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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1587.0. "mg1b" by AYOV28::ATHOMSON (C'mon, git aff! /The Kelty Clippie) Thu Aug 11 1988 08:52

    I've just changed my editor (again) to mg1b (micro GNU emacs) found on
    FF131 and I just love it !!! It's fast and is full of neat little
    utilities (I just LOVE that incremental search !!) BUT I am very
    disappointed that the binary on the Fish disk does not have all the
    amiga specific options compiled in (no mouse, no menus etc.). All the
    sources are there, as well as makefiles for both lattice and Manx. As I
    have no compiler, I can't do anything about it so I was wondering if
    anyone has recompiled it with all the options defined and would be
    prepared to post it to the net somewhere. 
    
    					Alan T.
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1587.1TLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersThu Aug 11 1988 17:414
Re: .0

I just downloaded all of the sources to mg 2a.  I'll compile a version
and upload it (give me a few days).
1587.2taAYOV10::ATHOMSONC'mon, git aff! /The Kelty ClippieFri Aug 12 1988 11:215
    Looking forward to it, many thanks.
    
    Anyone have any idea of the main differences between 1b and 2a ??
    
    				Alan T.
1587.3mg 2aTLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersFri Aug 12 1988 21:519
There are some release notes that I'll upload.  A few minor features
were added and some bugs were removed.

An important bug was fixed.  If a line of text is bigger than the display
screen, the line will now horizontally scroll as you move along it.

Unfortunately for Arexx types, version 2a does not seem to have Arexx
support.  I believe that work was done by someone who never merged it
with the official sources.
1587.4Another flavor of AmigemacsSSDEVO::YESSEComputing at 6200 ft.Tue Aug 16 1988 17:478
FWIW, I recently switched my Emacs from mg1b to the MicroEmacs found in
note 1562 (on MIDEVL::DECUS:[VAXT88A.VAX88A4.RCAS88.AMIGA]). It's a bit
larger, about 190 blocks or so, but seems to have all the bells & whistles
needed for Emacs. Customization is a breeze (see the documentation).
I'd recommend checking it out.

KY

1587.5Can we get mg1b first ?TEDDY::MYEEweave it from moonbeams and starlight...Thu Aug 18 1988 19:149
    
    Can someone upload mg1b while mg2a is cooking?  Mg1b sounds like
    a great editor.  Please keep shareware and freeware alive!!  BTW:
    I have the Boing machine from one of the Amicus disk if anyone is
    interested (and it is not on the net).  Boing Machine is a really
    neat Sculpt-3d animation of the Amiga Boing ball going through a
    Rube Goldberg contraption.
    
    -Mike
1587.6Upload Boing machinePUERTO::ALVAREZMiguel,from sunny Puerto RicoThu Aug 18 1988 20:1013
    < Note 1587.5 by TEDDY::MYEE "weave it from moonbeams and starlight..." >
                          -< Can we get mg1b first ? >-

>    I have the Boing machine from one of the Amicus disk if anyone is
>    interested.....
>
>        -Mike

 	I'm interested. Please upload.
    
    Thanks.
    
    Miguel
1587.7MG 2a AvailableTLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersThu Aug 18 1988 20:2718
I've finally got mg 2a uploaded (via Kermit).  The files are:

TLE""::C2$:[RMEYERS.MG2A]

MG2A-DOS.SHAR;1     MG2A.ARC;1          MG2A.FIX;1          MG2A.SH1;1         
MG2A.SH10;1         MG2A.SH11;1         MG2A.SH12;1         MG2A.SH13;1        
MG2A.SH14;1         MG2A.SH15;1         MG2A.SH2;1          MG2A.SH3;1         
MG2A.SH4;1          MG2A.SH5;1          MG2A.SH6;1          MG2A.SH7;1         
MG2A.SH8;1          MG2A.SH9;1      

Total of 18 files.

MG2A.ARC contains the executable plus three doc files.  The *.SH* files
contain the original source distribution from usenet. 

I built the executable with all features enabled.  A fun feature is that
if you click the mouse in the lower left corner, the Emacs window is
iconified.
1587.8keypad mappingANT::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeWed Aug 24 1988 20:316
    
    Is it possible to bind the keypad keys without messing up other
    numeric characters in mg2a?  The method used for keymapping probably
    precludes this but I thought I'd ask...
    
    - steve
1587.9So you want EDT mode...TLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersThu Aug 25 1988 19:117
Re: .8

Try it and see.

I think the mg2a does its own keymapping, so if you want to edit
the source you can make it distinguish between the keypad and the
normal digit keys.