Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:54:12 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <19970912005412.37502@gaffaneys.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970911213146.009c5680@cybercom.net>; from The Classiest Man Alive on Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 09:31:46PM -0400 References: <Your <Pine.NEB.3.96.970911135833.433O-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com> <8943.874025373@time.cdrom.com> <3.0.3.32.19970911213146.009c5680@cybercom.net>
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On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 09:31:46PM -0400, The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > Perhaps more to the point, no one has actually commented on the new version > of Zile. I know how resistant programmers can be to change something as > sacred as an editor, but I don't think a quick evaluation/test of the new > editor would kill anybody. Ok, I'll bite. Here is what I came up with after a few minutes of checking it out: (mostly surprises, unfortunately; but this is what you wanted, right?)... If you set the Alt- key to set bit 7, zile ignores that, and outputs \37777777770 for Alt-X (for example). This is the most annoying feature at the moment. You should check for the 'km' feature in the termcap (like emacs), and allow an override; see the 'set-input-mode' function for emacs. The mini-help buffer lists C-x C-q as the quit zile command. All that really succeeds in doing is write-protecting the current buffer. :-) There are a few missing key-strokes (M-w, M-~, M-u are the ones I noticed), and SPACE should be mostly (but not quite) equivalent to TAB on the M-x line. -- Zach Heilig
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