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From: jimp@cognos.COM (Jim Patterson)
Subject: Re: describe variable
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
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Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:24:43 GMT

gunnar@sundsvall.trab.se (Gunnar.Bostrom) writes:
: Thank you folks that pointed me to the M-x apropos command. The only
: drawback about that command is that it doesn't provide the current
: value of the variable. Any help on that?
: Regards

Try 'list-options' or 'edit-options' then. This doesn't provide a
regular-expression filter, but does show you all interesting variables
and lets you view and change the value of each. You can do a
re-search to find what you're looking for, or just browse through the
options buffer.

--
Jim Patterson                  Cognos Incorporated
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UUNET:jimp@cognos.COM          3755 Riverside Drive
PHONE:(613)738-1338 x3385      Ottawa, Ont  K1G 3Z4
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From: slj@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (S. Luke Jones)
Subject: LINES & COLUMNS in microemacs 3.11
Organization: Bob's House of Programs
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:40:54 GMT

I use this amazingly wonderful program called ULTRAVISION
that lets me have LINES-and-COLUMNS settings under DOS
other than 80x25 and 80x(43 or 50). For example, I can use
108x36 or even 120x63.

In Brief I can. Or in Freemacs. But I would rather do have
those screen sizes in MicroEmacs. My question to the net:
has anybody already fixed MicroEmacs to do this; if so,
can you tell me how; if not, can you tell me how?

Thanks in advance
-- 
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From: LEVITTE@e.kth.se (Richard Levitte)
Subject: Re: How do I change page-up/down
Organization: Department of TeleTransmission Theory
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:59:50 GMT

Something like this should do:

	(setq term-setup-hook
	   (function
              (lambda ()
	         (if (fboundp 'enable-arrow-keys)
                    (enable-arrow-keys)))))

I've never tested this, but it should work...

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From: rodney@cabot.balltown.cma.com (Rodney Peck)
Subject: Re: ]-mode   (was Re: hand injuries
Organization: Balltown Offsite
	<WARSAW.93Jan26160232@anthem.nlm.nih.gov>
	<1993Jan27.161335.1683@ncar.ucar.edu>
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:30:20 GMT


While it looks like you've done a lot of work to get this to function,
there's a much easier way...

(define-key global-map "]" esc-map)
(define-key esc-map    "]" 'self-insert-command)

will make ] act like escape everywhere at the top level and will
let you actually type a ] by pressing it twice.

It doesn't take care of sequences like C-x ESC, but those could be
handled with some define keys for those keymaps as needed.  In fact,
you could write a function that goes over a keymap and makes the new
bindings.
From: matloff@toto.Berkeley.EDU (Norman Matloff)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: emacs + gdb + curses = trouble?
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:34:26 GMT
Organization: Div. of CS, UC Davis

Specifically, suppose we are debugging a program which uses curses,
and doing the debugging by invoking gdb (M-x gdb) from within emacs.
Suppose we give gdb a command like `tty /dev/ttyxx', indicating that
the user input/output for the program being debugged will be in
another place separate from the gdb commands (e.g. under X windows,
that I/O will be in another window).  The xx is derived from typing
`who am i' in that other place.

In this setting, curses seems not to work.  I've tried it on three
different machines.  It works fine if I do the same thing but invoke
gdb from the shell instead of from emacs.

Any suggestions?

   Norm

Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.sources
From: southern@sunny.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Lawrence Buja)
Subject: Re: ]-mode   (was Re: hand injuries
Reply-To: southern@ncar.ucar.edu
Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:30:59 GMT

rodney@cabot.balltown.cma.com (Rodney Peck) writes:
>While it looks like you've done a lot of work to get this to function,
>there's a much easier way...
>
>(define-key global-map "]" esc-map)
>(define-key esc-map    "]" 'self-insert-command)
>
>will make ] act like escape everywhere at the top level and will
>let you actually type a ] by pressing it twice.

 Using esc-map is not any easier and it really degrades the generalness
 of this method.
 
 The intent is NOT to simply redefine the ] key to be an ESC key.
 
 I already have a large number of ESC- sequences defined, either through
 the Sun hot keys (L1-L10, F1-F12, R1-R15 which generate those ESC-[nnn
 sequences) or my own ESC-alpha definitions for short-cuts.
 
 I want ] to be my own personal prefix that I can define in any manner
 that I want without worrying about overridding or getting overridden by
 any other existing esc-maps.
 
 What this method does is make ] into it's own, separate prefix which
 acts like ESC, but is not ESC.  It is quite separate from any ESC
 sequences.  Essentially it doubles the number of prefixed hot keys that
 are available.  It also reflects my distaste for long CTL-c sequences.
 
 And ] is available in this definition by simply typing ]].  Since I
 very rarely have the need to type ], it's not a problem for my needs.
 If you wanted, you could define any other plain key you wanted in this
 manner.

 
/\      Lawrence Buja           Climate and Global Dynamics Division
  \_][  southern@ncar.ucar.edu  National Center for Atmospheric Research
      \_________________________Boulder,_Colorado___80307-3000__________
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From: ddg@cci632.cci.com (D. Dale Gulledge)
Subject: Dynamic Macros
Summary: Need dynamic macros Lisp, don't know where.
Keywords: Dynamic Macros
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:59:11 GMT

I remember seeing something about dynamic macros posted here a few months
back.  They were something like "smart" abbreviations, I think.  I saved the
article that described them, but I seem to have deleted it at some point.  Can
somebody point me to it, or better yet e-mail it to me as I can't ftp
off-site.

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From: els@icf.hrb.com (Eric L. Schott)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help
Subject: Re: Sun type 5 keyboard
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:13:53 EST
Distribution: usa
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.

In article <HOLLEN.93Jan19101850@peg.megatek.UUCP>, hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) writes:
> 
> Has anyone figured out how to tell if there is a Sun type 5 keyboard
> attached, as oppposed to the Type 3 and 4 which are at least
> compatible with each other.

I use the following in my .xinitrc:

  dumpkeys | /bin/grep -s "key 123	 all rf(15)"
  if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
    xmodmap .vt100keypad-on-sun.xmodmap	# Old sun4 keypad
  else
    xmodmap .vt100keypad-on-new-sun.xmodmap	# New sun5 keypad
  fi

(Becareful of tab in string.)

-- 

Eric L. Schott,    HRB Systems, Inc.    814/238-4311     els@icf.hrb.com
  "As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible
   but more mysterious."                  Albert Schweitzer, "Paris Notes"
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From: tatum@mars.cs.clemson.edu (Thomas B. Tatum)
Subject: How do I change page-up/down
Organization: Clemson University Computer Science Dept.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:44:16 GMT

Right now I have page up and down as
page down: Control-v and
page up : Meta-V (upper case)

How do I change this.  In my .emacs file ?
thanks
you can send replies through mail.

Thomas B. Tatum, Clemson University Computer Science Dept.
<tatum@cs.clemson.edu>
 Coach: How's a beer sound, Norm?
 Norm:  I dunno.  I usually finish them before they get a word in. -Cheers
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: kahn@pansy.uchicago.edu (Roger Kahn)
Subject: mathematica mode?
Summary: is there a mathematica mode
Keywords: mathematica math
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:14:00 GMT

Does anyone know of a mathematica mode for emacs?

-- Roger Kahn
   University of Chicago

Roger Kahn
University of Chicago			Voice:	(312) 702-0024 (WORK)
Department of Computer Science			(312) 383-8988 (HOME)
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From: rwhitby@research.canon.oz.au (Rod Whitby)
Subject: Re: Editing compressed files (*.Z)
Originator: rwhitby@bing
Organization: Canon Information Systems Research, Australia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:01:17 GMT

Ran-Chi> Is there something already written so that when I edit a file
Ran-Chi> with a .Z extension (a compressed file), emacs will
Ran-Chi> automatically uncompress this and put this in my buffer and
Ran-Chi> when I do a save, it will re-compress it again so that the
Ran-Chi> file is stored as a .Z file format again ?

Larry Dodd and I have released crypt++.el (an upgraded crypt.el) to
gnu.emacs.sources just this week:

From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.sources
Subject: crypt++.el -- enhanced version of crypt
Date: 24 Jan 93 07:44:09

;;; AVAILABLE: 
;;; 
;;; via anonymous ftp to roebling.poly.edu [128.238.5.31] in /pub/crypt++.el
;;; (ange-ftp TAG: /roebling.poly.edu:/pub/crypt++.el)
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From: jimp@cognos.COM (Jim Patterson)
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs *global* fill-column?
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa CANADA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:07:11 GMT

steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (Jan Steinman,- Bytesmiths -,Tel x3946) writes:
: Is there something I can put in .emacs to change the default fill-column?

The usual command is set-default, e.g. in your .emacs put

(set-default 'fill-column 80)

--
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Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
Subject: Re: hand injuries
Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 11:58:53 GMT

In article <JABRAM.93Jan26071913@pdx025.intel.com> jabram@pdx025.intel.com (Jeff Abramson) writes:
>
>The wristpads that are so popular should NOT be used while typing, this is a
>myth.  They should only be used to rest your wrists when NOT typing.

Agreed, with the modification that their use while typing should be limited
to a "feelie" guide, to help you keep your wrists and hands properly
positioned while moving side-to-side on the keyboard. As Jeff says, however,
under no circumstances should you support any weight on them while typing.
If you have worn spots on your wristpad, you are probably using it
incorrectly.

-- 
Michael Bryan     michael@resonex.com
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: dmp@cs.bham.ac.uk (Donald Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Micro-emacs for Unix Machines
Date: 24 Jan 93 19:52:45 GMT
Organization: Cognitive Science, Birmingham, UK

I currently use Gnu-emacs on a Sun/SPARC network, but find it too big
a tool for frequent small editing jobs. Is micro-emacs (or some other
cut down version) available for Unix machines, and if so which is the
version to get, and where do I get it?

Please email me direct on D.M.Peterson@cs.bham.ac.uk

Many thanks,

Donald Peterson. 
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From: ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley)
Subject: Re: auto-fill-mode
Organization: FAA / Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:54:39 GMT

>>>>> Regarding auto-fill-mode; cc2955@sarah.albany.edu (Charley Chen) adds:


Charley> Can someone tell me how to have auto-fill-mode on everytime I
Charley> use emacs?  besides using M-x auto-fill-mode everytime I use
Charley> it.  Thanks

here's what's in my .emacs file (well, really my .emacs.el file, but
why cloud the issue?):

(setq text-mode-hook
      '(lambda ()
	 (auto-fill-mode 1)
	 ))

I also do this for mail-mode, outline-mode and dbx-mode.  Add to your
own favorite major mode and get to work.  


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From: avishaiy@mcil.comm.mot.com (Avishai Yacobi)
Subject: Re: changing the printer that lpr-region sends to
Organization: Motorola Communications Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:17:25 GMT

In article <EJH.93Jan21151724@khonshu.colorado.edu>, ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett) writes:
|> 
|> I hope this isn't too stupid a question, but I just added a printer to
|> my Sun ( a thinkjet) and I still have my old connection to the laser
|> printer over the network, which is where something will be sent if I
|> use the lpr command. To print on my thinkjet I need to use the command
|> lpr -Ptj FILE.
|> 
|> What I would like to do is change the way the lpr-buffer prints to
|> send it to the thinkjet.
|> 
|> From the info section:
|>    All the hardcopy commands pass extra switches to the `lpr' program
|> based on the value of the variable `lpr-switches'.  Its value should
|> be a list of strings, each string a switch starting with `-'.  For
|> example, the value could be `("-Pfoo")' to print on printer `foo'.
|> 
|> So I tried to add the following line to my .emacs:
|> (setq lpr-switches ("-Ptj"))
|> 
|> I also tried:
|> (setq lpr-switches `("-Ptj")')   -- this is what the info file says
|> (setq lpr-switches `("-Ptj"))    -- this seemd to make sense to me
|> 
|> 
|> But none of these worked. Can anyone tell me how to set this string?
|> Also how would I add the -h option so it doesn't print a banner page?
|> 
|> Thanks.
|> --
|> 	Don't blame me, I voted against Amendment 2!
|> 
|> Edward Hartnett				ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu
|> 

-- 
Well, the last thing to try is:
(setq lpr-switches '("-Ptj"))
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From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Mapping ^H in Emacs for a HP-UX 8.0 machine running VUE.
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:20:59 GMT
Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.5]

Nick R Colakovic (colakovi@en.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:

> I have recently installed the Unofficial HP Emacs distribution on a HP
> 700 series machine running HP/UX 8.0.
> 	I succeeded in compiling emacs on this system but am faced
> with a problem in using it in X.  The system uses HP's VUE X
> environment.  The problem is that the keyboard's backspace (delete) is
> mapped to ^H.  This means that while in a X window pressing the
> backspace key results in calling up the emacs help system.  Unlike
> most keyboards that I have used, there appears to be no delete or
> backspace key mapped to ^?.  

     If you are really using the "unofficial HP GNU Emacs", you should
not have this problem.  The code is written such that backspace does
indeed backspace, and not bring up the help system.  You did install the
zillions of emacs-lisp files, didn't you (and put them in the correct
place)?  The Emacs binary loads many emacs-lisp files at runtime (if
they are needed, and only as they are needed); if Emacs can't access
them, then all sorts of bad things can happen (like backspace not
backspacing).

     This could also occur if you have intentionally remapped backspace
to DEL (instead of leaving backspace as backspace -- the default).  If
you've done this, you're on your own.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
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From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help,alt.religion.emacs,sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: hand injuries from EMACS
Date: 29 Jan 1993 00:01:59 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: david@smos.com's message of 27 Jan 93 18:14:11 GMT

=o= I got into this thread too late to catch the stuff leading
up to the summary.

> 10) Use a trackball in preference to a mouse.

=o= Absolutely.  I've been using Emacs heavily for 13 years
now, and I've never had a problem with hand/wrist injury until
I hade to start using a mouse.  I now use Emacs for so many
things specifically to avoid the mouse.

=o= The "sticky keys" idea somehow didn't make it into the
summary.  Note that in most cases you can use an ESCAPE key
to act as a sticky META.  If anyone has hints on implementing
a sticky CONTROL key, please pass them along.

=o= The "browse mode" idea also didn't make it into the
summary (though I'd call it "view mode," myself).  I think
Emacs' "view mode" is implemented a little overbearingly,
but that's easily fixed.  Hook it up to the reading of any
readonly buffer and you've made paging through a lot simpler.
    <_Jym_>
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: hand injuries
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:29:14 GMT

david@smos.com (David Tornheim) writes:

>  The frequent use of the CNTL key combined
>with another key is the motion that is most painful. (e.g. I use C-b and
>C-f a lot to move around within a line, since commands like M-F and
>M-B actually take longer).

I consider the control key a pest too; all the other modifications are
prefix keys, and I don't like the exception.  So I have defined a
prefix key equivalent to control.  I don't use it for simple things
like forward-char and backward-char, tho; I have them bound to special
keys, so they are one stroke.
-- 
        Joe Fineman             jcf@world.std.com
        239 Clinton Road        (617) 731-9190
        Brookline, MA 02146
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From: steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (Jan Steinman,- Bytesmiths -,Tel x3946)
Subject: GNU Emacs *global* fill-column?
Reply-To: steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch
Organization: Ascom Hasler AG
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:58:26 GMT

Sorry if this has been discussed before -- I did look over the FAQ first.

Is there something I can put in .emacs to change the default fill-column?
I've crawled around the code a bit, but have been unable to find it, so I
end up doing something like ^U80^Xf in 95% of the buffers I visit! Yuk!

I understand RMS made it 70 so that there would be room for indenting
quotes, but very little of what I use emacs for is ever quoted.

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From: seaney@cae.wisc.edu (Seaney Steven)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Emacs Setup Files
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:22:13 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Originator: seaney@sun-34.cae.wisc.edu



Hello!

I;m installing emacs on a sun server.  I could use a .emacs file for use with
machines telnetting in.  Where would I find one?

Thanks,
Steve
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.hlp,alt.religion.emacs,sci.med.occupational
From: ari@world.std.com (Ari I Halberstadt)
Subject: Re: hand injuries from EMACS
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:39:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.181411.9154@smos.com> david@smos.com (David Tornheim) writes:
(article on how to avoid damage from Emacs keyboarding)
> 13) Study martial arts.

Not all martial arts were created equal. Aikido, which I have been
forced to stop practicing, uses a lot of wrist grasps and
twisting/bending motions. It also involves a lot of rolling around,
which if not done properly can damage the shoulder and neck (wrist
injury is probably possible as well). Martial arts that involve
punching heavy bags or [padded?] opponents may also cause wrist
damage.

In addition to loss of income due to inability to work as a computer
programmer, one of the biggest problems due to my RSI has been the
loss of the ability to participate in many physical activities (e.g.,
Aikido, biking, etc.)  Swimming and hiking are some of the few
physical activities which my body would allow (hiking damaged my
knees, though). Finding fun activities that don't damage some part of
one's anatomy can be a challenge. For instance, this winter I hope to
learn scuba diving, which seems like an unlikely sport considering I
live in cold New England.
-- 
Ari Halberstadt       ari@world.std.com             #include <std/disclaimer.h>
Ramsgate (n.) All institutional buildings must, by law, contain at least twenty
ramsgates. These are doors that open the opposite way to the one you expect.
	-- D. Adams & J. Lloyd "The Meaning of Liff", p75.
From: pvanheus@frodo.cs.uct.ac.za (P A van Heusden)
Subject: Looking for MicroEmacs latest version (3.9+)
Keywords: MicroEmacs
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:49:07 GMT

I am looking for MicroEmacs for a friend. He says he is looking for 
version 3.9 or above. Can someone please tell me where to FTP this from?

Peter
--
*******************************************************************************
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CS2, UCT, Cape Town, RSA             J.D. - Lethal Attraction 
pvanheus@frodo.cs.uct.ac.za              
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
From: epstein@cs.uiuc.edu (Milt Epstein)
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs *global* fill-column?
Reply-To: epstein@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:32:20 GMT

In <1993Jan23.140711.24243@cognos.com> jimp@cognos.COM (Jim Patterson) writes:

>steinman@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch (Jan Steinman,- Bytesmiths -,Tel x3946) writes:
>: Is there something I can put in .emacs to change the default fill-column?
>
>The usual command is set-default, e.g. in your .emacs put
>
>(set-default 'fill-column 80)

Interesting.  I was going to reply and say "shouldn't that be
setq-default".  But then I checked `C-h f set-default' and found there
is such a function (I suppose I should've realized it).  The
difference of course is that with set-default, the symbol being set
gets evaluated.  So, if you use setq-default, you can get rid of the
quote before fill-column, i.e. (setq-default fill-column 80).

-- 
Milt Epstein
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois
epstein@cs.uiuc.edu
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