Crimson Editor – Help Topics – Commands |

- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Search Menu
- View Menu
- Document Menu
- Project Menu
- Tools Menu
- Macros Menu
- Window Menu
- Help Menu
- Hot Key Reference

File Menu
New | Create a new document
Open | Open an existing document
Open Template... | Open an existing document template
Close | Close the active document
Close Other | Close all documents except active document
Close All | Close all open files
Reload | Reload the current document
Reload As... | Reload the active document with different encoding
Save | Save the active document
Save As... | Save the active document with a new name
Save All | Save all the active documents
Print... | Print the active document
Print Preview | Display full pages
Print Setup... | Change the printer and printing options
FTP ›› |
Open Remote... | Open an existing document from ftp server
Save As Remote... | Save the active document with a new name
FTP Settings... | Set the ftp accounts
Recent Files ›› |
N. Recent File | Open this document
Exit | Quit the application; prompts to save documents

Edit Menu |

Undo | Undo the last action
Redo | Redo the previously undone action
Cut | Cut the selection and put it on the Clipboard
Copy | Copy the selection and put it on the Clipboard
Paste | Insert Clipboard contents
Delete | Delete the selection
Append ›› |
Cut Append | Cut the selection and append it to the Clipboard
Copy Append | Copy the selection and append it to the Clipboard
Line Oriented ›› |
Cut | Cut the whole current line and put it in to the Clipboard
Copy | Copy the whole current line and put it to the Clipboard
Paste | Paste the content of the Clipboard
Select ›› |
Select All | Select the entire document
Select Line | Select the current line
Select Word | Select the current word
Select Block | Select the current block enclosed with brackets
Change Case ›› |
Upper Case | Convert the selected text to upper case
Lower Case | Convert the selected text to lower case
Capitalize | Capitalize the selected text
Invert Case | Invert the case of the selected text
Insert ›› |
Insert Date | Insert current date
Insert Time | Insert current time
Insert File... | Insert a file into current cursor position
Advanced ›› |
Increase Indent | Increase the indentation of current line or selected block
Decrease Indent | Decrease the indentation of current line or selected block
Delete Line | Delete current line
Duplicate Line | Duplicate current line
Delete Word | Delete current word
Delete Prev Word | Delete previous word
Delete to End of Line | Delete to end of line
Delete to Begin of Line | Delete to beginnig of the line
Join Lines | Join two lines
Split Line | Split current line
Make Comment | Add comment delimiter in the beginning of the lines
Release Comment | Remote comment delimiter in the beginning of the lines

Search Menu |

Find... | Find the specified text
Replace... | Replace the specified text with different text
Find Next | Find the next matching text
Find Prev | Find the previous matching text
Find in Files... | Search for a string in multiple files
Go To... | Move to a specified location
Toggle Bookmark | Set or clear bookmark at current line
Next Bookmark | Go to next bookmark position
Prev Bookmark | Go to previous bookmark position
Advanced ›› |
Prev Editing Position | Go to previous editing position
Pairs Begin Position | Go to matching brace beginning position
Pairs End Position | Go to matching brace end position

View Menu |

Toolbars/Views ›› |
Toolbar | Show or hide the toolbar
MDI File Tabs | Show or hide the file tabs
Status Bar | Show or hide the status bar
Directory Window | Show or hide the directory window
Remote Window | Show or hide the Remote window (not used)
Project Window | Show or hide the Project window
Output Window | Show or hide the output window
Word Wrap | Toggle word wrap
Spell Check | Enbale spell checker
Line Numbers | Show line numbers
Column Markers... | Show or hide column markers
Screen Fonts ›› | Select the screen font
Printer Fonts ›› | Select the printer font
Line Spacing ›› | Select the line spacing
Tab Size ›› | Select the tab size
Set Colors... | Configure screen color settings
Others ›› |
Embolden Keywords | Highlight keywords with bold font
Italize Comment | Use italic font for comments
Show Spaces | Show space characters
Show Tab Characters | Show tab characters
Show Line Break | Show line break

Document Menu |

Syntax Type ›› |
Automatic | Detect document syntax type automatically
Plain Text | Set the current document as plain text
Customize... | Customize document syntax types
Reload Document | Reload the active document
Lock Document | Lock the active document from changes
Encoding Type ›› |
ANSI Encoding | Set the active document to ANSI encoding
Unicode (little Endian) | Set the active document to Unicode encoding
Unicode (big Endian) | Set the active document to Unicode encoding
UTF-8 (with BOM) | Set the active document to Unicode encoding
UTF-8 (w/o BOM) | Set the active document to Unicode encoding
File Format ›› |
DOS Format (CR/LF) | Set the active document to the DOS file format
Unix Format (LF only) | Set the active document to the Unix file format
Mac Format (CR only) | Set the active document to the Mac file format
Tabs & Spaces ›› |
Convert Tabs to Spaces | Convert tabs to spaces
Convert Spaces to Tabs | Convert spaces to tabs
Leading Spaces to Tabs | Convert leading spaces to tabs
Remove Trailing Spaces | Remove trailing white spaces
Summary... | Show the active document summary

Project Menu |

New Project | Create a new project
Open Project | Open an existing project
Close Project | Close the current project
New category | Create a new Category
Add to Project | Create a new project
Add Active File | Add active file to a project
Add All Open Files | Add all open files to a project

Tools Menu |

Preferences... | Set the preferences
Evaluate Line | Evaluate the current expression
MS-DOS Shell | Execute MS-DOS shell
View in Browser | View the active document in default browser
Load User Tools... | Load user defined commands
Configure User Tools... | Add or remove user defined commands

Macros Menu |

Begin Recording... | Start key stroke recording
End Recording | Stop key stroke recording
Replay Macro | Play back the key stroke recording
Load User Macro... | Load user defined macros
Configure Macros... | Configure macros

Window Menu |

New Window | Create a copy of a current window
Split | Split the document window into parts
Close | Close the current document window
Last Visited | Go to the last visited document window
Next Window | Switch to the next window
Prev Window | Switch back to the previous window
Cascade | Arrange windows so they overlap
Tile Horizontally | Arrange windows as horizontal, non-overlapping tiles
Tile Vertically | Arrange windows as vertical, non-overlapping tiles

Help Menu |

Help Topics... | List help topics
Visit Homepage... | Visit crimson editor homepage
Feedback... | Send feedback to developer
About Crimson Editor... | Display program information, version number and copyright

File – New

Use this command to create a new empty document.

File – Open

Use this command to open an existing document in a new window.

Crimson Editor displays the File Open dialog box so that you can choose documents to edit. You can open multiple documents at once.

Files can also be opened by dragging them from the Window Explorer into Crimson Editor's window and dropping them.

Use File Tab to switch among the multiple open documents. If you right click on a file tab a context menu will popup with a list of available commands.

File – Open Template

Use this command to open an existing document template in a new window.

Crimson Editor displays the Open Template dialog box so that you can choose a document template to open.

Document templates are plain text files saved in 'template' sub directory of Crimson Editor install directory. You can make your own document templates, just copy your custom document template files into this directory.

File – Close

Use this command to close window containing the active document.

Crimson Editor suggests to save changes to your document before you close it. If you close a document without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.

File – Close Other

Use this command to close all windows except the active document.

Crimson Editor suggests to save changes to your document before you close it. If you close a document without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.

File – Close All

Use this command to close all windows opened in Crimson Editor.

Crimson Editor suggests to save changes to your document before you close it. If you close a document without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.

File – Reload

Use this command to reload the active document.

Crimson Editor suggests to save changes to your document before you reload it. If you reload a document without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.

File – Reload As

Use this command to reload the active document with the different encoding.

Crimson Editor will ask to select the encoding that should be used to reload the document. The following encodings are available:

- Auto Detect
- ASCII Encoding
- Unicode Encoding (Little Endian)
- Unicode Encoding (Big Endian)
- UTF-8 Encoding (with BOM)
- UTF-8 Encoding (w/o BOM)

Crimson Editor suggests to save changes to your document before you close it. If you close a document without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it.

File – Save

Use this command to save the active document to its current name and directory.

When you save a document for the first time, Crimson Editor displays the Save As dialog box so that you can name your document.

File – Save As

Use this command to save the active document with different name.

Crimson Editor displays the Save As dialog box so that you can name your document.

File – Save All

Use this command to save all the documents opened in Crimson Editor.

When you save a document for the first time, Crimson Editor displays the Save As dialog box so that you can name your document.

File – Print

Use this command to print the active document.

Crimson Editor displays the Print dialog box, where you can specify the destination printer, printer setup options, and the range of pages to be printed.

File – Print Preview

Use this command to display the active document as it would appear when printed. You can configure custom header, footer using print options in Preferences – Print Options

File – Print Setup

Use this command to select a active printer and specify various printing options specific to this printer. For document specific optios use Preferences – Print Options.

File – FTP – Open Remote

Use this command to open files from a remote FTP server.

If you run Save command with remote file, the changes you made will be saved directly to the file on the FTP server.

File – FTP – Save As Remote

Use this command to save the current document to a FTP server.

If you run Save command with remote file, the changes you made will be saved directly to the file on the FTP server.

File – FTP – FTP Settings

Use this command to set the FTP account information.

Crimson Editor displays the FTP Settings dialog box, where you can specify the FTP server, user name, password, etc.

File – N. Recent File

Use this command to open documents you closed recently.

File – Exit

Use this command to quit Crimson Editor.

Crimson Editor prompts you to save documents if there are changes unsaved.

Edit – Undo

Use this command to reverse the last editing action.

Edit – Redo

Use this command to reverse the last undon action.

Edit – Cut

Use this command to remove selected text from the document and put it on the clipboard.

Edit – Copy

Use this command to copy selected text onto the clipboard.

Edit – Paste

Use this command to insert a copy of the clipboard contents at the current caret position.

Edit – Delete

Use this command to delete current selection of the active document.

Edit – Append – Cut Append

Use this command to cut and append selected text onto the clipboard.

Edit – Append – Copy Append

Use this command to copy and append selected text onto the clipboard.

Edit – Line Oriented – Cut Append

Use this command to cut the current line in a Line Oriented mode and put it into the clipboard. Selection does not matter in this mode, only entire current line will be cut.

Edit – Line Oriented – Copy

Use this command to cut the current line in a Line Oriented mode and put it into the clipboard. Selection does not matter in this mode, only entire current line will be cut.

Edit – Line Oriented – Paste

Use this command to paste the line. There is no difference between Line Oriented Paste and regular Paste.

Edit – Select – Select All

Use this command to select the entire document.

Edit – Select – Select Line

Use this command to select the line at current cursor position.

Edit – Select – Select Word

Use this command to select the word at current cursor position.

Edit – Select – Select Block

Use this command to select the block enclosed with brackets.

Edit – Change Case – Upper Case

Use this command to convert the selected text to upper case.

Edit – Change Case – Lower Case

Use this command to convert the selected text to lower case.

Edit – Change Case – Capitalize

Use this command to capitalize the selected text.

Edit – Change Case – Invert Case

Use this command to convert the case of selected text to opposite case.

Edit – Insert – Insert Date

Use this command to insert current date into the current cursor position.

Edit – Insert – Insert Time

Use this command to insert current time into the current cursor position.

Edit – Insert – Insert File

Use this command to insert contents of a file into current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Increase Indent

Use this command to increase the indentation of the selected text.

Edit – Advanced – Decrease Indent

Use this command to decrease the indentation of the selected text.

Edit – Advanced – Delete Line

Use this command to delete the line at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Duplicate Line

Use this command to duplicate the line at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Delete Word

Use this command to delete current word at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Delete Prev Word

Use this command to delete previous word at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Delete to End of Line

Use this command to delete to end of line at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Delete to Begin of Line

Use this command to delete to text from the beginning of line to the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Join Lines

Use this command to join two consecutive lines into one long line.

Edit – Advanced – Split Line

Use this command to split the line at the current cursor position.

Edit – Advanced – Make Comment

Use this command to insert line comment delimeter at the beginning of the line.

Edit – Advanced – Release Comment

Use this command to delete line comment delimiter at the beginning of the line.

Search – Find

Use this command to search specific text in current document.

Search – Replace

Use this command to search specific text in current document and replace it with different text.

Search – Find Next

Use this command to search the next occurrence of the selected text.

Search – Find Prev

Use this command to search the previous occurence of the selected text.

Search – Find in Files

Use this command to search specific text in multiple files. You can use wildcards and specify multiple file types, separate them by semicolons. Example: to search in all .log and .txt files use `*.txt;*.log' in file type. Options available for Find in Files:

- Match whole word only - match only the complete search criteria separated by white spaces and/or delimiters
- Match Case - case sensitive search
- Regular Expression - treat search criteria as a regular expression
- Look in subfolders - Recursively look into subdirectories

Search – Go To

Use this command to go to specific line in current document.

Search – Toggle Bookmark

Use this command to set or clear a bookmark at current line.

Search – Next Bookmark

Use this command to search for next bookmark position.

Search – Prev Bookmark

Use this command to search for previous bookmark position.

Search – Advanced – Prev Editing Position

Use this command to get back to previous editing position.

Search – Advanced – Pairs Begin Position

Use this command to go to current pairs beginning position.

Search – Advanced – Pairs End Position

Use this command to go to current pairs end position.

View – Toolbars/Views – Toolbar

Use this command to show or hide the Toolbar, which contains buttons for most common commands of the Crimson Editor.

View – Toolbars/Views – MDI File Tabs

Use this command to show or hide the File Selection Tabs, which offers easy access to all open documents.

View – Toolbars/Views – Status Bar

Use this command to show or hide the Status Bar, which displays short description of the action to be executed by the selected menu item.

View – Toolbars/Views – Directory Window

Use this command to show or hide the Directory Window, which displays list of files in the current working directory.

View – Toolbars/Views – Remote Window

Use this command is supposed to show or hide the Remote Window. This feature is not currently implemented.

View – Toolbars/Views – Project Window

Use this command to show or hide the Project Window, which displays list of files in the current Project.

View – Toolbars/Views – Output Window

Use this command to show or hide the Output Window, which displays the output of user tools.

View – Word Wrap

Use this command to turn on or off the word-wrapping feature.

View – Spell Check

Use this command to enable the spell checker in open documents. Words not found in the default dictionary (cedt.dic) or the user dictionary (user.dic) are underlined with a red zigzagging line.

View – Line Numbers

Use this command to show or hide line numbers in the active document.

View – Column Markers

Use this command to show or hide vertical dotted lines at the specified position.

View – Screen Fonts

Use this command to set font settings or select the screen font.

View – Printer Fonts

Use this command to set font settings or select the printer font.

View – Line Spacing

Use this command to set the spacing between two adjacent lines.

View – Tab Size

Use this command to set the tab size used in documents

View – Set Colors

Use this command to set color settings.

View – Others – Embolden Keywords

Use this command to set bold font for keywords.

View – Others – Italize Comment

Use this command to set italic font for comments.

View – Others – Show Spaces

Use this command to show or hide space characters in documents.

View – Others – Show Tab Characters

Use this command to show or hide tab characters in documents.

View – Others – Show Line Break

Use this command to show or hide the line break symbol in documents.

Document – Syntax Type – Automatic

Use this command to detect document syntax type automatically.

Document – Syntax Type – Plain Text

Use this command to set the current document as plain text.

Document – Syntax Type – Customize

Use this command to customize document syntax types.

Document – Reload Document

Use this command to reload the active document.

Document – Lock Document

Use this command to lock the active document from changes.

Document – Encoding Type – ASCII

Use this command to set the active document to ASCII encoding.

Document – Encoding Type – Unicode (little Endian)

Use this command to set the active document to Unicode encoding with little endian.

Document – Encoding Type – Unicode (big Endian)

Use this command to set the active document to Unicode encoding with big endian.

Document – Encoding Type – UTF-8 (with BOM)

Use this command to set the active document to UTF-8 encoding with BOM.

Document – Encoding Type – UTF-8 (w/o BOM)

Use this command to set the active document to UTF-8 encoding without BOM.

Document – File Format – DOS Format (CR/LF)

Use this command to set the active document to the DOS file format.

Document – File Format – Unix Format (LF only)

Use this command to set the active document to the Unix file format.

Document – File Format – Mac Format (CR only)

Use this command to set the active document to the Mac file format.

Document – Tabs & Spaces – Convert Tabs to Spaces

Use this command to convert tabs in the active document to spaces.

Document – Tabs & Spaces – Convert Spaces to Tabs

Use this command to convert spaces in the active document to tabs.

Document – Tabs & Spaces – Leading Spaces to Tabs

Use this command to convert leading spaces in the active document to tabs.

Document – Tabs & Spaces – Remove Trailing Spaces

Use this command to remove trailing white spaces in the active document.

Document – Summary

Use this command to show the active document summary.

Project – New Project

Use this command to create a new project file for Crimson Editor.

Project – Open Project

Use this command to open an existing Crimson Editor project file.

Project – Close Project

Use this command to close the current Crimson Editor project file.

Project – New Category

Use this command to create a new category for a Crimson Editor project file.

Project – Add to Project

Use this command to set add a file to a Crimson Editor project file.

Project – Add Active File

Use this command to add the current active file to a Crimson Editor project file.

Project – Add All Open files

Use this command to add all open files to a Crimson Editor project file.

Tools – Preferences

Use this command to set your preferences of Crimson Editor. You can find more information in the Preferences help page.

Tools – Evaluate Line

Use this command to evaluate a expression in Crimson Editor. You can find more information in the Built-in Calculator help page.

Tools – MS-DOS Shell

Use this command to open a MS-DOS shell.

Tools – View in Browser

Use this command to open the active document in the default web browser of your system.

Tools – Load User Tools

Use this command to load user tools. In order to use this feature you first need to create a user tools file with help of Configure user tools User tool is user-defined application that Crimson Editor launches. You can find more information in the Preferences - User Tools help page.

Tools – Configure User Tools

Use this command to configure the user tools. User tool is user-defined application that Crimson Editor launches. You can find more information in the Preferences - User Tools help page.

Macros – Begin Recording

Use this command to begin recording the keystrokes. Recorded keystrokes can be played back using Replay Macro command.

Macros – End Recording

Use this command to end recording the keystrokes. Recorded keystrokes can be played back using Replay Macro command.

Macros – Replay Macro

Use this command to play back the recorded keystrokes.

Macros – Load User Macros

Use this command to load user configured macros from a file. In order to load user defined macros from a file you have to create macros through Begin Recording and save them to a file with Configure User Macros. You can find more information in the Preferences - User Macros help page.

Macros – Configure User Macros

Use this command to configure the recorded keystrokes. You can find more information in the Preferences help page.

Window – New Window

Use this command to create a copy of the current document window.

Window – Split

Use this command to split the current window into parts so you can navigate on different parts of the document at the same time.

Window – Close

Use this command to close the active document.

Window – Last Visited

Use this command to switch to the last visited window.

Window – Next Window

Use this command to switch to the next window.

Window – Prev Visited

Use this command to switch to the previous visited window.

Window – Cascade

Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows in an overlapped fashion.

Window – Tile Horizontally

Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows as horizontal, non-overlapping tiles.

Window – Tile Vertically

Use this command to arrange multiple opened windows as vertical, non-overlapping tiles.

Help – Help Topics

Use this command to display this Help contents.

Help – Visit Homepage

Use this command to browse Crimson Editor homepage. http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Help – Feedback

Use this command to send any bug report, suggestion, question and comment to the author.crimsonware@yahoo.com

Help – About Crimson Editor

Use this command to display program information, version number and copyright.

## Hot Key reference

File Shortcuts

New File | Ctrl+N
Open File | Ctrl+O
Open Remote | Ctrl+Shift+O
Open Template | Alt+Shift+ O
Print | Ctrl+P
Print Preview | Alt+Shift+ P
Save | Ctrl+S
Save As | Alt+Shift+ S
Save As Remote | Ctrl+Shift+S

Edit Shortcuts

Backspace | Shift+Bksp
Capitalize | Ctrl+Shift+U
Column Mode | Alt+ C
Copy | Ctrl+C
Copy | Ctrl+Insert
Copy Append | Ctrl+Shift+C
Cut | Ctrl+X
Cut | Shift+Delete
Cut Append | Ctrl+Shift+X
Paste | Ctrl+V
Paste | Shift+Insert
Increase Indent | Ctrl+.
Decrease Indent | Ctrl+,
Delete Line | Alt+Delete
Delete Previous Word | Ctrl+Bksp
Delete To Being of Line | Ctrl+Shift+Bksp
Delete To End of Line | Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Delete Word | Ctrl+Delete
Detab | Shift+Tab
Duplicate Line | Alt+Insert
Insert Date | Alt+Shift+D
Insert File | Alt+Shift+F
Insert Time | Alt+Shift+T
Invert Case | Ctrl+Shift+L
Join Lines | Alt+J
Lower Case | Ctrl+L
Upper Case | Ctrl+U
Make Comment | Ctrl+M
Release Comment | Ctrl+Shift+M
Select All | Ctrl+A
Select Block | Ctrl+B
Select Line | Ctrl+E
Select Word | Ctrl+D
Split Line | Alt+ K
Undo | Alt+Bksp
Undo | Ctrl+Z
Redo | Ctrl+Y
Move Caret Down | Ctrl+J
Move Caret Down | Ctrl+Shift+J
Move Caret Up | Ctrl+K
Move Caret Up | Ctrl+Shift+K
Next Pane | F6
Prev Pane | Shift+VK F6

Search Shortcuts

Scroll to Center of Screen | F5
Scroll to Top of Screeen | Shift+F5
Find | Ctrl+F
Find in Files | Ctrl+Shift+ F
Find Next | F3
Find Next | Shift+F4
Find Previous | F4
Find Previous | Shift+F3
Replace | Ctrl+H
Replace | Ctrl+R
Go To | Ctrl+G
Toggle Bookmark | Ctrl+F2
Next Bookmark | F2
Previous Bookmark | Shift+F2
Next Word | Ctrl+F3
Previous Word | Ctrl+Shift+F3
Pairs Begin | Ctrl+[
Pairs End | Ctrl+]
Previous Edit | Ctrl+\

Macro Shortcuts

Macro Replay | Alt+Enter
Macro Replay0 | Alt+0
Macro Replay1 | Alt+1
Macro Replay2 | Alt+2
Macro Replay3 | Alt+3
Macro Replay4 | Alt+4
Macro Replay5 | Alt+5
Macro Replay6 | Alt+6
Macro Replay7 | Alt+7
Macro Replay8 | Alt+8
Macro Replay9 | Alt+9

Tool Shortcuts

Command Execute0 | Ctrl+0
Command Execute1 | Ctrl+1
Command Execute2 | Ctrl+2
Command Execute3 | Ctrl+3
Command Execute4 | Ctrl+4
Command Execute5 | Ctrl+5
Command Execute6 | Ctrl+6
Command Execute7 | Ctrl+7
Command Execute8 | Ctrl+8
Command Execute9 | Ctrl+9
Evaluate Line | Ctrl+Enter
MS DOS Shell | F10
View in Browser | Alt+B

View Shortcuts

Directory | Alt+Shift+1
Embolden Keywords | Alt+Shift+B
Italicize Comment | Alt+Shift+I
Line Numbers | Alt+Shift+L
Output Window | Alt+Shift+0
Project Window | Alt+Shift+3
Remote | Alt+Shift+2
Show Line Break | Ctrl+Shift+B
Show Spaces | Ctrl+Shift+W
Show Tab Chars | Ctrl+Shift+T
Spell Check | Alt+Shift+K
Word Wrap | Alt+Shift+W

Window Shortcuts

Close Window | Ctrl+W

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