gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu (Silver) (01/14/88)
It's summary time, like I promised. Not much of a turn out, I'm afraid. Anyway, here it is, starting with the simple stuff and not getting much more complicated. I discovered AFTER posting that I should have been typing "man gnuemacs" instead of "man emacs". For those of you who don't know what X options are available, I provide a list below. They're pretty self-explanatory. [Thanks to fad@think.com for prying open my stubborn eyes...] This is straight from the man page. Flags .Xdefaults -font <font-name> BodyFont <font-name> -r ReverseVideo (on|off) -i BitMapIcon on -> use kitchen-sink icon -b <pixels> BorderWidth <pixels> -ib <pixels> (InternalBorderWidth <pixels> ?) -fg Foreground (color - see /usr/lib/rgb.txt) -bg Background (color) -bd Border (color) -cr Cursor (color) -ms Mouse (color) -d <display-name> -w =<window-geometry> Default Mouse Bindings left set mark middle set cursor right select (Emacs) window SHIFT-middle put text into X cut buffer (cut text) SHIFT-right paste text CTRL-middle cut text and kill it CTRL-right select this window, then split it into two windows CTRL-SHIFT-left X buffer menu--hold the buttons and keys down, wait for menu to appear, select buffer, and release. Move mouse out of menu and release to cancel. CTRL-SHIFT-middle X help menu--pop up index card menu for Emacs help. CTRL-SHIFT-right Select window with mouse, and delete all other windows. Same as typing CTRL-x 1. Also, look at .../lisp/term/x-win.el to check out bunches of variables and functions that are defined. ---------- jr@bbn.com informs me that he spends most of his time typing at his emacs. I sympathise... :-) But now we can spend time clicking, and resizing, and iconifying, and moveopaque'ing, and, well, *everything*! ---------- Emacs was written by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. Joachim Martillo and Robert Krawitz added the X features. I *like* emacs. Thanks. ---------- Here's some fun code... I ran it once, then let it lie. When he says Warning, it's a sure thing. Thanks, Steve. ;; ;; Stupid waste of time trying to find a use for x-popup-menu.. ;; ;; Use: (find-elisp-file) or M-x find-file-using-menu or something.. ;; ;; Steven Grady ;; grady@postgres.berkeley.edu ;; ...!ucbvax!grady ;; (defun find-elisp-file () "Find some elisp file. Warning - Slow!" (interactive) (find-file-using-menu "/usr/new/lib/emacs/lisp" ".el$")) (defun find-file-using-menu (directory &optional match) "Find file from DIRECTORY, with optional MATCH regexp." (interactive "DFrom directory? sRegexp match? ") (let ((menu (make-file-menu directory match))) (message "Creating menu...") (setq choice (car (x-popup-menu '(20 20) menu))) (if choice (find-file (expand-file-name choice directory))))) (defun make-file-menu (directory &optional match) (let ((files (directory-files directory nil match)) (split-files) (one-list) (pane) (menu '("Files"))) (setq split-files (split-big-list files 10)) (while (not (null split-files)) (setq one-list (car split-files)) (setq pane (list (make-pane-name one-list))) (while (not (null one-list)) (setq pane (append pane (list (list (car one-list) (car one-list))))) (setq one-list (cdr one-list))) (setq split-files (cdr split-files)) (setq menu (append menu (list pane)))) menu)) (defun make-pane-name (l) (concat (car l) "...")) (defun split-big-list (l n) (cond ((null l) l) (t (let ((i 0) (s nil)) (while (< i n) (setq i (+ 1 i)) (setq s (append s (list (car l)))) (setq l (cdr l)) (if (null l) (setq i (+ n 1)))) (append (list s) (split-big-list l n)))))) ---------- And that's all I could muster. Thanks for your responses, [Ag] LOOKING FOR ENTRY-LEVELISH C/LISP PROGRAMMING, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Andy Gaynor 201-545-0458 81 Hassart St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 gaynor@topaz.rutgers.edu ...!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!gaynor "There is no Editor but Emacs, and Lisp is its Prophet."