[comp.lang.lisp] VT100 LISPM

raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) (05/02/89)

In article <GERRY.89May1092421@toadwar.toadwar.ucar.edu> gerry@toadwar.ucar.edu (gerry wiener) writes:
>Can I login to a symbolics machine using a vt100, and run an emacs
>editor on the machine, develop code etc., in this manner?  I would
>essentially like to login to a symbolics remotely and get work done
>just as I do on unix machines.  


Yes you can, but you probably wouldn't want to.  I know there is
provision for a non TV tty.  This provides you ZMACS and Lisp
Listener.  Anything else requires mouse/graphics.

I wouldn't reccommend it though.  Maybe just to check up on thinks
from home or a quick hack on a remote site.  This just demonstrates
how powerful (and dependent you can get upon) the development
environment.

This comes from looking through source code.  I know the Lisp Listener
works, but does anyone know if ZMACS still supports this.  Might be
sortof tricky to do a Select-E?

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