MANSFIEL@EMBL.BITNET (Niall Mansfield) (07/31/87)
I've just started using X, and would like to use Emacs with
it. I've #define'd HAVE_X_WINDOWS and recompiled: now when
run under X up pops a window and everything's fine.
However, I don't know where to go from here. Specifically
1. How can I use the mouse in conjunction with Emacs?
2. What are the specific advantages of X for Emacs
(and vice versa)?
3. In the x*.el files there's talk of menus - how do
I use them?
4. I can't find any documentation about these and
other X/Emacs stuff - can anyone point me in the
right direction?
Thanks in advance,bob@OHIO-STATE.ARPA (Bob Sutterfield) (07/31/87)
> Date: Fri 31 Jul 87 14:50:45 N > To: info-gnu-emacs@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU > From: Niall Mansfield <MANSFIEL%EMBL.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> > Subject: GNU Emacs and X-Windows > > ... (Emacs runs fine under X, now for the finer points)... > > 1. How can I use the mouse in conjunction with Emacs? Read the GNU Emacs on-line manual page (etc/emacs.1), in the section "Using Emacs with X", the subsection "Using the Mouse". It's on page 5 if you read it on your screen. > 2. What are the specific advantages of X for Emacs > (and vice versa)? Fairly intelligent manipulation of the bitmap, mouse control, fun fonts, iconifiability, helpful menus tied to the mouse (if you have -lXMenu), client/server separation for remote editing... All in all, a Good Time. > 3. In the x*.el files there's talk of menus - how do > I use them? If you #defined HAVE_X_MENU in your src/config.h, and have -lXMenu accessible, then look at the manual page. They're tied to ctrl-shift-left and ctrl-shift-middle. > 4. I can't find any documentation about these and > other X/Emacs stuff - can anyone point me in the > right direction? About the only documentation that exists right now, other than in the manual page, is the source itself. It's been developed ahead of its documentation's inclusion in the major emacs.tex paper-manual sources. ------ Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 bob@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!bob soon: bob@aargh.cis.ohio-state.edu
wohler@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM (Bill Wohler) (08/01/87)
in addition to bob's comments, here is a x windows mouse key bindings quick reference card that is just the right size for glue sticking to your sun keyboard. --bw .\" X windows gnuemacs key bindings. .\" Print with `tbl xemacs.keys | troff` .\" .rs .sp 1i .ps 6 .vs 7 .TS box; cfI s s c | c | c l | l | l. Gnuemacs Key Bindings for X Windows = Key Button Function _ Unshifted left x-mouse-set-mark \^ middle x-mouse-set-point \^ right x-mouse-select _ Control middle x-cut-and-wipe-text \^ right x-mouse-select-and-split _ Shift middle x-cut-text \^ right x-paste-text _ Control-Shift left x-buffer-menu \^ middle x-help \^ right x-mouse-keep-one-window .TE
wohler@SPAM.ISTC.SRI.COM (Bill Wohler) (08/02/87)
[forwarded back to the list due to the usual mega-lossage; apologies for duplicates --bw] in addition to bob's comments, here is a x windows mouse key bindings quick reference card that is just the right size for glue sticking to your sun keyboard. --bw .\" X windows gnuemacs key bindings. .\" Print with `tbl xemacs.keys | troff` .\" .rs .sp 1i .ps 6 .vs 7 .TS box; cfI s s c | c | c l | l | l. Gnuemacs Key Bindings for X Windows = Key Button Function _ Unshifted left x-mouse-set-mark \^ middle x-mouse-set-point \^ right x-mouse-select _ Control middle x-cut-and-wipe-text \^ right x-mouse-select-and-split _ Shift middle x-cut-text \^ right x-paste-text _ Control-Shift left x-buffer-menu \^ middle x-help \^ right x-mouse-keep-one-window .TE
jr@LF-SERVER-2.BBN.COM (John Robinson) (08/25/87)
And here's the LaTeX version (of the X mouse ref card):
/jr
jr@bbn.com or jr@bbn.uucp
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% X windows gnuemacs key bindings, in LaTeX.
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Gnuemacs Key Bindings for X Windows} \\
\hline \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Key} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{Button} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{Function} \\ \hline
Unshifted & left & x-mouse-set-mark \\
& middle & x-mouse-set-point \\
& right & x-mouse-select \\ \hline
Control & middle & x-cut-and-wipe-text \\
& right & x-mouse-select-and-split \\ \hline
Shift & middle & x-cut-text \\
& right & x-paste-text \\ \hline
Control-Shift & left & x-buffer-menu \\
& middle & x-help \\
& right & x-mouse-keep-one-window \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}