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From: stephens@vision1.ai.mit.edu (Prof. Larry Stephens)
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Subject: KEY BINDINGS FOR DEC TERMINALS
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Date: 1 Mar 91 18:56:04 GMT
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Dear emacs jocks,

We are using emacs exclusively for Lisp programming in my artificial
class.  Is there a way to redefine the escape sequence for emacs.  In our
department, we have many DEC-VT 220 and VT-320 terminals, which not
not have an escape key--we must use the awkward "c-[" sequence.

Also, do you have any suggestions for mapping the VT terminals' up,
down, left, and right keys so that they will work reliably--using them
sometimes adds characters to the buffer ("OA" "OB").  (On the other
hand, I'm using an IBM PC keyboard, with kermit VT-100 emulation, and
everything works just fine.) 

We appreciate any help or suggestions you can offer.

Thanks,

Dr. Larry M. Stephens
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208
(803) 777-2895
stephens@ece.scarolina.edu

PS.  Emacs is a wonderful tool.  I'd be lost without it.  I use emacs for
e-mail--it is much better than UNIX mail, and besides I can't stand
vi!