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From: brians@hpcljms.HP.COM (Brian Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: running vi inside GNU emacs vs. ftp-find-file
Message-ID: <860007@hpcljms.HP.COM>
Date: 12 May 89 02:24:38 GMT
References: <39714@bbn.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> The terminal-emulator is close to a real solution, but isn't very
> clean.  Does anyone have a real vt100 emulator?
> 
> -Dave (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)
> 
Dave write that GNU-Emacs would be more useful if it could emulate
a terminal properly, say a vt100 perhaphs.  I agree very strongly
with this and would hope that this is on the list of features
that will be added in the near future. :-?   

I believe that orignal idea was for "terminal.el" was to allow some
kind of terminal emulation, but apparently some cry-baby type that
was working on it decided it was more fun to add cuss words and
just complain about UNIX in general that to add any useful 
functionallity.

If you don't belive this, try looking at the code for terminal.el.
It has more obscence language in it than useful features.

So, I some one wanted to add a terminal emulation capability then 
I know that I would welcome it and would promptly rm all old copies 
of "terminal.el".