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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Need Info: Server Mode
Message-ID: <57600010@ccvaxa>
Date: 15 Mar 88 16:30:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew    Mar 15 10:30:00 1988


For a while I was doing all my notes (news to you) reading under
terminal-mode, using emacsclient as the editor. Whenever I went
to edit a note, the emacsserver window fell into place automatically.

This worked fine, except for braindamaged programs that require 
24x80 screens (I'd give myself 26x82 if I had a Sun). Plus,
terminal-mode is a bear - not for any inherent reason, I just
haven't done all the things necessary to make it useful.

Terminal mode needs to be made to write into a virtual screen
larger than the window; it needs to have both buffered and
unbuffered input; it needs to be able to emulate terminals instead
of requiring its own termcap; and it would be nice to integrate
it better with shell mode. All things on my list of "When school is
over" hacks.