leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu (04/22/89)
Hi,
I have several questions. Seem really basic ones to you gurus.
1. First, which editor is the best? I want a full featured editor. There
are (1) gnuemacs called xemacs, (am I right? I did not get the software
yet.), (2) vi, (3) Navigator editor on Smalltalk-80, and finally (4) xedit.
2. On an rlogined system I usually use plain (since I can't use the mouse)
gnuemacs. Can I use mouse with xemacs under xterm? I understand if the
host system allow me to use my system as an X terminal, I might use one. But
usually they do not allow normal users to do that. Then here is an
important question.
3. Our system (Ardent Titan) use XK_BackSpace which is defined as 0xFF08 in
keysymdef.h file as the erase key. But gnuemacs uses 0xFFFF for the
erase key. Remapping C-h and Del inside gnuemacs certainly is not a
good idea. So what if I modify keysymdef.h file? Is it safe?
Thanks
In
leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edubob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (04/25/89)
In article <44000011@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> leein@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
1. First, which editor is the best? I want a full featured
editor.
You're asking a basically religious question :-) You'll just have to
get several and try them out.
There are (1) gnuemacs called xemacs, (am I right? I did not
get the software yet.),
When you make GNU Emacs, it calls itself `xemacs' in the source/build
directory and installs itself as `emacs'. And there's an editor in
there somewhere too :-)
(2) vi,
Has the advantage of ubiquity. That means it's always there when you
need to edit src/config.h to bring up GNU Emacs for the first time :-)
(3) Navigator editor on Smalltalk-80,
Reputed to be very nice in its environment, but I haven't used it.
May be inappropriate for general-purpose work in a mostly-UNIX world.
and finally (4) xedit.
xedit is a reasonable demonstration of X toolkit functions in the
context of a text editor. IMHO, it doesn't have the power and
flexibility to be useful as a day-to-day workhorse editing tool.
2. On an rlogined system I usually use plain (since I can't use
the mouse) gnuemacs. Can I use mouse with xemacs under xterm?
I understand if the host system allow me to use my system as an
X terminal, I might use one.
You can compile GNU Emacs to run as an independent X client - that is,
managing its own resources and its own interaction with the server.
It knows about mouse button hits and can do menus and everything. As
an X client, it can run on one system and display on any other where
there's a network connection betwixt the two - just like you may have
wanted to use xterm.