Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uicsrd!conte From: conte@uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New V1.2G1 EMACS Message-ID: <42600008@uicsrd> Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 11:45:00 EST Article-I.D.: uicsrd.42600008 Posted: Sat Dec 13 11:45:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 04:19:16 EST References: <1690@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Lines: 36 Nf-ID: #R:batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu:1690:uicsrd:42600008:000:1718 Nf-From: uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU!conte Dec 13 10:45:00 1986 > Oh, good lord! How can you call your program microGNUemacs if it > doesn't do C-T the same way real GNU does? Here here > The way Stallman defines it, C-T transposes the characters on either > side of point (the one underneath the cursor and the one directly > preceding it) and moves the cursor forward. There is a reason why the > cursor moves forward--it allows you to "drag" a letter through a > string of characters, like: > ... > The advantage of the Gosling Emacs method of transposition (i.e. > transpose the two characters preceding the cursor, cursor stays still) > is fine for text entry because it allows you to correct a > transposition without moving the cursor, i.e. bza => baz. > > Personally, I prefer the GNU method since I usually backspace to > correct transposition errors I just made. I taught Gosmacs the proper > way to do things with a little mlisp code. And speaking of which, I > hope I never see an Emacs for the Amiga that uses mlisp...I want an > extensible editor on my Amiga badly, but not that bad. Mlisp is a > travesty to its illegitimate father (i.e. real Lisp). Well, you've been backspacing for nothing! GNU will transpose the last two characters when the character following point (dot) is a new line. Hence, it is useful for correcting transpositions when typign in text. Oh, and if you include elisp support, the code gets too large (but the name shrinks, from `microGNUemacs ' to `GNUemacs' :-). Tom Conte University of Illinois uucp: {ihnp4,seismo,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uicsrd!conte arpanet: conte%uicsrd@a.cs.uiuc.edu or conte@huey.udel.edu csnet: conte%uicsrd@uiuc.csnet usnail: 208 W. Oregon, Urbana, IL 61801 bitnet: conte@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu