Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shelby!helens!baroque!jim From: jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Help with GNU Emacs for SGI Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 90 00:58:59 GMT References: <11434@nlm-mcs.arpa> Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Stanford University Lines: 22 In-reply-to: usenet@nlm-mcs.arpa's message of 14 Feb 90 16:49:52 GMT If you really want to make GNU emacs slick and useful, compile it with the X11 support. You'll need to order the X developer's kit, because SGI (unfortunately) unbundled the X include files and libraries from IRIX. Or try using the X11R4 libraries and clients. (I have not tried these with GNU emacs, but it should work.) Don't be discouraged by the extra effort. Having mouse bindings and meta-keys is well worth the hassle of ordering the kit. I also understand that a similar package is available for GNU emacs which allows it to directly use NeWS, but I know next to nothing about it. As for your real question. I don't know enough about wsh's terminal emulation to comment, but I suspect getting mouse events is next to impossible. However, if the function keys generate escape codes, it shouldn't be too hard to hack up an existing "term" file to produce some useful binding. Jim Helman Department of Applied Physics P.O. Box 10494 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94309 (jim@thrush.stanford.edu) (415) 723-4940