Browsing Through Your File
| Key | Action |
| ^G | Go to a particular line |
| ^F | Find string |
| ^A | Find next |
You can go to a specific line number by pressing ^G. The first line in the file is line 1. You can quickly go to line one by pressing Home twice. Similarly, you can go to the last line by pressing End twice. The Home key equivalent is keypad-7 (or Find on VT220), and the End key equivalent is keypad-1 (or Select on VT220).
You can also go to a line by searching for a string. Press ^F to begin searching. Qedit will ask you for two pieces of information. First, you need to enter the string you want to search for. Second, you need to enter the search options. The search options are as follows:
| Option | Action |
| I | Ignore type case of words
Default: case-sensitive |
| P | Specified string is a pattern
Default: not to use patterns. |
| W | Search string must be a "word" (surrounded by blanks or punctuation)
Default: string can be anywhere in line |
| 1 | Start searching from line 1
Default: start from current line |
To search for the next occurrence of a string, press ^A. Once the last string has been found, Qedit will not return to the start of file.