SSFE(1)

NAME
ssfe - split-screen front-end

SYNOPSIS
ssfe [options] program-name [program-options]

DESCRIPTION
ssfe runs a line-oriented program in the background, and provides a full screen interface for it. The bottom line of the screen is the input line, which you can edit using emacs-like keys; above that is the status bar, and the scrolling area with the program's output.

You can configure ssfe to reprint or not your own input lines, to use prompts, and to do word-wrap on the program's output.

ssfe also understands a little protocol to communicate with the program it is running, which can be used to change the contents of the status line, to set ssfe's modes and to prompt for input.

OPTIONS

-raw
    Disables word-wrap and handling of control characters. In this mode, ssfe will not attempt keep track of the cursor's position.

-cooked
    Enables word-wrap, and prints control characters using inverse-video; this is the default mode.

-irc
    Same as -cooked, but also interprets Ctrl-B, Ctrl-V and Ctrl-_ with the IRC convention (toggles for bold, inverse, underlined, respectively).

-hold
    Sets hold-mode. In hold mode, ssfe will stop after each screenful, and wait for the user to hit TAB.

-beep
    In cooked or IRC mode, enables beeps. When beeps are disabled, the character Ctrl-G is displayed as an inverse-video G.

-flow
    Enables flow-control with ^S and ^Q. ssfe normally disables those, but some terminals require them to operate properly.

-print
    Enables printing of your own commands back in the scrolling area.

-prompt <prompt>
    Sets a prompt for the user input line. The default prompt is none, or ``> '' if -print is specified.

ARGUMENTS

program [options]
    Names the program that ssfe should run.

KEYS
ssfe understands these keys (^ means Control):

^\  Interrupt ssfe and whatever program it's running, and exit back to the unix prompt.

^a  Go to the beginning of the line.

^b, left arrow
    Move left a letter.

^c  Interrupt: ignored by the front-end, can be used to interrupt connecting to a server, with sirc.

^d  Delete the character under the cursor.

^e  Go to the end of the line.

^f, right arrow
    Move right a letter.

^h, DEL
    Erase the previous character.

^i, TAB
    Go to next /msg in msg history.

^j, ^m, Enter

^k  Erase from the cursor to the end of the line.

^l  Redisplay the status bar and the command line.

^n, down arrow
    Go to the next line in command-line history.

^o  With sirc, type the last msg you got on the command line

^p, up arrow
    Go to the previous line in command-line history.

^t  With sirc, switch to the next channel you're on.

^u  Erase command-line.

^v  Insert the next character literally, even if it's a ^something.

^x b
    Toggle beep on or off (off by default).

^x c
    Exit the front end, back to the unix prompt.

^x h
    Toggle hold mode.

^x i
    Toggle irc-mode (^b^v^_ handling) on and off.

^y  Yank the current line in the history without sending it.

^z  Suspend ssfe and sirc and go back to the unix prompt - you come back with 'fg'.

COPYING
ssfe is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the file LICENSE for details.

SEE ALSO
sirc(1)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

TERM
    sets the terminal type. The terminal needs to be able to set a scrolling zone for ssfe to work.

BUGS
None known, please report to the author.

AUTHOR
sirc was written by Roger Espel Llima <roger.espel.llima@pobox.com>.