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From: epstein@sunc5.cs.uiuc.edu (Milton Epstein)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs
Subject: loading up term files under X-windows?
Summary: loading up term files under X-windows?
Keywords: term files X-windows
Message-ID: <27CEE362.2F1F@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 91 23:27:30 GMT
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I have a few questions about loading up the proper term file when
emacs starts up under X windows.  I looked in the FAQ posting, under
the question of what emacs does when starting up, and figured out that
normally it will load the term/x-win.el file when running under
x-windows.  The problem with that (on my system, at least) is that it
does not load up the term file that sets up the key-bindings for the
arrow and function keys on the keyboard (I am using an RS6000) --
which is in the term/aixterm.el file.  Now what I thought to do was to
put something like the following at the end of the term/x-win.el file:

     (if (string-equal (getenv "TERM") "aixterm")
         (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv "TERM"))))

So my questions are -- will this do what I want it to do?  is there a
better way?  is this not a safe thing to do -- i.e. am I overlooking
some problems this will lead to?

Thanks for any help.


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