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# Using Gless

`Gless` can be used to view, but not edit, text files. This section describes basic usage of `Gless`.

## Basic usage

When you first start `Gless`, you see the Main window, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Gless Main Window

## Menus

The menu bar, located at the top of the Main Window, provides the following commands:

File

  This menu contains commands New Window (Alt-N), Open (Alt-O, F3), Save As (Ctrl-A), Close (Alt-W) and Quit (Alt-Q) all of which are self-explanatory.

Edit

  This menu contains Find (Alt-F, F6), which opens up a dialog box allowing you to enter a word to be searched for, and Find Again (Alt-A, Shift-F6), which searches for the next occurrence of the same word.

Settings

  This menu contains only one command, Fixed Font (Ctl-F), which toggles between a fixed font display and a proportional font display.

Help

  This menu contains commands

  - Manual — shows this manual

  - About — shows basic information about `Gless`, such as author's name and version number.

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