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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.1, Next: Q3.10.2, Prev: Q3.9.4, Up: Customization
-
-3.10: Text Selections
-=====================
-
-Q3.10.1: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
--------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The `zmacs' mode allows for what some might call gratuitous
-highlighting for selected regions (either by setting mark or by using
-the mouse). This is the default behavior. To turn off, add the
-following line to your `.emacs' file:
-
- (setq zmacs-regions nil)
-
- Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
-Select from the `Options' menu `Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Zmacs
-Regions' or type `M-x customize <RET> editing-basics <RET>'.
-
- To change the face for selection, look at `Options->Customize' on
-the menubar.
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.2, Next: Q3.10.3, Prev: Q3.10.1, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.10.2: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I want to change things so that if I select some text and start
-typing, the typed text replaces the selected text, similar to Motif.
-
- You want to use something called "pending delete". Pending delete
-is what happens when you select a region (with the mouse or keyboard)
-and you press a key to replace the selected region by the key you typed.
-Usually backspace kills the selected region.
-
- To get this behavior, add the following line to your `.emacs':
-
- (turn-on-pending-delete)
-
- Note that this will work with both Backspace and Delete.
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.3, Next: Q3.10.4, Prev: Q3.10.2, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.10.3: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
------------------------------------------------------
-
- I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am
-not able to see what's underneath. How do I turn it off?
-
- Put the following in your `.emacs':
-
- (setq isearch-highlight nil)
-
- Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
-Type `M-x customize-variable <RET> isearch-highlight <RET>'.
-
- Note also that isearch-highlight affects query-replace and ispell.
-Instead of disabling isearch-highlight you may find that a better
-solution consists of customizing the `isearch' face.
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.4, Next: Q3.10.5, Prev: Q3.10.3, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.10.4: How do I turn off highlighting after `C-x C-p' (mark-page)?
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Put this in your `.emacs':
-
- (setq zmacs-regions nil)
-
- *Warning: This command turns off all region highlighting.*
-
- Also *Note Q3.10.1::.
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.5, Prev: Q3.10.4, Up: Customization
-
-Q3.10.5: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This has been fixed by default starting with XEmacs-20.3.
-
- With older versions you can turn this feature (if it indeed is a
-feature) off like this:
-
- (defadvice scroll-up (around scroll-up freeze)
- (interactive "_P")
- (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
- (if (interactive-p)
- (condition-case nil
- ad-do-it
- (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max))))
- ad-do-it)))
-
- (defadvice scroll-down (around scroll-down freeze)
- (interactive "_P")
- (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
- (if (interactive-p)
- (condition-case nil
- ad-do-it
- (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min))))
- ad-do-it)))
-
- Thanks to T. V. Raman <raman@adobe.com> for assistance in deriving
-this answer.
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Subsystems, Next: Miscellaneous, Prev: Customization, Up: Top
-
-4 Major Subsystems
-******************
-
- This is part 4 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
-section is devoted to major XEmacs subsystems.
-
-* Menu:
-
-Reading Mail with VM:
-* Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP?
-* Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
-* Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
-* Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
-* Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
-* Q4.0.6:: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
-* Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
-* Q4.0.8:: Remote mail reading with VM.
-* Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
-* Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
-* Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
-* Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here.
-
-Web browsing with W3:
-* Q4.1.1:: What is W3?
-* Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
-* Q4.1.3:: Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
-
-Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus:
-* Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus,argh!
-* Q4.2.2:: [This question intentionally left blank]
-* Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
-* Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line?
-
-Other Mail & News:
-* Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
-* Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it?
-* Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this `movemail' program working?
-* Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
-* Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
-
-Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop:
-* Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop
-* Q4.4.2:: How do I start the Sun Workshop support in XEmacs 21?
-
-Energize:
-* Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize?
-
-Infodock:
-* Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock?
-
-Other Unbundled Packages:
-* Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
-* Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
-* Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14
-* Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
-* Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
-* Q4.7.6:: Is there a MatLab mode?
-
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.1, Next: Q4.0.2, Prev: Subsystems, Up: Subsystems
-
-4.0: Reading Mail with VM
-=========================
-
-Q4.0.1: How do I set up VM to retrieve mail from a remote site using POP?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Use `vm-spool-files', like this for example:
-
- (setq vm-spool-files '("/var/spool/mail/wing"
- "netcom23.netcom.com:110:pass:wing:MYPASS"))
-
- Of course substitute your actual password for MYPASS.
-
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File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.2, Next: Q4.0.3, Prev: Q4.0.1, Up: Subsystems
Q4.0.2: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
(setq vm-reply-ignored-addresses
'("wing@nuspl@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu,netcom[0-9]*.netcom.com"
- "wing@netcom.com" "wing@xemacs.org"))
+ "wing@netcom.com" "wing@xemacs.org"))
Note that each string is a regular expression.
John.John S Cooper <Cooper@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
- ; Don't use multiple frames
+ ; Don't use multiple frames
(setq vm-frame-per-composition nil)
(setq vm-frame-per-folder nil)
(setq vm-frame-per-edit nil)
For mh-e use the following:
(add-hook 'mh-show-mode-hook '(lambda ()
- (smiley-region (point-min)
+ (smiley-region (point-min)
(point-max))))
WJCarpenter <bill@carpenter.ORG> writes: For VM use the following:
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File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.7.3, Next: Q4.7.4, Prev: Q4.7.2, Up: Subsystems
-Q4.7.3: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14.
------------------------------------------------
-
- Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@dormeur.inria.fr> writes:
-
- When byte compiling auctex-9.4g, you must use the command:
-
- xemacs -batch -l lpath.el
+Q4.7.3: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
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File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.7.4, Next: Q4.7.5, Prev: Q4.7.3, Up: Subsystems
Each package bundled with XEmacs means more work for the
maintainers, whether they want it or not. If you are ready to
take over the maintenance responsibilities for the package you
- port, be sure to say so - we will more likely include it.
+ port, be sure to say so--we will more likely include it.
3. The package simply hasn't been noted by the XEmacs development. If
that's the case, the messages like yours are very useful for
Q4.7.5: Is there a MatLab mode?
-------------------------------
- Is there any way I can get syntax highlighting for MatLab .m files?
-Can I "teach" emacs what words are MatLab commands, comments, etc. ?
-
- Ulrich Elsner <elsner@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> writes:
- One way to do this (and much more) is by using the matlab mode.
- (If someone knows where this can be found, please contact the
- XEmacs FAQ maintainer <faq@xemacs.org>.
-
- Instructions on how to install this mode are included in this file.
+ Yes, a matlab mode and other items are available at the MathWorks'
+emacs_add_ons ftp directory
+(ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/contrib/emacs_add_ons).
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File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Miscellaneous, Next: MS Windows, Prev: Subsystems, Up: Top
* Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
* Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
* Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
-* Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15?
+* Q5.0.11:: How do I turn on filladapt for all buffers?
* Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
* Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
* Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
* Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
* Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
* Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
-* Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working
+* Q5.0.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
* Q5.0.20:: Is there a way to start a new XEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?
turned on. This can be done by `M-x font-lock-mode', or by having
XEmacs automatically start it by adding lines like:
- (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
- (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
+ (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
+ (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
to your `.emacs'. See the file `etc/sample.emacs' for more examples.
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File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.0.11, Next: Q5.0.12, Prev: Q5.0.10, Up: Miscellaneous
-Q5.0.11: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15
-----------------------------------------
+Q5.0.11: How do I turn on filladapt for all buffers?
+----------------------------------------------------
- Filladapt 2.x is included in 19.15. In it filladapt is now a minor
-mode and minor modes are traditionally off by default. The following
-added to your `.emacs' will turn it on for all buffers:
+ Filladapt is a minor mode and minor modes are traditionally off by
+default. The following added to your `.emacs' will turn it on for all
+buffers:
(setq-default filladapt-mode t)
You can't. The `info' package does not provide for multiple info
buffers.
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.0.18, Next: Q5.0.19, Prev: Q5.0.17, Up: Miscellaneous
+
+Q5.0.18: [This question intentionally left blank]
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.0.19, Next: Q5.0.20, Prev: Q5.0.18, Up: Miscellaneous
+
+Q5.0.19: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+ David Kastrup <dak@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
+
+ The standard TeX modes leave much to be desired, and are somewhat
+ leniently maintained. Serious TeX users use AUC TeX (*note
+ Q4.7.1::).
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.0.20, Next: Q5.1.1, Prev: Q5.0.19, Up: Miscellaneous
+
+Q5.0.20: Is there a way to start a new XEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:
+ Here is one of the solutions, we have this in a script called
+ `etc/editclient.sh'.
+ #!/bin/sh
+ if gnuclient -batch -eval t >/dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ exec gnuclient ${1+"$@"}
+ else
+ xemacs -unmapped -f gnuserv-start &
+ until gnuclient -batch -eval t >/dev/null 2>&1
+ do
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ exec gnuclient ${1+"$@"}
+ fi
+
+ Note that there is a known problem when running XEmacs and
+ 'gnuclient -nw' on the same TTY.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.1.1, Next: Q5.1.2, Prev: Q5.0.20, Up: Miscellaneous
+
+5.1: Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques
+======================================
+
+Q5.1.1: What is the difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs?
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Erik Naggum <clerik@naggum.no> writes;
+
+ Emacs has a legacy of keyboards that produced characters with
+ modifier bits, and therefore map a variety of input systems into
+ this scheme even today. XEmacs is instead optimized for X events.
+ This causes an incompatibility in the way key sequences are
+ specified, but both Emacs and XEmacs will accept a key sequence as
+ a vector of lists of modifiers that ends with a key, e.g., to bind
+ `M-C-a', you would say `[(meta control a)]' in both Emacsen.
+ XEmacs has an abbreviated form for a single key, just (meta
+ control a). Emacs has an abbreviated form for the Control and the
+ Meta modifiers to string-characters (the ASCII characters), as in
+ `\M-\C-a'. XEmacs users need to be aware that the abbreviated
+ form works only for one-character key sequences, while Emacs users
+ need to be aware that the string-character is rather limited.
+ Specifically, the string-character can accommodate only 256
+ different values, 128 of which have the Meta modifier and 128 of
+ which have not. In each of these blocks, only 32 characters have
+ the Control modifier. Whereas `[(meta control A)]' differs from
+ `[(meta control a)]' because the case differs, `\M-\C-a' and
+ `\M-\C-A' do not. Programmers are advised to use the full common
+ form, both because it is more readable and less error-prone, and
+ because it is supported by both Emacsen.
+
+ Another (even safer) way to be sure of the key-sequences is to use
+the `read-kbd-macro' function, which takes a string like `C-c <up>',
+and converts it to the internal key representation of the Emacs you
+use. The function is available both on XEmacs and GNU Emacs.
+
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q5.1.2, Next: Q5.1.3, Prev: Q5.1.1, Up: Miscellaneous
+
+Q5.1.2: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
+----------------------------------------------
+
+ I wonder if there is an interactive function that can generate
+"fake" keyboard events. This way, I could simply map them inside
+XEmacs.
+
+ This seems to work:
+
+ (defun cg--generate-char-event (ch)
+ "Generate an event, as if ch has been typed"
+ (dispatch-event (character-to-event ch)))
+
+ ;; Backspace and Delete stuff
+ (global-set-key [backspace]
+ (lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 127)))
+ (global-set-key [unknown_keysym_0x4]
+ (lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 4)))
+
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