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Subject: Re: gnu emacs vs. the termcap?
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Date: 26 May 91 16:36:48 GMT
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>>>>> On 24 May 91 18:08:28 GMT, bhm@cis.ufl.edu (Bruce McIntosh) said:

Bruce> I must be missing something obvious, but how does one coerce
Bruce> gnu emacs into using /etc/termcap for things like arrow keys?

See lisp/term/* and lisp/keypad.el in your emacs file tree for starters.

Bruce> I'm using it under SunOS 4.1, occasionally dialup with an H19,
Bruce> occasionally with xterm.  Any help would be appreciated
Bruce> (anything to get me out of using vi! :-) ).

Bruce> ps - Alternately, and perhaps even preferably, how tough would
Bruce> it be to get gnu emacs to use wordstar key conventions?  I've
Bruce> been a cp/m hacker for many years now, and wordstar is burned
Bruce> into my brain.

A new wordstar mode was recently posted to gnu.emacs.sources.