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From: earleh@dartvax.UUCP (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: when using termcap, get it right!
Message-ID: <6481@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 04:55:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.6481
Posted: Tue Jun 16 04:55:37 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 08:55:38 EDT
References: <1149@carthage.swatsun.UUCP> <8601@tekecs.TEK.COM> <6828@mimsy.UUCP> <1166@osiris.UUCP>
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Graduate Students
Lines: 19
Keywords: termcap, curses
Summary: Mac does too have cursor keys

In article <1166@osiris.UUCP>, jdia@osiris.UUCP (Josh Diamond) writes:
> 
>     I won't even mention that most emacs'es don't understand the cursor
> keys which exist on all but the most archaic terminals (and
> Macintoshes). :-)
> 
     The Macintosh does too have cursor keys!  If you bought one before
the cursor keys came out, then you have to shell out some $ to get a 
new keyboard with cursor keys, but hey, this is America.  If you want 
to criticize the Mac, pick something valid, like the speed of display.
You are right about one thing, however.  Mac cursor keys produce
easily-recognizable characters (^^,^\,^_,^]), then the terminal program
usually converts them to unrecognizable ANSI gibberish, then you have to
write mlisp (or lisp) to get the emacs to recognize it.

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