Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-sprite!osman From: osman@sprite.DEC (Eric Osman, dtn 283-7484) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: O.K. Here's how I decode a "doyty" in EMACS Message-ID: <157@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 09:35:50 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.157 Posted: Tue Jan 8 09:35:50 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 05:03:42 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 18 I divide the screen into two window, with doyty in top window and a blank second window into which I type the alphabet TWICE. Then, I put cursor on first mystery letter, and start a keyboard macro. I cut the letter, move to the beginning of the alphabets, start a search command, and paste the letter. Now I start the search. This causes EMACS to put cursor on mystery letter in alphabets. Now I move cursor to the right 13 characters, putting the cursor on the REAL letter. I cut it and repaste it (so I don't destroy my alphabets), put cursor back in first window, and paste again, and VOILA ! I've decoded one whole character. So, now, I just end the keyboard macro and execute it on each character. If you've defined a single keystroke to mean "execute-keyboard-macro", it's even more convenient. The only thing to be careful of is don't try to undecode the punctuation and spaces. (Arrow over them).