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From: tli@uscvax.UUCP (Tony Li)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: net.emacs item
Message-ID: <1279@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 03:53:10 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 03:53:10 1984
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> >	I am working on a VAX under VMS 3.7 and have a need to do some
> >development work on a DEC-20 under TOPS-20.  My connection is via DECnet
> >by setting host and logging on to the 20.  The problem is:
> >
> >	Under this arrangement ^X is interpreted by the 20's EMACS as C - U
> >this means I am unable to use any of the control - X commands.  Now I have
> >gotten by by the means of ESC-X and typing the command...which is very
> >tedious. The commands for using multiple windows become extremely awkward.
> >Does someone have a workarround/patch/fix for this?
> 
> Thankfully, the real answer turned out to be so simple that I have to share 
> it with all of you:
> 	
> 	before set host to the DEC System-20
>         $ SET TERMINAL/PASSALL
> 
> I caution that it is important to switch this back to nopassall if you
> return to the VAX to work.  I didn't and tried to go in to VAX mail...
> 
> 				Ian Ornstein
> 				ENET: FDCV09:ORNSTEIN
>                                 Office: (617) 493-9140
>                                 Home:   (617) 646-5420
>                                 USMail: 14 Brattle Terrace
>                                         Arlington, MA  02174

Actually, there's an even easier solution, although I'm under VMS 3.5.

Try prefacing your ^X with a ^P....  ^P is the VMS Set Host escape character
and lets you do lots of interesting things....  Try it, you'll like it.

-- 
Tony Li ;-)		Usc Computer Science
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