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From: spirkov@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: termcap capabilities used by Emacs
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Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 03:04:25 EDT
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What termcap capabilities does Emacs (specifically GNU) actually use?
I am planning to write a terminal editor for my Macintosh, since I
haven't found anything usable that's already written, and I would like
to make it as sophisticated as possible (I run at 1200 baud). What
terminals out there are most sophisticated, and which capabilities are
most critical to implement for speed in Emacs?
  Does Emacs manage to make use of any of the terminals which support
more character memory than they can display on the screen? I.e., can
Emacs down-load pages you haven't scrolled to yet, or at least scroll
back to ones you've already seen without re-transmitting them? This
could be particularly important for terminal emulators with access to
large amounts of local memory.
  Along the same lines, I understand that X-Windows will soon be
available on Macintosh sized machines, and people are writing code to
run it over serial lines (and therefore modems), are there any plans
to write an Emacs client which can take advantage of local
storage/processing speed? This could prove to make a dramatic
difference in how effectively people can work remotely.
  I'll summarize responses if there are goodies...

			Matthew Self
		   self@pluto.arc.nasa.gov
		   (self@ames-pluto.arpa)