Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!uscvax!tli 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 Article-I.D.: uscvax.1279 Posted: Tue Dec 11 03:53:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 06:00:09 EST References: <173@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA Lines: 36 > > 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 Uucp: {sdcrdcf,randvax}!uscvax!tli Csnet: tli@usc-cse.csnet Arpa: tli@usc-ecl