THOMPSON%usc-eclc@sri-unix.UUCP (11/26/83)
From: mark thompson <THOMPSON@usc-eclc> I have FinalWord running on my Rainbow, and am trying to make it as much like Emacs as possible, so that my reflexes dont hurt me when editing. I notice that the designers have put in two 'prefix' characters (one of which seems locked into 'escape'). I can make the other one ^X but i cant seem to bind any commands to the second prefix. Does anyone have a clue as to how this is done, or is this part of something not completely implemented? Since most of the list probably doesnt care at all about this, please reply just to me. Thanks. -mark <thompson@usc-eclc.arpa> -------
ABN.ISCAMS%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (11/26/83)
You know, I kind of have the same problem. My Freedom 100 terminal has all these lovely, lovely function keys, but every doggon one of them gives out the characters ^A,(something unique for that key),CR. Now that's nice and consistent and all -- but do you KNOW what Ctrl-A does in BASIC? Yeah, repeats the last command. Guaranteed to bring you down in a hurry. Any suggestions on how to trap those character sequences emitted by a Freedom 100 control key in Microsoft BASIC, weed out the Ctrl-A, and use the rest? (I don't know how to burn PROMS either, and don't particularly want to replace chips in the terminal unless someone has a good reason why.) Thanks in advance, David Kirschbaum Toad Hall
ABN.COSCOM-CE%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (11/28/83)
I wasn't quite sure whether you wanted t|o trap characters from youer terminal to your Morrow or to the ARPANET ISID. I can show you how to trap characters from your workstation to the ISID effectively crea|ting a mainframe program that will tranlates what you transmit and then sends it on to the program your are running on the ISIB. This uses PCL on the DEC 20. Interested, drop me a message. Kevin Rappold 1LT US Army