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From: mascio@convex.com (John R.S. Mascio)
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Subject: Re: Who uses MicroEMACS3.10 on UNIX?
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Date: 1 Mar 91 16:31:16 GMT
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In article <458@rc6.urc.tue.nl> rcpt@urc.tue.nl writes:
>
>In an attempt to install MicroEMACS 3.10 (the MS-DOS distribution in
>several .arc files) on UNIX I ran into several problems.  So I am asking
>myself the question: `Is MicroEMACS3.10 used on UNIX at all?' And `Am I
>using the correct distribution?'.  The most severe problem I encountered
>is the fact that it does not run nicely in a xterm window.  In such a
>window the status line is not displayed correctly and the arrow keys
>do not work properly. 

First of all, it sounds like you have it compiled properly.  When using
MicroEMACS in a xterm window, make sure you have your TERMCAP environment
variable set properly (see resize(1) ).  This can give you some realy screwy
problems, if not set properly.  EACH time you resize your window, you will
need to reset TERMCAP.  MicroEMACS, unlike the GNUasaurous, does not like it
when your windows are resized.  The arrow keys are a bit of a problem.
Unless they give a simple control code or something of the form "^[[x",
where x is some single character, you will not be able to use them.
This is bound with the key of FNx (where x is the same x as before).

I.E.  My HP9000 keyboard's up arrow sends out "^[[A".  To use it I have
"bind-to-key previous-line       FNA" in my .microemacsrc file.  (We
changed the name to prevent confusion around here, we have more emacs
and emacs-like varities around here that it is a  bit riducluous.)


Hope this helps!

JRSM
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