Re: mail-to resolved (Was: Re: [cobalt-users] New Cobalt Forum)

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jens Kristian Søgaard wrote:

> The Wordstar emulation package is already installed on your RaQ, so just
> fire up emacs and write:
> 
> M-x wordstar-mode
> 
> (you can use TAB completion)
> 
> That should give you keybindings that matche the ones in your WordStar
> editor.

It'll be close; not exact; "joe" isn't exactly wordstar, though it's
close.  It's perhaps a bit closer to the old Borland editor, which was
"based on Wordstar".

> You can ofcourse put this in your .emacs file, so that you do not
> have to write that every time you start up the editor.

I'll probably do that.

> But you need to beware of the number 1 newbie mistake regarding Emacs: Don't
> close it!
> 
> (i.e. do not get the habit of starting the editor to edit a file, closing it
> again - moving around in the shell - open the editor again, etc.)

Not sure what you mean; can I shell out from Emacs to do things on the
RaQ?  Or should I open two ssh sessions?

> I suggest that you install the Windows version on your home computer first,
> so that you can get a hang of the system. Most people seem more comfortable
> having the mouse to navigate the point-n-click menus and dialogs, before
> having to use the keyboard only.

I hate mice.  Really.  I type at over 100 wpm, and mice just slow me
down.  But I think I will install it on Windows first.  I have a working
method on the RaQs and other Linux/Unix boxes that work for me.  I don't
want to start messing that up until I'm used to what I'm doing.

> > > (the last part means Meta-x gnus. I.e. press your Meta key while
> pressing x,
> > > and enter gnus and press the enter key)
> > Not sure I know what a Meta key is.
> 
> Oh, I thought you worked with Unix machines normally? (they got Meta keys,
> Compose keys, Menu keys, etc.)

The Unix and Linux systems I work on don't have any keys <smile>.  I
normally use a PC as a window into the systems I work on.

It was quite late last night when I said I didn't know what a Meta key
was.  Of course I do this morning, after a few hours of sleep <smile>. 
Just to prove it <smile, again>... the "Windows95/98 keyboards have a
"windows" key.  That's a meta key <smile, yet again>.

What I should have written was "Not sure which is the Meta key on my
Tera Term terminal emulation under Windows.  Sorry about that.

But... I very seldom have had any use for a Meta key, which is probably
why I have no idea what it is under Tera Term (which I've been using for
over a year.  I think  that Meta keys are used mostly in programs like
Emacs (editors with extensions); and I don't use them much.

Go ahead <smile>; keep exposing my lack of knowledge; that's the only
way I get to learn more <smile, yet again>.

> You can use the ALT key or in need the ESC key on your PC keyboard to
> achieve almost the samme effect.

Thanks.

> > I've got the "Programming with GNU Software" O'Reilly book... It's
> > almost bedtime; I'll take it to bed with me, and read it's Emacs
> > chapter.  It'll give me a place to start.
> 
> Sure, or maybe try reading this book (online):
> 
> http://linux.tomsk.ru/docs/programms/emacs/index.htm

You're telling this to someone who doesn't believe in online
book-reading.  I do it, but I don't like it.  I'll see what I can find
at the Computer Fair today; otherwise I'll do online reading.

Jeff
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