SYNOPSIS

       reed [-p | -u] [-b | -q] [-d delay] [-j jump] filename ...
       reed [-h | -v]

DESCRIPTION

       Reed is a program originally written to automatically scroll large text
       files, such as etexts from Project  Gutenberg  (http://promo.net/pg  or
       http://www.gutenberg.net),  but  its functionality has expanded to make
       it a decent default text pager, as well. Its  feature  set  is  minimal
       compared to pagers like less(1), but is large enough for most tasks.

OPTIONS

       -d delay
              Specify the delay between lines. This is in approximately tenths
              of a second.

       -j jump
              Specify how many lines to jump at a time.

       filename
              Specify the filename to load. Multiple filenames may be given.

       -p/-u  Start Reed paused or unpaused, respectively.

       -b/-q  Turn on or off audio cues, respectively.

       -h     Print a brief message describing command line options.

       -v     Print the version number and copyright information.

       If the filename given is -, Reed will read from the standard input.

USAGE

       Reed has a selection of commands you can use within it. These  commands
       are  based on less(1)'s commands, as well as some other pagers. You can
       view this list of commands within Reed by pressing 'H'.

       q      Quit Reed.

       s      Set a new  delay  between  lines.  Higher  numbers  mean  slower
              scrolling.  This value can be a decimal number. On an infinitely
              fast computer, a delay of 1 is equal to a pause of 1/10th  of  a
              second  between  lines.  Adjust  for your own, finitely fast (or
              slow), system. On a 500 MHz P3 system, a delay of 1 is  about  5
              lines every second.

       p      Pause the scrolling. Pressing p again resumes it.

       +, -   Increase  or decrease the delay (slow down or speed up), respec-
              tively.

       J      Set the number of lines Reed scrolls at a time. Setting this  to
              screen and going down. This feature does not  always  work  cor-
              rectly.

       }, ], )
              Search for the matching bracket, starting from the bottom of the
              screen and going up. This feature  does  not  always  work  cor-
              rectly.

       Up arrow, y, or k
              Scroll up one line.

       u      Scroll up a half screen.

       Page Up, w, or b
              Scroll up one whole screen.

       Down arrow, e, j
              Scroll down a line.

       d      Scroll down a half screen.

       Page Down, Space, z
              Scroll down a whole screen.

       Home, g, <, ,
              Go to the top of a file.

       End, G, >, .
              Go to the end of a file.

       Enter  Force  a scroll. This is useful with a large jump setting if you
              read faster than it scrolls.

       m      Go to a bookmark. Bookmarks are file dependent;  moving  a  file
              invalidates  all  bookmarks for it. A bookmark name may be up to
              25 characters long and contain any characters except \n (includ-
              ing control characters).

       M      Set  a  bookmark.  See the previous comments about bookmarks for
              more information and caveats.

       '      Followed by a single character, this goes to  a  bookmark  named
              that character. For example, 'a takes you to bookmark a.

       "      Followed  by a single character, set a bookmark named that char-
              acter. For example, "a sets bookmark a.

       l      Go to the bookmark named "default" in the current file.

       L      Set a bookmark named "default" in the current file.

       D      Delete a bookmark
              $EDITOR, then $VISUAL, and defaults to /bin/ed.

       a      Toggle audio cues on or off.

       R      Rename the current buffer.

       :n     Go to the next buffer in the file list.

       :p     Go to the previous buffer in the file list.

       :d     Delete the current buffer from the file list.

       :e     Load (examine) a new file and add it to the file list.

       :q     Quit.

       :r     Reload  the current file. This also re-spaces it to the new num-
              ber of columns, so if you resize the terminal, use this.

       :o     If you are in a directory view or your bookmarks file, open  the
              file at the top of the screen.

FILES

   ~/.reed_bookmarks
       This file stores your bookmarks in the format of

       <filename>     <linenumber>   <bookmark name>

       The  line  number  must  be  an integer. The bookmark name may have any
       characters in it, but must be under 25 characters long

   ~/.reedrc
       This is Reed's resource file. Valid options are:

       delay number - Set the default delay between lines.
       jump number - Set the default number of lines to skip at a time.
       beep [on|off] - Set audio signals on or off. The default is on.
       paused [on|off] - Start Reed paused or unpaused. The default is paused.

SCRIPTS

       Reed  includes two useful scripts by default.  breed (before reed) is a
       utility script for viewing files besides text files.  A  full  list  of
       files  supported (and programs needed to view them) is available in the
       breed(1) manual page.

       The other script, wrap, word wraps text files.

AUTHOR

       The main author of Reed is Joe Wreschnig  <piman@sacredchao.net>.  How-
       ever,  the  AUTHORS file included with Reed lists many more people that
       have helped with development.