From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 7 7:33: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199F037B408 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 07:33:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 1580qL-000CgS-00; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:33:01 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f57EX0w44347; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:33:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:33:00 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, grog@lemis.com Subject: emacs under x or console? Message-ID: <20010607153300.G42170@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org question for greg, and other emacs users: i've started using xemacs after reading the evangelism of yourself (grog) and others. so far, it's great. do you take the purist view, and run it in console mode so that you use the same keystrokes whether running it locally or remotely? or do you run it in x mode, to take advantage of the 'better' key mappings and extra features, then just 'change mental mode' when you switch to a remote session? for example, using sticky-modifiers and being able to use my 'alt' key is great in xemacs. but in console mode, this does not work as well, and i also have to reach for the esc key, which really cuts down on efficiency. any thoughts? jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message