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- From: tom@dtint.uucp (Thomas R. Kimpton)
- Subject: Re: Emacs-like editor for MPW 3.2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.005823.23880@dtint.uucp>
- Organization: Digital Technology, International
- References: <kf12clK00iUx06PFt_@andrew.cmu.edu> <c164-aa.721818496@po.berkeley.edu> <RMF.92Nov16201014@chopin.cs.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 00:58:23 GMT
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- In article <RMF.92Nov16201014@chopin.cs.columbia.edu> rmf@chopin.cs.columbia.edu (Robert M. Fuhrer) writes:
- >You can bind keystrokes to commands in MPW 3.2. I've used it to give some
- >Emacs-like aliases to MPW's editor (the arrow keys are in a very retarded
- >configuration on the "Standard" ADB keyboard :-)). Of course, MNE (MPW's not
- >Emacs), so you'll only be able to get very superficially similar behaviour.
- >--
- >
- >-- Bob
-
- In the latest Pre-release version of MPW Shell, SetKey (maybe
- earlier versions also) allows you to bind commands (and
- editor primitives) to not only key combinations, but key sequences,
- here's an example from the notes:
- SetKey control-x-y 'Execute `Request "Enter a Command"`'
-
- Typing control-X followed by a Y will now prompt the user for
- a command, and then execute that command.
-
- Editing primitives are things like:
- "DeleteCharLeft DeleteStartOfFile MoveCharLeft SelectPageDown"
-
- With this kind of functionality I don't suppose it will be long
- until someone comes up with at least a minimal Emacs definitions
- file. But then I don't know much about Emacs...
-
- Tom
-
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