XWORDGRINDER(1)

💖 XWORDGRINDER(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for xwordgrinder — the simple word processor for writing first drafts. no cap, that's literally the tagline. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

xwordgrinder — an Xlib-based word processor. that's it, that's the name section. short and iconic. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

wordgrinder [options] [filename]

yes bestie, that's the whole vibe: options, maybe a filename, and off you go.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. xwordgrinder is a simple character cell word processor that runs on X11. it is primarily designed for text entry — like, that's the whole point of it.

the way that it's designed to get the hell out of your way and let you write?? obsessed. it literally does very little, but what it does, it does well. main character energy fr fr.

here's what it supports:

• Unicode
• basic paragraph styles
• basic character styles
• basic screen markup
• a menu interface that means you don't have to remember complex key sequences (we love her for that 😭)
• HTML import and export
• and some other useful features

and when you're running it? pressing ESC (or ALT + the menu shortcut key) will open the menu. that's your little doorway to everything. 🚪✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

these options follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). noted, bestie. 📝

• -h, --help — shows a summary of the options. when you're lost, she's there. 🫶
• --lua filename — loads and executes a Lua file instead of starting normally. not me going completely off-script ✨
• --convert srcfile destfile — converts from srcfile to destfile, and then exits. bye!

the type of the file is autodetected from the extension of the filename. also, the source file may have a document name suffixed with a : for use when importing or exporting WordGrinder files. iykyk. 🎀

• --config file.lua — sets the name of the user config file.

🧚 CONFIGURATION 🧚

the user config file is a Lua file which is loaded and executed before the program starts up. it defaults to:

~/.wordgrinder/startup.lua

that's your little home base. set it up however you like, bestie. 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

wordgrinder was written by David Given.

http://cowlark.com/wordgrinder

lowkey that's the whole page. go write something, you absolute icon. 💖

version 0.8 of the XWORDGRINDER(1) manual page — that's the source, the version, and the date all wrapped up in a bow for you. mwah. 💋🎀