COMMON COMMANDS
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These commands are available any time in all modes.

1. HISTORY OF COMMANDS

You can search in the past for your commands directly through the command line.

1.1. Presentation

Action result example note
? a1 a2 ... lists the history of commands that contain a1, a2, ... ?open dir
?open file km2
?search gutenberg
may take several seconds
all commands are stored and can be searched
type the key RETURN on the keyboard

1.2. Example

Have you made in the past some search about Gutenberg ?

==> You searched in 3 different ways about Gutenberg

2. ABREVIATIONS


Abreviations are shortcuts for longer text

2.1. define an abreviation

NAME syntax result example note
!ab !ab xxx yyy defines abreviation/shortcut xxx for yyy !ab wiken site:www.wikipedia.org
!abs !abs shows all abreviations may take several seconds
!abx !abx xxx delete abreviation xxx !abx wiken

2.2. use an abreviation

the principle is to type the abreviation, then the escape key :

2.3. example

Sequence :
  1. define the abreviation 'wik'
  2. enter the text in the command line
  3. hit the ESCAPE KEY. The command line is now :