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From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: EDT Emulators?
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Date: 3 May 89 00:22:09 GMT
References: <6682@cbmvax.UUCP> <2675@buengc.BU.EDU>
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As quoted from <2675@buengc.BU.EDU> by bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton):
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| In article <6682@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
| >I've heard of EDT emulation in gnuemacs, however I'd prefer to avoid the
| >considerable overhead if there is an alternative that is just EDT and not
| >the whole world in one bite.  8-)
| 
| Anybody else believe it can be done with vi by setting the 'vs' entry
| in the termcap to turn the keypad into application-mode, then putting
| the proper map's in the .exrc to emulate EDT commands?
| 
| 	map OS Di
| 
| in the .exrc will, when the pf4 key (on a DEC keyboard, which is what
| EDT-fans are used to) is depressed, use the ^[ in the code emitted by pf4
| (to wit: ^[OS) to end-insert-mode, will then delete-to-end-of-line,
| then will place one back into insert-mode.
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Sure, but how long do you want to wait for vi to process non-gold-key
function key sequences?

I've tried this kind of stuff, and eventually return to Emacs for keybinding.
The frustration factor is too large for me.

++Brandon
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