Jot no longer supported!

The jot editor is no longer supported in the CSB Core. We suggest you use nedit insted. In fact, on most core SGI computers, if you try to use jot, you will get nedit instead.

Jot is a display-oriented cut-and-paste style ASCII text editor tuned to run on Silicon Graphics machines. Jot is written using pure Graphics Library code, and hence will not work on a generic X terminal, and it ignores the X resources. Jot (which was originally called "zip"), is tuned to run well on large files, and can edit arbitrary binary files.

If you wish to use the jot editor, invok it by typing:
jot & or
jot 'file name' that you want to edit.

You can setup things like fonts, text size, page size, etc. Once you have a format you like, you should save it so you can get the same ``looking'' editing session each time.
The jot editor is a full screen window editor with point and click options for cutting, pasting, and deleting pieces of text.
Type
'man jot' to see the various invocation options.

Window Menu Button:

All window functions may be accessed from this menu or by alternate means as listed. Access the Window Menu in one of the following manners:

• Place the cursor over the Window Menu Button, press and hold the left mouse, then move the cursor to the desired function and release.
• Place the cursor over the Window Title Bar or over the Window Border then press and hold the right mouse. Move to the desired function and release.
• With the cursor in or on the window, simultaneously press the <Alt> and <Space Bar> keys or the <Shift> and <Esc> keys then type the underlined letter of the desired function or click the desired function with the mouse. Use this option when the Window Menu Button is not displayed.
• Window Functions:
  
  Move
  Select this option from the Window Menu and the cursor changes to a 4-way arrow and the window border is highlighted in red. Move the cursor and red border to the desired location then press the left mouse.
  Alternate methods:
  Place the cursor over the Title Bar and drag the window to the desired location.
  Place the cursor over the Border and then drag the window with the middle mouse to the desired location.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F7>. Move the cursor and red border to the desired location then press the left mouse.
  
  Size
  Select this option from the Window Menu and the cursor changes to a 4-way arrow. Move the cursor to the window border or corner and the side/corner moves with the cursor. Press the left mouse button when the desired size is reached.
  Alternate methods:
  Place the cursor on the window border or window corner and drag the window border to the desired size.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F8>, then drag the window border to the desired size.
  
  Minimize
  Select this option from the Window Menu to convert the window to an icon.
  Alternate methods:
  Press the Minimize Button in the upper right of the window.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F3>.
  
  Maximize
  Select this option from the Window Menu to convert the window to maximum size.
  Alternate methods:
  Press the Maximize Button in the upper right of the window.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F4>.
  
  Raise
  Select this option to raise a window to the front of a stack of windows.
  Alternate methods:
  Place the cursor over a visible portion of the Border and click the left mouse or click in the Title Bar.
  Place the cursor over a visible portion of the window and simultaneously press <Alt> and <F1>. If no part of the window is visible, lower other windows. Focus in the window.
  
  Lower
  Select this option to lower a window to the bottom of a stack of windows.
  Alternate methods:
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <Alt> and <F2>.
  
  Close
  Select this option to end the window's processes.
  Alternate methods:
  Double-click on the Window Menu Button.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F11>.
  
  Quit
  This option functions similar to Close, but ends the window's processes and all related processes.
  Alternate methods:
  Double-click on the Window Menu Button.
  Place the cursor within the window and simultaneously press <ALT> and <F12>.