Agent is a scratchpad and small command agent. Editing text works with vi-like commands. Agent is intended to run the background so it can be brought up quickly with a keyboard shortcut (see below). The text of the scratchpad is saved to disk whenever Agent loses focus however, should you need to shut it down or reboot. It also supports syntax highilighting, and a simple command language.

Like vi, Agent is very keyboard-centric.

To run a command from the scratchpad, simply enter its name followed by a colon and hit the <Enter> key from normal mode. If the command takes an argument, it is supplied after the colon. If the command takes additional arguments, they are supplied on the following lines by typing some space, the name of the argument, a colon, and then the intended value for the argument. Don't worry, hitting enter while in insert mode will fill in any arguments the current command.

Take the remember command for example:

remember: work items
  this: Call Dana about the uptime issue

An important command to remember is help. Run help with no arguments to get a list of all the commands available to you.

Agent is copyright Ray Wallace, 2013. You may copy this software under the terms of the GNU Public License, version 2. See COPYING for details.