NT Editor User Manual

About NT Editor

NT Editor is a utility for creating and editing Night files for use with night2. All Night codes can be inserted using organized toolbar items or keyboard shortcuts.

Files can be opened and saved using ASCII or UTF-8 character encoding, and line breaks can be saved as either LF or CRLF.

Program Startup

NT Editor will load in a blank state if no file was specified on opening. The program can only be loaded with one file at a time; additional files passed through the command line or drag-and-drop will be ignored. Files can be opened with the program by dropping the file on the NT Editor program or a shortcut to it, but files cannot be dropped onto the program window.

User Interface

The File menu contains the Encoding and End of Line sub-menus in addition to common file operations.

The Edit menu contains text editing operations Undo, Redo, Select All, Cut, Copy, and Paste.

The toolbars below the program menu provide shortcuts to commonly used menu items as well as all Night codes. Each button on the toolbar has an associated keyboard shortcut; these are listed in Keyboard Shortcuts. Clicking on a code button will insert that code into the text at the current caret position if no text is selected. If text is selected when the button is clicked, the code will placed at the beginning of the selection and :reset: will be placed at the end, except in the case of :center: or :box:, which will place :.center: or :.box: at the end of the selected text. Certain other codes meant to be used independently will not append anything to the selection.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Key Sequence	Function
`F1`	Help
`Ctrl+O`	Open File
`Ctrl+S`	Save File
`Ctrl+Shift+S`	Save File As
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`Ctrl+Y`	Redo
`Ctrl+A`	Select All
`Ctrl+X`	Cut
`Ctrl+C`	Copy
`Ctrl+V`	Paste

Codes

Key Sequence	Night Code	Description
`Ctrl+1`	:black:	Foreground Black
`Ctrl+2`	:red:	Foreground Red
`Ctrl+3`	:green:	Foreground Green
`Ctrl+4`	:yellow:	Foreground Yellow
`Ctrl+5`	:blue:	Foreground Blue
`Ctrl+6`	:purple:	Foreground Purple
`Ctrl+7`	:cyan:	Foreground Cyan
`Ctrl+8`	:white:	Foreground White
`Ctrl+Shift+1`	:bgblack:	Background Black
`Ctrl+Shift+2`	:bgred:	Background Red
`Ctrl+Shift+3`	:bggreen:	Background Green
`Ctrl+Shift+4`	:bgyellow:	Background Yellow
`Ctrl+Shift+5`	:bgblue:	Background Blue
`Ctrl+Shift+6`	:bgpurple:	Background Purple
`Ctrl+Shift+7`	:bgcyan:	Background Cyan
`Ctrl+Shift+8`	:bgwhite:	Background White
`Ctrl+B`	:bold:	Bold Text
`Ctrl+I`	:italic:	Italic Text
`Ctrl+U`	:underline:	Underline Text
`Ctrl+K`	:strike:	Strikeout
`Ctrl+F`	:faint:	Faint Text
`Ctrl+R`	:reverse:	Reverse Video
`Ctrl+0`	:reset:	Reset
`Ctrl+T`	:center:	Center Text¹
`Ctrl+M`	:box:	Enclose Text²
`Ctrl+N`	:newline:	Newline
`Ctrl+E`	:none:	None
`Ctrl+9`	:clear:	Clear Screen
`Ctrl+Shift+9`	:cursor:	Reset Cursor
`Ctrl+Q`	:start:	Save Cursor
`Ctrl+W`	:restore:	Restore Cursor
`Ctrl+Shift+Up`	:up:	Cursor Up
`Ctrl+Shift+Down`	:down:	Cursor Down
`Ctrl+Shift+Left`	:left:	Cursor Left
`Ctrl+Shift+Right`	:right:	Cursor Right

¹ :center: must be terminated with :.center:. If :center: is inserted while text is selected, :.center: will be placed at the end of the selection automatically; it must be entered manually if no text was selected.

² :box: must be terminated with :.box:. If :box: is inserted while text is selected, :.box: will be placed at the end of the selection automatically; it must be entered manually if no text was selected.

Night Code Table

The tables below illustrate all Night2 codes and the ANSI sequences they correspond to. Night1 codes are not shown in this manual, but are fully supported unless this was disabled before compilation.

Color	Night Code	Equivalent Character Sequence
Foreground Black	:black:	`\e[30m`
Foreground Red	:red:	`\e[31m`
Foreground Green	:green:	`\e[32m`
Foreground Yellow	:yellow:	`\e[33m`
Foreground Blue	:blue:	`\e[34m`
Foreground Purple	:purple:	`\e[35m`
Foreground Cyan	:cyan:	`\e[36m`
Foreground White	:white:	`\e[37m`
Background Black	:bgblack:	`\e[40m`
Background Red	:bgred:	`\e[41m`
Background Green	:bggreen:	`\e[42m`
Background Yellow	:bgyellow:	`\e[43m`
Background Blue	:bgblue:	`\e[44m`
Background Purple	:bgpurple:	`\e[45m`
Background Cyan	:bgcyan:	`\e[46m`
Background White	:bgwhite:	`\e[47m`

Style	Night Code	Equivalent Character Sequence
Bold Text	:bold:	`\e[1m`
Faint Text	:faint:	`\e[2m`
Italic Text	:italic:	`\e[3m`
Underline	:underline:	`\e[4m`
Strikeout	:strike:	`\e[9m`
Reverse Video	:reverse:	`\e[7m`
Reset All	:reset:	`\e[0m`
Begin Center Text	:center:	`N/A`
End Center Text	:.center:	`N/A`
Begin Box	:box:	`N/A`
End Box	:.box:	`N/A`
Newline	:newline:	`\n`
None	:none:	`Space + \b`

Screen/Cursor	Night Code	Equivalent Sequence
Clear Screen	:clear:	`\e[2J`
Reset Cursor	:cursor:	`\e[;H`
Save Cursor	:start:	`\e7`
Restore Cursor	:restore:	`\e8`
Cursor Up	:up:	`\e[1A`
Cursor Down	:down:	`\e[1B`
Cursor Left	:left:	`\e[1D`
Cursor Right	:right:	`\e[1C`