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From: sandra@utah-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: In search of ...  A decent editor
Message-ID: <4490@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 09:20:33 EST
Article-I.D.: utah-cs.4490
Posted: Wed Apr 15 09:20:33 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 00:28:16 EST
References: <469@diva.UUCP>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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Summary: MicroGnu

In article <469@diva.UUCP>, bob@wiley.UUCP (Bob Amstadt) writes:
> 	MicroGNUEmacs - This editor falls into the "nice try" category.
> 		I use GNU Emacs at work and love it. This made it very
> 		tempting to trying MicroGNU. Unfortunately, it looks enough
> 		like GNU to fool you, but not enough make you happy. I
> 		don't know how many times I reach for the nonexistant META
> 		key. Also it doesn't make use of my monochrome monitor
> 		(no smaller fonts).
> 
> 	The Ideal Editor - Allows use of the 50 line mode of my display.
> 		Uses the "Alternate" key as a META key. Allows definition
> 		of the function keys and the numeric keypad keys. Behaves
> 		exactly like GNU emacs. Requires no memory to run (just
> 		kidding).
> 
> 		Bob Amstadt

MicroGnuEmacs *does* support a 50-line mode if you have a monochrome
monitor.  However, you must tweak the font size before you run MG, since
MG just goes out and looks at the magic number and uses whatever is there.

I will be posting a new release of MG real soon now, that lets you rebind
the function keys in your init file (or by M-x).  (I've been sitting on a
beta test version for about a month now, waiting to hear from Mike Meyer
and the other developers that it's ready to release....)  Sources will be
available this time around.

It would be trivial to make the ALT key act like a META key, since MG
does recognize what a meta key is; but the Europeans also want to be 
able to use that 8th bit to support the 8-bit character set on the ST.  I 
believe that the keystroke handling is going to be totally redone in some 
future version of MG to fix the problem, and also to allow more "special 
keys" if you really want to bind up the numeric keyboard keys as well as 
the function and arrow keys.

-Sandra Loosemore
sandra@utah-cs.uucp, sandra@cs.utah.edu