Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bmiller From: bmiller@burdvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.emacs Subject: Re: when using emacs, get the keymap right! Message-ID: <3802@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 19:27:31 EDT Article-I.D.: burdvax.3802 Posted: Thu Jun 18 19:27:31 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 07:31:21 EDT References: <1283@cullvax.UUCP> <1183@osiris.UUCP> Sender: news@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM Organization: Unisys Corporation, Paoli Research Center; Paoli, PA Lines: 38 Keywords: GNU Emacs keymap cursor Xref: utgpu comp.sources.d:808 comp.emacs:1045 Summary: But it does! Well, GNU does... In article <1183@osiris.UUCP> jdia@osiris.UUCP (Josh Diamond) writes: >In article <1283@cullvax.UUCP>, drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes: > >Why not make emacs understand a database about terminal function keys. >It would have to be better than termcap/curses, as that only supports up >to 10 function keys in addition to cursor control keys (I think). Why >wasn't emacs designed to at least understand cursor keys? They are already >in curses. > >Also, many terminals, like the vt200, have in the area of 24 pfkeys, plus >a numeric keypad that can be put in "application" mode, plus dedicated keys >for Help, "Do", find, select, insert, remove, prev-screen, and next-screen. >In fact, the majority of newly designed terminals have similar keyboards. Well, GNU does support vt200 and vt100 cursor keys, function keys and keypads. The variable term-file-prefix determines the load path for the special files that set up the appropriate keybindings (This is usually the term subdirectory in your local elisp source directory). Emacs then looks at you terminal type and automatically load the appropriate file (vt100.el, vt220.el, etc..) then all you need do is M-x enable-arrow-keys (in version 18 [because this loses the binding for backward-paragraph, some loss :-)]) I think version 17 does this automatically, and you're in business... --Herb Miller ARPA: hmiller@eddie.mit.edu CHAOS: ham@deep-thought.mit.edu UUCP: ...mit-eddie!hmiller I wish inews wasn't so picky about file lengths !