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Subject: Re: elle
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Date: 8 Nov 90 00:12:11 GMT
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I don't know anything about elle - I'm using micro emacs - but I think
it is better to create a better TERMCAP file and add termcap support to
those programs that use hard-wired key mapping (like mined), then to try
individual solutions for one program.
I'm already working on a TERMCAP file for the ATARI-ST, but I want to
coordinate this:      I don't like the lately posted PC TERMCAP file,
because it restricts the number of usable keys. I would like to support
the following keys:
     - function keys 0 to 9    k0-k9
     - PageUp/PageDown         PU PD or K..
     - WordLeft/WordRight      WL WR or K..
     - Home/End                kh kH
     - Help/Undo               K.. ?
There are some other keys I would like to define (f-keys 10-19), but I think
there is no  'legal' way to do it (ref.: GNU termcap.info).
I would prefer to use the somehow less-standard codes PU/PD WL/WR than K1..5,
so that we have 5 spare definitions for terminal-specific keys (like HELP UNDO)
on the Atari.


Question: What other keys must be represented?
          Who is going to do the stuff for PC, .. terminals?
Please reply directly to me. I'll summarize to the net.
                                                Wolfgang Thiel