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From: scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Steven J Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: EMACS and vt100 on an Apple (with kermit)
Message-ID: <18885@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 89 05:58:13 GMT
Reply-To: scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Steven J Owens)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
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Hello out there in Netland...
 
	I have a bit of a problem.  I like EMACS, it's my favorite
text editor.  In fact, I'm writing this post with EMACS.  The problem
is that I often use it from home, on an Apple //+ with 80 column card.
I use Kermit v3.84, which provides vt100 emulation.  For some reason,
the emulation is less than perfect with EMACS (not with most other
things).  This usually means I have to do several dozen screen re-draws
every time I edit a file of any decent length.  At 1200 baud, this is
a pain and a half.  Could anybody out there help me with this?  I
can't change computers, Kermit is the only decent vt100 emulator for
the Apple //+/e, and I won't change editors.

	I also would like to know if anybody can tell me how to re-define
a key in EMACS. I like to use the ^a key, which takes the cursor to the
far left edge of the screen, but I often use another program which
uses the ^a key.  Is there any command I can use to re-define that
key as something else?
 
Steven J. Owens  |  Scratch@Pittvms  |  Scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu

"Well, that's one of the differences between life and fiction,
 after all.  Fiction is supposed to make sense."
 
	_Telling_Lies_For_Fun_&_Profit_, Lawrence Block