow  or  control-f				forward character
up-arrow  or  control-p					previous-line
down-arrow  or  control-n				next-line

option-left-arrow  or  option-b			backward one word
option-right-arrow  or  option-f		forward one word

command-left-arrow  or  control-a		beginning of line
command-right-arrow  or  control-e		end of line
command-up-arrow  or  'home'			beginning of window
command-down-arrow  or  'end'			end of window

'pgup'   								move one page backward
'pgdn'									move one page forward


Selecting Text
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shift-left-arrow						extend selection one char left
shift-right-arrow						extend selection one char right

shift-up-arrow							extend selection one line up
shift-down-arrow						extend selection one line down

shift-option-left-arrow					extend selection one word left
shift-option-right-arrow				extend selection one word right

control-h								select next word

shift-command-left-arrow				select to beginning of line
shift-command-right-arrow				select to end of line


Deleting Text
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'del'  or  control-d					delete forward char
'delete'								delete backward char
option-d								delete forward word
option-h or option-delete				delete backward word
control-k								delete to end of line


Windows
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F5										previous window
F6										next window
F7										tile windows
F8										exchange previous window w/ current




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A formated table of key bindings in LaTeX format are in ":LaTeX:latex 2e".

Below are the rest of the generic bindings. Be aware that each file has a 
"mode" associated with it (popup menu on the downward-pointing triangle 
above the vertical scrollbar) that may define additional key bindings. 
Whenever in doubt about your current mode, select "Describe Mode" from 
the popup menu over the flag icon above the vertical scrollbar.

Bind    'a'   <oz> insertAscii 
Bind    'a'  <soz> getAscii 
Bind    'a'    <z> beginningOfLine 
Bind    'b'    <z> backwardChar 
Bind    'c'    <z> prefixChar 
Bind    'c'   <zC> gotoMatch 
Bind    'd'    <z> deleteChar 
Bind    'e'    <z> endOfLine 
Bind    'f'   <zX> findFile 
Bind    'f'   <cz> freeMem 
Bind    'f'    <z> forwardChar 
Bind    'g'    <z> abortEm 
ascii  0x8        backSpace 
Bind    'h'    <z> hiliteWord 
Bind    'k'    <z> killLine 
Bind    'l'    <z> centerRedraw 
ascii  0xd        carriageReturn 
Bind    'n'    <z> nextLine 
Bind    'o'    <z> openLine 
Bind    'p'    <z> previousLine 
Bind    'q'    <z> prefixChar 
Bind    'r'    <z> rsearch 
Bind    's'   <zX> save 
Bind    's'  <coz> spacesToTabs 
Bind    's'    <z> isearch 
Bind    't'  <coz> tabsToSpaces 
Bind    't'    <z> insertToTop 
Bind    'u'    <z> iterationCount 
Bind    'v'    <z> pageForward 
Bind    'w'   <sz> rectMarkHilite 
Bind    'w'    <z> cut 
Bind    'x'    <z> prefixChar 
Bind    'x'   <zX> exchangePointAndMark 
Bind    'y'    <z> yank 
Bind    'z'    <z> pageBack 
ascii  0x1b        startEscape 
Bind    '\['   <sz> normalLeftBracket 
Bind    '\]'   <sz> normalRightBracket 
Bind    ' '    <e> oneSpace 
Bind    ' '    <z> setMark 
Bind    '''    <z> quoteWord 
Bind    '9'   <sX> startKeyboardMacro 
Bind    '0'   <sX> endKeyboardMacro 
Bind    ','    <z> pushMark 
Bind    '.'    <z> popMark 
Bind    '1'    <X> zoom 
Bind    '1'    <z> execAbbrev 
Bind    ','   <se> beginningOfBuffer 
Bind    '.'   <se> endOfBuffer 
Bind  kpad.        endOfBuffer 
Bind    'b'   <se> backwardWordSelect 
Bind  right        forwardChar 
Bind  right    <c> endOfLine 
Bind  right    <s> forwardCharSelect 
Bind  right   <cs> endLineSelect 
Bind  right    <z> {scrollRightCol 15}
Bind  right    <o> forwardWord 
Bind  right   <so> forwardWordSelect 
Bind    'f'   <se> forwardWordSelect 
Bind   left        backwardChar 
Bind   left    <c> beginningOfLine 
Bind   left    <s> backwardCharSelect 
Bind   left   <cs> beginningLineSelect 
Bind   left    <z> {scrollLeftCol 15} 
Bind   left    <o> backwardWord 
Bind   left   <so> backwardWordSelect 
Bind  clear        insertToTop 
Bind   down        nextIntro Help
Bind   down        nextLine 
Bind   down    <c> endOfBuffer 
Bind   down    <s> nextLineSelect 
Bind   down   <cs> endBufferSelect 
Bind   down    <z> scrollDownLine 
Bind   down    <o> scrollDownLine 
Bind  enter        pageForward 
Bind     up        prevIntro Help
Bind     up        previousLine 
Bind     up    <s> prevLineSelect 
Bind     up    <c> beginningOfBuffer 
Bind     up   <cs> beginningBufferSelect 
Bind     up    <z> scrollUpLine 
Bind     up    <o> scrollUpLine 
Bind  kpad0        pageBack 
Bind  kpad1        prevFunc 
Bind  kpad3        nextFunc 
Bind  kpad4        backwardWord 
Bind  kpad4    <c> backwardDeleteWord 
Bind  kpad5        exchangePointAndMark 
Bind  kpad6        forwardWord 
Bind  kpad6    <c> deleteWord 
Bind  kpad7        backwardDeleteWord 
Bind    '\['   <cs> ordLeftBrace 
Bind  kpad9        deleteWord 
Bind    '\]'   <cs> ordRightBrace 
Bind     f5        prevWindow 
Bind    'a'    <Q> tiled 
Bind     f6        nextWindow 
Bind    'b'    <X> chooseAWindow 
Bind    'b'    <Q> shrinkLow 
Bind    'b'    <e> backwardWord 
Bind     f7        tiled 
Bind    'c'    <Q> chooseAWindow 
Bind    'c'    <e> capitalizeWord 
Bind     f3        copy 
Bind    'd'    <e> deleteWord 
Bind     f8        swapWithNext 
Bind    'e'    <X> executeKeyboardMacro 
Bind    'e'    <e> nextSentence 
Bind     f9        pushMark 
Bind    'f'    <Q> shrinkFull 
Bind    'f'    <e> forwardWord 
Bind    'g'    <e> gotoLine 
Bind    f11        shrinkHigh 
Bind    'h'    <Q> horizontally 
Bind    'h'    <e> backwardDeleteWord 
Bind    'i'    <Q> iconify 
Bind    f13        startKeyboardMacro 
Bind    'j'    <e> fillParagraph 
Bind    'k'    <e> keyCode 
Bind    f14        endKeyboardMacro 
Bind    'l'    <C> texDividingLine TeX
Bind    'l'    <X> currentPosition 
Bind    'l'    <Q> shrinkLeft 
Bind    'l'    <e> downcaseWord 
Bind    'l'    <C> dividingLine 
Bind    'm'    <X> matchingLines 
Bind    f10        popMark 
Bind    'n'    <Q> nextWindow 
Bind    'o'    <X> swapWithNext 
Bind    'o'    <Q> overlay 
Bind    f12        shrinkLow 
Bind    'p'    <Q> prevWindow 
Bind    'p'    <e> fillParagraphSentence 
Bind    f15        executeKeyboardMacro 
Bind    'r'    <Q> shrinkRight 
Bind    'r'    <e> repeatSearchBackward 
Bind   help        alphaHelp 
Bind    's'    <Q> swapWithNext 
Bind    's'    <e> repeatSearchForward 
Bind   home        beginningOfBuffer 
Bind    't'    <Q> shrinkHigh 
Bind    't'    <e> findTag 
Bind   pgup        pageBack 
Bind    'u'    <e> upcaseWord 
Bind    del        deleteChar 
Bind    'v'    <Q> vertically 
Bind    'v'    <e> pageBack 
Bind     f4        yank 
Bind    'w'    <e> copy 
Bind    end        endOfBuffer 
Bind    'x'    <e> execute 
Bind     f2        cut 
Bind   pgdn        pageForward 
Bind     f1        iconify 
Bind   left        backwardChar 
Bind   left    <c> beginningOfLine 
Bind   left    <s> backwardCharSelect 
Bind   left   <cs> beginningLineSelect 
Bind   left    <z> {scrollLeftCol 15} 
Bind   left    <o> backwardWord 
Bind   left   <so> backwardWordSelect 
Bind  right        forwardChar 
Bind  right    <c> endOfLine 
Bind  right    <s> forwardCharSelect 
Bind  right   <cs> endLineSelect 
Bind  right    <z> {scrollRightCol 15} 
Bind  right    <o> forwardWord 
Bind  right   <so> forwardWordSelect 
Bind   down        nextIntro Help
Bind   down        nextLine 
Bind   down    <c> endOfBuffer 
Bind   down    <s> nextLineSelect 
Bind   down   <cs> endBufferSelect 
Bind   down    <z> scrollDownLine 
Bind   down    <o> scrollDownLine 
Bind     up        prevIntro Help
Bind     up        previousLine 
Bind     up    <s> prevLineSelect 
Bind     up    <c> beginningOfBuffer 
Bind     up   <cs> beginningBufferSelect 
Bind     up    <z> scrollUpLine 
Bind     up    <o> scrollUpLine 
Bind    'a'    <o> prevSentence 
