This is a complete list of hint messages displayed on the title bar


     1	To drag and drop, highlight text, then click and drag from within the selection
     2	Dragging with the right mouse button will move text
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     4	Dragging with the left mouse button will copy text
     5	Use Shift-Insert to copy text from other applications
     6	Use Alt-Insert to bring up a history of selected text
     7	Function keys F11-F20 mean Shift with a function key F1-F10
     8	Do not email the author with generic questions, goto your local LUG instead
     9	See how to do regular expression substring replacements in the man page
    10	Use Shift-Up/Down in input widgets to get a history of inputs
    11	Setup your personal file list ~/.cedit/filelist so that Jump To File works
    12	Run frequently used apps from a hot key: see the Scripts menu
    13	Get your keypad to work by redefining keys in the Options menu
    14	Drag a file name from the 'File browser' in the Window menu to insert it
    15	Use a macro to record repeatedly used key sequences
    16	Get a list of demo fonts with:  cooledit -font h
    17	Undo key-for-key with Ctrl-Backspace
    18	Drag function prototypes and other info from the man page browser
    19	Double click on words in the man page browser to search for new man pages
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    21	Search for [Options] in  ~/.cedit/.cooledit.ini  and change settings
    22	Edit the example Scripts to see how to create your own
    23	Double click on gcc error messages after running Make or Cc
    24	Turn off these messages from the Options menu: 'Hint time...' = 0
    25	Do not email the author with generic questions, goto your local LUG instead
    26	See how to do regular expression substring replacements in the man page
    27	You can drag and drop columns of text between windows with the Ctrl key
    28	See cooledit.1 for a list of the many extended editing/movement keys
    29	Compose international characters with Right-Control
    30	Set the LC_ALL and LANG environment variables - see the FAQ
    31	For new international character support see the FAQ
    32	Insert (hexa)decimal literals with Control-q and the (hexa)decimal digits
    33	Try out proportional fonts like Times or Helvetica
    34	Read all these hint messages in editor/cooledit.c in the source distribution
    35	See the file INTERNATIONAL for composing international characters
    36	Edit/move at high speed with the many Ctrl/Meta-Arrow combinations
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    38	Use drag-and-drop to and from input widgets
    39	Open a file by dragging its name from the 'File browser' onto the background
    40	Use Shift-Ins to paste into input widgets
    41	If Cooledit halts, restore by sending SIGUSR1:   kill -1 <pid>
    42	For fun, hit Ctrl-Shift-Alt-~ to see how text is redrawn
    43	Turn off the toolbar from the 'Options' menu
    44	Goto the Python web page: http://www.python.org/
    45	Disable the 'Window' menu from the 'Options' menu
    46	If a macro is defined to an unused key, it will execute without having to use Ctrl-A
    47	Use  smalledit  if you would like a smaller, cut down version of cooledit
    48	Select *columns* of text by holding the control key down through mouse highlighting
    49	Use Ctrl-Tab to complete the start of string, C-function or LaTeX-macro
    50	Turn off tool hints from the Options menu
    51	Use `Auto paragraph...' and `Word wrap...' to edit paragraphs like a WP
    52	See how to do regular expression substring replacements in the man page
    53	Try your hand at adding new Cooledit features with Python
    54	Mark locations in files with the book mark commands in the Edit menu
    55	Debug programs with Meta-F5
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    57	Execute explicit debugger commands with Meta-F1
    58	Turn off spell checking from the Options menu
    59	File files containing regular expressions with Ctrl-Meta-F
    60	Delete debugger variables with Del in the variable dialog
    61	Add debugger watches with Ins in the variable dialog
    62	Make a variable watch point by marking it with Ins in the variable dialog
    63	Change the default size of the undo stack in ~/.cedit/.cooledit.ini
    64	Bookmark all matching strings with the `Bookmarks' switch in the `Search' dialog
    65	Create a printable postscript manual with   man -t cooledit > cooledit.ps
    66	Read the Python online tutorials: http://www.python.org/
    67	Setup ~/.cedit/filelist so that Ctrl-Tab completes in your file-browser
    68	Enable \"Smooth scrolling\" option if you have a fast graphics card
    69	Start internal XTerms with \"Terminal\" in the command menu
    70	Use the coolproject command to start projects
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    72	Display Unicode text - See FAQ
    73	All colours can have their RGB values set - see COLOURS in the man page
    74	Try different looks with the \"--look\" command line option
    75	Press Escape to enter shell commands
    76	Select text then use Escape to pipe through a shell command