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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Changing syntax of characters in Franz
Message-ID: <1126@ellie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jun-86 10:03:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  5 10:03:11 1986
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> (2) Some characters seem to be impossible to reset as vmacros using 
> 'setsyntax.'  I can understand why you can't reset ^Y, etc., but why not ^R?  
> According to 'getsyntax', the syntax of ^R has been reset, but the reader
> seems to ignore it.

That's the UNIX tty driver.  You need to issue a "stty" to the shell if
you want to reset ^R.  Normally Franz never sees your ^R.

> (3) Assuming a character's syntax has been reset as a "vmacro," how can you 
> find out exactly what function the character has been set to (short of typing 
> it and observing what Lisp does)?  Is there a way for a program to find out?

I've done it, but I've forgotten how.  You may need to consult the oblist.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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