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From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New V1.2G1 EMACS
Message-ID: <1105@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 10:38:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 11 10:38:40 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 11:38:00 EST
Reply-To: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
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Oh, good lord!  How can you call your program microGNUemacs if it
doesn't do C-T the same way real GNU does?

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:

		rfooba
		frooba
		foroba
		foorba
		foobra
		foobar

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).

Does mg1a have some sort of extension language so I can tailor its
behavior to my taste, or do I have to go in and hack the source?
-- 

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