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# moe

> A WYSIWYG text editor for ISO-8859-15 encoded text.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/moe.html>.

- Open moe and create a backup file (file~) when saving edits:

`moe {{path/to/file}}`

- Open a file as read-only:

`moe --read-only {{path/to/file}}`

- Edit a file without creating backups:

`moe --no-backup {{path/to/file}}`

- Edit a file ignoring case in searches:

`moe --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`

- Save and Quit:

`<Ctrl> + X`
