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Conference noted::hackers_v1

Title:-={ H A C K E R S }=-
Notice:Write locked - see NOTED::HACKERS
Moderator:DIEHRD::MORRIS
Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 03 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:680
Total number of notes:5456

525.0. "Emacs init file for EDT emulation???" by FXADM::SORRENTINO () Fri Jul 31 1987 14:20

    
    	Does anyone know were I can get an Emacs init file that
    	will make emacs look like EDT?
    
    	Thanks,
    
    	Peter
    
    
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525.1But why?!STAR::NOZELLMarc Nozell - VMS DevelopmentFri Jul 31 1987 14:406
There is one shiped with EMACS in EMACS$LIBRARY:EMACS.TLB. Do \ex edtsim

See DSSDEV::EMACS and EMACSPROCS notefiles also.

-marc
525.2Full EDT required!FXADM::SORRENTINOFri Jul 31 1987 19:3213
    
    	But, Why??....  I knew some one would ask.
    I have an application that uses emacs.  Of course many people
    around this company who use the application what EDT, soooo.
    
    	I need a FULL edt sim.  PF1-7 command line stuff included.
    I also submitted a note in the two conferences mentioned
    in the previous reply.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Peter
    
525.3How about Wordstar compatability?SNDBOX::SMITHWilliam P.N. (WOOKIE::) SmithSun Aug 02 1987 03:1711
    I've heard there's a EMACS 'overlay' to make it look like Wordstar,
    does anyone have a copy of that around?  TPU that looks like Wordstar
    would be great too.
    
    Why?  Because my fingers get confused switching between Wordstar
    on my CP/M machine at home, EDT in RSX on WOOKIE, KED under RT-11,
    TPU/EDT on SNDBOX, and EVE in Notes.....  I suppose if you've got
    TPU that runs under CP/M I could run EVE at home.  :+)
    
    Willie
    
525.4wordstar? yuk.IOSG::HORSFIELDa great lump of water flowing slowly downhill foreverMon Aug 03 1987 07:5514
	re -.1
	
	wordstar? are you serious?
	
	why not use sedt at home. that comes with an edt keypad. you
	can also use sedt as your notes editor, 'cos it runs on VMS,
	CPM (rainbow only?), MSDOS, PCDOS, and on whatever it is the
	atari uses. somebody is getting an ultrix version going
	too.

	there's a conference at CURIE::SEDT - hit kp7 to add to
	your notebook.

	jack 
525.5Wordstar: everyone's second favorite30202::SMITHWilliam P.N. (WOOKIE::) SmithTue Aug 04 1987 12:416
    Yes, I am serious, wordstar really isn't that bad, lots of people
    know it, and with a 7.1xx MHz Z-80 and a 1/2 meg hard disk cache,
    it's substantially faster than EDT.  Besides, my fingers know it!
    
    Willie
    
525.6oh well - i'll agree to differIOSG::HORSFIELDThere cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already fullWed Aug 05 1987 08:378
	yes, i know wordstar too. how can you be content to edit
	just one file at a time? do later versions still dump you
	at the bottom of the file if the search string is not found?
	do they keep earlier versions of files yet? journalling...
		
	(incidentally, i don't like EDT either)
	
	jack :-)
525.7Just user preferenceSNDBOX::SMITHWilliam P.N. (WOOKIE::) SmithSat Aug 08 1987 14:1117
    Well, I very rarely _need_ to edit more than 1 file at a time, and
    if I do there's always SSU or multiple screens on a VaxStation.
    Yes, it still dumps you at the end of the file, but I expect that,
    so it's not a big deal.  As usual, there's only one .BAK file. 
    Most of these make sense, though, as CP/M is not multitasking or
    multiuser and doesn't support version numbers.  My problem is not
    which editor is 'better', but too many different editors!  Get TPU
    to run on CP/M, RT-11, RSX, RTEM, and VMS, and I'd be more than
    happy to take the time to learn all of it's little intricacies.
    
    BTW:  I am told that there are some mock-lisp 'overlays' for EMACS
    that make it look like Wordstar.  WORDSTARsomething.ML, WP.ML, and
    WPPRO.ML appear to work for a friend.  Anyone know if these are
    in any ENET EMACS kits or if they will work with them?
    
    Willie
    
525.8You can spawn an editor from NOTESMARVIN::HEALEYBrendan Healey, WACEFri Dec 04 1987 14:404
    You can select EMACS as your editor in NOTES if you want. See
    help on set profile/editor.
    
    Brendan.