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From: leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Del vs BackSpace in Xemacs
Message-ID: <44000011@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>
Date: 22 Apr 89 02:12:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!leein    Apr 21 21:12:00 1989



Hi,

I have several questions.  Seem really basic ones to you gurus.

1.  First, which editor is the best?  I want a full featured editor.  There 
  are (1)  gnuemacs called xemacs, (am I right?  I did not get the software
  yet.), (2) vi, (3) Navigator editor on Smalltalk-80,  and finally (4) xedit.

2.  On an rlogined system I usually use plain (since I can't use the mouse)
   gnuemacs.  Can I use mouse with xemacs under xterm?   I understand if the
   host system allow me to use my system as an X terminal, I might use one.  But
  usually they do not allow normal users to do that.   Then here is an
  important question.

3. Our system (Ardent Titan) use XK_BackSpace which is defined as 0xFF08 in
   keysymdef.h file as the erase key.  But gnuemacs uses 0xFFFF for the
   erase key.  Remapping C-h and Del inside gnuemacs certainly is not a 
  good idea.   So what if I modify keysymdef.h file?  Is it safe?


Thanks
                     In
                     leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu