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- Message-ID: <199301262043.AA06807@wsrcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:43:14 GMT
- From: wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht)
- Organization: W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA
- References: <9301251905.AA12915@clipper.PhoneMail>
- Subject: Re: dialup (line) mode help
- Newsgroups: alt.lucid-emacs.help
- Path: sparky!uunet!wendy-fate.uu.net!help-lucid-emacs
- Sender: help-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com
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- mickeyf@clipper.zfe.siemens.de (Mickey Ferguson) writes:
- >A while back, I wrote:
- >>I have lucid emacs working just fine for our regular sun users here, but
- >>I'm trying to be able to use it for our dialup users, who only have a
- >>shelltool to work with, and no windows or anything, working on a dumb
- >>terminal. Is there some way of invoking lucid emacs to work inside the
- >>current window or shell in what I'm calling 'line mode' instead of spawning
- >>a new window? I know that I wouldn't get any of the pull-down menus or
- >>mouse support, but that's OK; I just need the main emacs functionality with
- >>one screen. Is this possible?
- >Does nobody have any suggestions? I've received no replies, nor have I seen
- >any postings on this subject. Say it isn't so!
-
- From the lemacs/etc/NEWS file, which you should be able to read with
- "C-h n":
-
- What's Different?
- =================
-
- Lucid GNU Emacs *currently* requires X Windows to run, though it will not be
- much work to make it run on dumb ttys again. We plan to do this soon.
-
- -wolfgang
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- Wolfgang Rupprecht wolfgang@wsrcc.com (or) decwrl!wsrcc!wolfgang
- Snail Mail: 39469 Gallaudet Drive, Fremont, CA 94538-4511
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