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1 File: edt-user.doc --- EDT Emulation User Instructions
2
3 For GNU Emacs 19
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6 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7
8 Author: Kevin Gallagher <kevingal@onramp.net>
9 Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <kevingal@onramp.net>
10 Keywords: emulations
11
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26 ============================================================================
27 \f
28 I. OVERVIEW:
29
30 This is Version 4.0 of the EDT Emulation for Emacs 19 and above.
31 It comes with special functions which replicate nearly all of EDT's
32 keypad mode behavior. It sets up default keypad and function key
33 bindings which closely match those found in EDT. Support is
34 provided so that users may reconfigure most keypad and function key
35 bindings to their own liking.
36
37 NOTE: Version 4.0 contains several enhancements. See the
38 Enhancements section below for the details.
39
40
41 Quick Start:
42
43 To start the EDT Emulation, first start Emacs and then enter
44
45 M-x edt-emulation-on
46
47 to begin the emulation. After initialization is complete, the
48 following message will appear below the status line informing you
49 that the emulation has been enabled: "Default EDT keymap active".
50
51 You can have the EDT Emulation start up automatically, each time
52 you initiate a GNU Emacs session, by adding the following line to
53 your .emacs file:
54
55 (add-hook term-setup-hook 'edt-emulation-on)
56
57 IMPORTANT: Be sure to read the rest of this file. It contains very
58 useful information on how the EDT Emulation behaves and how
59 to customize it to your liking.
60
61 The EDT emulation consists of the following files:
62
63 edt-user.doc - User Instructions and Sample Customization File
64 edt.el - EDT Emulation Functions and Default Configuration
65 edt-lk201.el - Built-in support for DEC LK-201 Keyboards
66 edt-vt100.el - Built-in support for DEC VT-100 (and above) terminals
67 edt-pc.el - Built-in support for PC 101 Keyboards under MS-DOS
68 edt-mapper.el - Create an EDT LK-201 Map File for Keyboards Without
69 Built-in Support
70
71 Enhancements:
72
73 Version 4.0 contains the following enhancements:
74
75 1. Scroll margins at the top and bottom of the window are now
76 supported. (The design was copied from tpu-extras.el.) By
77 default, this feature is enabled with the top margin set to
78 10% of the window and the bottom margin set to 15% of the
79 window. To change these settings, you can invoke the function
80 edt-set-scroll-margins in your .emacs file. For example, the
81 following line
82
83 (edt-set-scroll-margins "20%" "25%")
84
85 sets the top margin to 20% of the window and the bottom margin
86 to 25% of the window. To disable this feature, set each
87 margin to 0%. You can also invoke edt-set-scroll-margins
88 interactively while EDT Emulation is active to change the
89 settings for that session.
90
91 NOTE: Another way to set the scroll margins is to use the
92 Emacs customization feature (not available in Emacs 19) to set
93 the following two variables directly:
94
95 edt-top-scroll-margin and edt-bottom-scroll-margin
96
97 Enter the Emacs `customize' command. First select the Editing
98 group and then select the Emulations group. Finally, select
99 the Edt group and follow the directions.
100
101 2. The SUBS command is now supported and bound to GOLD-Enter by
102 default. (This design was copied from tpu-edt.el.) Note, in
103 earlier versions of EDT Emulation, GOLD-Enter was assigned to
104 the Emacs function `query-replace'. The binding of
105 `query-replace' has been moved to GOLD-/. If you prefer to
106 restore `query-replace' to GOLD-Enter, then use an EDT user
107 customization file, edt-user.el, to do this. See edt-user.doc
108 for details.
109
110 3. EDT Emulation now also works in XEmacs, including the
111 highlighting of selected text.
112
113 4. If you access a workstation using an X Server, observe that
114 the initialization file generated by edt-mapper.el will now
115 contain the name of the X Server vendor. This is a
116 convenience for those who have access to their Unix account
117 from more than one type of X Server. Since different X
118 Servers typically require different EDT emulation
119 initialization files, edt-mapper.el will now generate these
120 different initialization files and save them with different
121 names. Then, the correct initialization file for the
122 particular X server in use is loaded correctly automatically.
123
124 5. Also, edt-mapper.el is now capable of binding an ASCII key
125 sequence, providing the ASCII key sequence prefix is already
126 known by Emacs to be a prefix. As a result of providing this
127 support, some terminal/keyboard/window system configurations,
128 which don't have a complete set of sensible function key
129 bindings built into Emacs in `function-key-map', can still be
130 configured for use with EDT Emulation. (Note: In a few rare
131 circumstances this does not work properly. In particular, it
132 does not work if a subset of the leading ASCII characters in a
133 key sequence are recognized by Emacs as having an existing
134 binding. For example, if the keypad 7 (KP-7) key generates
135 the sequence \"<ESC>Ow\" and \"<ESC>O\" is already bound to a
136 function, pressing KP-7 when told to do so by edt-mapper.el
137 will result in edt-mapper.el incorrectly mapping \"<ESC>O\" to
138 KP-7 and \"w\" to KP-8. If something like this happens to
139 you, it is probably a bug in the support for your keyboard
140 within Emacs OR a bug in the Unix termcap/terminfo support for
141 your terminal OR a bug in the terminal emulation software you
142 are using.)
143
144 6. The edt-quit function (bound to GOLD-q by default) has been
145 modified to warn the user when file-related buffer
146 modifications exist. It now cautions the user that those
147 modifications will be lost if the user quits without saving
148 those buffers.
149
150
151 Goals:
152
153 1. Emulate EDT Keypad Mode commands closely so that current EDT users
154 will find that it easy and comfortable to use GNU Emacs with a
155 small learning curve;
156
157 2. Make it easy for a user to customize EDT emulation key bindings
158 without knowing much about Emacs Lisp;
159
160 3. Make it easy to switch between the original EDT default bindings
161 and the user's customized EDT bindings, without having to exit
162 Emacs.
163
164 4. Provide support for some TPU/EVE functions not supported in EDT.
165
166 5. Provide an easy way to restore ALL original Emacs key bindings,
167 just as they existed before the EDT emulation was first invoked.
168
169 6. Support GNU Emacs 19 and higher. (GNU Emacs 18 and below is no
170 longer supported.) XEmacs 19, and above, is also supported.
171
172 7. Supports highlighting of marked text within the EDT emulation on
173 all platforms on which Emacs supports highlighting of marked text.
174
175 8. Handle terminal configuration interactively for most terminal
176 configurations, when the emulation is invoked for the first time.
177
178 9. Support a PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.
179
180 \f
181 II. TERMINALS/KEYBOARDS SUPPORTED:
182
183 Keyboards used under a Window System are supported via the edt-mapper function.
184 The first time you invoke the emulation under a window system, the edt-mapper
185 function is run automatically and the user is prompted to identify which keys
186 the emulation is to use for the standard keypad and function keys EDT expects
187 (e.g., PF1, PF2, KP0, KP1, F1, F2, etc.). This configuration is saved to disk
188 read each time the emulation is invoked.
189
190 In character oriented connections not running a window manager, built-in
191 support for the following terminals/keyboards is provided:
192
193 (1) DEC VT-100 series and higher. This includes well behaved VT clones and
194 emulators. If you are using a VT series terminal, be sure that the term
195 environment variable is set properly before invoking emacs.
196
197 (2) PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.
198
199 Be sure to read the SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS sections to see if those
200 notes apply to you.
201
202 \f
203 III. STARTING THE EDT EMULATION:
204
205 Start up GNU Emacs and enter "M-x edt-emulation-on" to begin the emulation.
206 After initialization is complete, the following message will appear below the
207 status line informing you that the emulation has been enabled:
208
209 Default EDT keymap active
210
211 You can have the EDT Emulation start up automatically, each time you initiate
212 a GNU Emacs session, by adding the following line to your .emacs file:
213
214 (add-hook term-setup-hook 'edt-emulation-on)
215
216 A reference sheet is included (later on) listing the default EDT Emulation key
217 bindings. This sheet is also accessible on line from within Emacs by pressing
218 PF2, GOLD H, or HELP (when in the EDT Default Mode).
219
220 It is easy to customize key bindings in the EDT Emulation. (See CUSTOMIZING
221 section, below.) Customizations are placed in a file called edt-user.el. (A
222 sample edt-user.el file can be found in the CUSTOMIZING section.) If
223 edt-user.el is found in your GNU Emacs load path during EDT Emulation
224 initialization, then the following message will appear below the status line
225 indicating that the emulation has been enabled, enhanced by your own
226 customizations:
227
228 User EDT custom keymap active
229
230 Once enabled, it is easy to switch back and forth between your customized EDT
231 Emulation key bindings and the default EDT Emulation key bindings. (See the
232 sample edt-user.el file below. Look at the binding to GOLD Z.) It is also
233 easy to turn off the emulation (via the command edt-emulation-off). Doing so
234 completely restores the original key bindings in effect just prior to invoking
235 the emulation.
236
237 Emacs binds keys to ASCII control characters and so does the real EDT. Where
238 EDT key bindings and GNU Emacs key bindings conflict, the default GNU Emacs key
239 bindings are retained by the EDT emulation by default. If you are a diehard
240 EDT user you may not like this. The CUSTOMIZING section explains how to change
241 this so that the EDT bindings to ASCII control characters override the default
242 Emacs bindings.
243
244 \f
245 IV. SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS:
246
247 Sun Workstations running X:
248
249 Some earlier Sun keyboards do not have arrow keys separate from the keypad
250 keys. It is difficult to emulate the full EDT keypad and still retain use
251 of the arrow keys on such keyboards.
252
253 The Sun Type 5 and other more recent Sun keyboards, however, do have
254 separate arrow keys. This makes them candidates for setting up a
255 reasonable EDT keypad emulation.
256
257 Depending upon the configuration of the version of X installed on your
258 system, you may find the default X keynames for the keypad keys don't
259 permit Emacs to interpret some or all the keypad keys as something other
260 than arrow keys, numeric keys, Home, PgUP, etc. Both Sun and HP have been
261 particularly guilty of making bizarre keysym assignments to the keypad
262 keys.
263
264 In most cases, the X Windows command, xmodmap, can be used to correct the
265 problem. Here's a sample .xmodmaprc file which corrects this problem on
266 one Sun workstation configuration using an older SunOS release configured
267 with a Sun Type 5 keyboard:
268
269 ! File: .xmodmaprc
270 !
271 ! Set up Sun Type 5 keypad for use with the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation
272 !
273 keycode 53 = KP_Divide
274 keycode 54 = KP_Multiply
275 keycode 57 = KP_Decimal
276 keycode 75 = KP_7
277 keycode 76 = KP_8
278 keycode 77 = KP_9
279 keycode 78 = KP_Subtract
280 keycode 97 = KP_Enter
281 keycode 98 = KP_4
282 keycode 99 = KP_5
283 keycode 100 = KP_6
284 keycode 101 = KP_0
285 keycode 105 = F24
286 keycode 119 = KP_1
287 keycode 120 = KP_2
288 keycode 121 = KP_3
289 keycode 132 = KP_Add
290
291 If edt-mapper.el does not recognize your keypad keys as unique keys, use
292 the command
293
294 xmodmap -pke
295
296 to get a listing of the actual key codes and the keysyms mapped to them
297 and then generate you own custom .xmodmaprc similar to the one above.
298
299 Next, feed .xmodmaprc to the xmodmap command and all the Sun Type 5 keypad
300 keys will now be configurable for the emulation of an LK-201 keypad (less
301 the comma key). In this example, the line
302
303 keycode 105 = F24
304
305 changes the X Windows name of the keypad NumLock key to be known
306 internally as the F24 key. Doing so permits it to be configured to behave
307 as the PF1 (Gold) key.
308
309 The side effect of this change is that you will no longer have a NumLock
310 key. If you are using other software under X which requires a NumLock
311 key, then examine your keyboard and look for one you don't use and
312 redefine it to be the NumLock key. Basically, you need to clear the
313 NumLock key from being assigned as a modifier, assign it to the key of
314 your choice, and then add it back as a modifier. (See the "General Notes
315 on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System" section below for
316 further help on how to do this.)
317
318 PC users running MS-DOS:
319
320 By default, F1 is configured to emulate the PF1 (GOLD) key. But NumLock
321 can be used instead if you load a freeware TSR distributed with MS-Kermit,
322 call gold.com. This was once distributed in a file called gold22.zip and
323 came with the source code as well as a loadable binary image. (See
324 edt-pc.el in the Emacs lisp/emulation directory for more information.)
325
326 PC users running GNU/Linux:
327
328 The default X server configuration varies from distribution to
329 distribution and release to release of GNU/Linux. If your system fails to
330 recognize the keypad keys as distinct keys, change the NumLock state,
331 turning it on or off, as the case may be, then try again. If this doesn't
332 solve your problem, you may have to modify the X keysym mappings with
333 xmodmap.
334
335 On one distribution on an Intel PC, the following .xmodmaprc set things up
336 nicely.
337
338 ! File: .xmodmaprc
339 !
340 ! Set up PC keypad under GNU/Linux for the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation
341 !
342 clear mod2
343 keycode 77 = F12
344 keycode 96 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
345 add mod2 = Num_Lock
346
347 In this example, after feeding the file to the xmodmap command, the PC
348 NumLock keypad key will be configurable for the emulation of the PF1 key.
349 The PC keypad can now emulate an LK-201 keypad (less the comma key), the
350 standard keyboard supplied with DEC terminals VT-200 and above. This
351 .xmodmaprc file switches the role of the F12 and NumLock keys. It has
352 been tested on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2. Other versions of GNU/Linux may
353 require different keycodes. (See the "General Notes on Using NumLock for
354 the PF1 Key on a Unix System" section below for further help on how to do
355 this.)
356
357 NOTE: Remember, it may be necessary to have NumLock in one position (ON)
358 or the other (OFF) for the PC keypad to emulate the LK-201 keypad
359 properly.
360 \f
361 General Notes on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System:
362
363 Making the physical NumLock key available for use in the EDT
364 Emulation requires some modification to the default X Window
365 settings. Since the keycode assignments vary from system to
366 system, some investigation is needed to see how to do this on
367 a particular system.
368
369 You will need to look at the output generated by xmodmap invoked with the
370 "-pm" switch. examined. For example, on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2 on a PC, we
371 get the following output when running xmodmap.
372
373 "xmodmap -pm" yields:
374
375 xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
376
377 shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
378 lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
379 control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
380 mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71)
381 mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
382 mod3
383 mod4
384 mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e)
385
386
387 Note that Num_Lock is assigned to the modifier mod2. This is
388 what hides Num_Lock from being seen by Emacs.
389
390 Now, "xmodmap -pke" yields:
391
392 .
393 .
394 .
395 keycode 77 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
396 .
397 .
398 .
399 keycode 96 = F12
400 .
401 .
402 .
403
404 So, in RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2 on a PC, Num_Lock generates keycode
405 77. The following steps are taken:
406
407 1. clear the assignment of Num_Lock to mod2;
408 2. swap the keycodes assigned to F12 and Num_Lock;
409 3. assign Num_Lock back to mod2.
410
411 The .xmodmaprc file looks like this:
412
413 ! File: .xmodmaprc
414 !
415 ! Set up PC keypad under GNU/Linux for the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation
416 !
417 clear mod2
418 keycode 77 = F12
419 keycode 96 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
420 add mod2 = Num_Lock
421
422 So, after executing "xmodmap .xmodmaprc", a press of the physical
423 F12 key looks like a Num_Lock keypress to X. Also, a press of the
424 physical NumLock key looks like a press of the F12 key to X.
425
426 Now, edt-mapper.el will see "f12" when the physical NumLock key
427 is pressed, allowing the NumLock key to be used as the EDT PF1
428 (Gold) key.
429 \f
430 V. HOW DOES THIS EDT EMULATION DIFFER FROM REAL EDT?:
431
432 In general, you will find that this emulation of EDT replicates most, but not
433 all, of EDT's most used Keypad Mode editing functions and behavior. It is not
434 perfect, but most EDT users who have tried the emulation agree that it is
435 quite good enough to make it easy for die-hard EDT users to move over to using
436 GNU Emacs.
437
438 Here's a list of the most important differences between EDT and this GNU Emacs
439 EDT Emulation. The list is short but you must be aware of these differences
440 if you are to use the EDT Emulation effectively.
441
442 1. Entering repeat counts works a little differently than in EDT.
443
444 EDT allows users to enter a repeat count before entering a command that
445 accepts repeat counts. For example, when using the real EDT, pressing
446 these three keys in sequence, GOLD 5 KP1, will move the cursor in the
447 current direction 5 words. This does NOT work in Emacs!
448
449 Emacs provides two ways to enter repeat counts and neither involves using
450 the GOLD key. First, repeat counts can be entered in Emacs by using the
451 ESC key. For example, pressing these keys in sequence, ESC 1 0 KP1, will
452 move the cursor in the current direction 10 words. Second, Emacs provides
453 another command called universal-argument that can be used to do the same
454 thing. Normally, in Emacs has this bound to C-u.
455
456 2. EDT's line mode commands and nokeypad mode commands are NOT supported
457 (with one important exception; see item 8 in the Highlights section
458 below). Although, at first, this may seem like a big omission, the set of
459 built-in Emacs commands provides a much richer set of capabilities which
460 more than make up for this omission.
461
462 To enter Emacs commands not bound to keys, you can press GOLD KP7 or the DO
463 key. Emacs will display its own command prompt "M-x". This stands for the
464 keypress Meta-x, where Meta is a special shift key. The Alt key is often
465 mapped to behave as a Meta key. So, you can also invoke this prompt by
466 pressing Meta-x. Typing the sequence "ESC x" will also invoke the prompt.
467
468 3. Selected text is highlighted ONLY on systems where Emacs supports the
469 highlighting of text.
470
471 4. Just like in TPU/EVE, the ENTER key is NOT used to terminate input when the
472 editor prompts you for input. The RETURN key is used, instead. (KP4 and
473 KP5 (the direction keys) do terminate input for the FIND command, just like
474 in EDT, however.)
475
476
477 \f
478
479 VI. SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EDT EMULATION, AND SOME COMPARISONS TO THE
480 ORIGINAL GNU EMACS EDT EMULATION:
481
482 1. The EDT define key command is supported (edt-define-key) and is bound to
483 C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are enabled
484 or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used. The TPU/EVE
485 learn command is supported but not bound to a key in the default EDT mode
486 but is bound in the sample edt-user.el file.
487
488 Unlike the TPU/EVE learn command, which uses one key to begin the learn
489 sequence, C-l, and another command to remember the sequence, C-r, this
490 version of the learn command (edt-learn) serves as a toggle to both begin
491 and to remember the learn sequence.
492
493 Many users who change the meaning of a key with the define key and the
494 learn commands, would like to be able to restore the original key binding
495 without having to quit and restart emacs. So a restore key command is
496 provided to do just that. When invoked, it prompts you to press the key
497 to which you wish the last replaced key definition restored. It is bound
498 to GOLD C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are
499 enabled or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used.
500
501 2. Direction support is fully supported.
502
503 3. All original Emacs bindings are fully restored when EDT emulation is turned
504 off. So, if a fellow worker comes over to your terminal to help you with a
505 software problem, for example, and is completely confused by your EDT
506 emulation bindings, just enter the command, edt-emulation-off, at the M-x
507 prompt and the original Emacs bindings will be restored. To resume the EDT
508 emulation, just enter edt-emulation-on.
509
510 4. User custom EDT bindings are kept separate from the default EDT bindings.
511 One can toggle back and forth between the custom EDT bindings and default
512 EDT bindings.
513
514 5. The Emacs functions in edt.el attempt to emulate, where practical, the
515 exact behavior of the corresponding EDT keypad mode commands. In a few
516 cases, the emulation is not exact, but we hope you will agree it is close
517 enough. In a very few cases, we chose to use the Emacs way of handling
518 things. As mentioned earlier, we do not emulate the EDT SUBS command.
519 Instead, we chose to use the Emacs query-replace function, which we find
520 to be easier to use.
521
522 6. Emacs uses the regexp assigned to page-delimiter to determine what marks a
523 page break. This is normally "^\f", which causes the edt-page command to
524 ignore form feeds not located at the beginning of a line. To emulate the
525 EDT PAGE command exactly, page-delimiter is set to "\f" when EDT emulation
526 is turned on, and restored to "^\f" when EDT emulation is turned off.
527 But, since some users prefer the Emacs definition of a page break, or may
528 wish to preserve a customized definition of page break, one can override
529 the EDT definition by placing
530
531 (setq edt-keep-current-page-delimiter t)
532
533 in your .emacs file. Or, you can used the Emacs customize command
534 to change its setting.
535
536 7. The EDT definition of a section of a terminal window is hardwired to be 16
537 lines of its one-and-only 24-line window (the EDT SECT command bound to
538 KP8). That's two-thirds of the window at a time. Since Emacs, like
539 TPU/EVE, can handle multiple windows of sizes of other than 24 lines, the
540 definition of section used here has been modified to two-thirds of the
541 current window. (There is also an edt-scroll-window function which you
542 may prefer over the SECT emulation.)
543
544 8. Cursor movement and deletion involving word entities is identical to EDT.
545 This, above all else, gives the die-hard EDT user a sense of being at
546 home. Also, an emulation of EDT's SET ENTITY WORD command is provided,
547 for those users who like to customize movement by a word at a time to
548 their own liking.
549
550 9. EDT's FIND and FNDNXT are supported.
551
552 10. EDT's APPEND, REPLACE, and SUBS commands are supported.
553
554 11. CHNGCASE is supported. It works on individual characters or selected
555 text, if SELECT is active. In addition, two new commands are provided:
556 edt-lowercase and edt-uppercase. They work on individual WORDS or
557 selected text, if SELECT is active.
558
559 12. Form feed and tab insert commands are supported.
560
561 13. A new command, edt-duplicate-word, is provided. If you experiment with
562 it, you might find it to be surprisingly useful and may wonder how you
563 ever got along without it! It is assigned to C-j in the sample
564 edt-user.el customization files.
565
566 14. TPU/EVE's Rectangular Cut and Paste functions (originally from the EVE-Plus
567 package) are supported. But unlike the TPU/EVE versions, these here
568 support both insert and overwrite modes. The seven rectangular functions
569 are bound to F7, F8, GOLD-F8, F9, GOLD-F9, F10, and GOLD-F10 in the
570 default EDT mode.
571
572 15. The original EDT emulation package set up many default regular and GOLD
573 bindings. We tried to preserve most (but not all!) of these, so users of
574 the original emulation package will feel more at home.
575
576 Nevertheless, there are still many GOLD key sequences which are not bound
577 to any functions. These are prime candidates to use for your own
578 customizations.
579
580 Also, there are several commands in edt.el not bound to any key. So, you
581 will find it worthwhile to look through edt.el for functions you may wish
582 to add to your personal customized bindings.
583
584 16. The VT200/VT300 series terminals steal the function keys F1 to F5 for
585 their own use. These do not generate signals which are sent to the host.
586 So, edt.el does not assign any default bindings to F1 through F5.
587
588 In addition, our VT220 terminals generate an interrupt when the F6 key is
589 pressed (^C or ^Y, can't remember which) and not the character sequence
590 documented in the manual. So, binding emacs commands to F6 will not work
591 if your terminal behaves the same way.
592
593 17. The VT220 terminal has no ESC, BS, nor LF keys, as does a VT100. So the
594 default EDT bindings adopt the standard DEC convention of having the F11,
595 F12, and F13 keys, on a VT200 series (and above) terminal, assigned to the
596 same EDT functions that are bound to ESC, BS, and LF on a VT100 terminal.
597
598 18. Each user, through the use of a private edt-user.el file, can customize,
599 very easily, personal EDT emulation bindings.
600
601 19. The EDT SELECT and RESET functions are supported. However, unlike EDT,
602 pressing RESET to cancel text selection does NOT reset the existing
603 setting of the current direction.
604
605 We also provide a TPU/EVE like version of the single SELECT/RESET
606 function, called edt-toggle-select, which makes the EDT SELECT function
607 into a toggle on/off switch. That is, if selection is ON, pressing SELECT
608 again turns selection off (cancels selection). This function is used in
609 the sample edt-user.el customization files.
610
611 20. EDT scroll margins are supported, but are disabled by default. (See
612 CUSTOMIZING section below for instructions on how to enable them.)
613 \f
614
615 VII. CUSTOMIZING:
616
617 Most EDT users, at one time or another, make some custom key bindings, or
618 use someone else's custom key bindings, which they come to depend upon just as
619 if they were built-in bindings. This EDT Emulation for GNU Emacs is designed
620 to make it easy to customize bindings.
621
622 If you wish to customize the EDT Emulation to use some of your own key
623 bindings, you need to make a private version of edt-user.el in your own
624 private lisp directory. There are two sample files edt-user.el1 and
625 edt-user.el2 for you to use as templates and for ideas. Look at
626 edt-user.el1 first. Unless you will be using two or more very different
627 types of terminals on the same system, you need not look at edt-user.el2.
628
629 First, you need to have your own private lisp directory, say ~/lisp, and
630 you should add it to the GNU Emacs load path.
631
632 NOTE: A few sites have different load-path requirements, so the above
633 directions may need some modification if your site has such special
634 needs.
635
636
637 Creating your own edt-user.el file:
638
639 A sample edt-user.el file is attached to the end of this user documentation.
640 You should use it as a guide to learn how you can customize EDT emulation
641 bindings to your own liking. Names used to identify the set of LK-201
642 keypad and function keys are:
643
644 Keypad Keys:
645 PF1 PF2 PF3 PF4
646 KP7 KP8 KP9 KP-
647 KP4 KP5 KP6 KP,
648 KP1 KP2 KP3
649 KP0 KPP KPE
650
651 Arrow Keys:
652 LEFT RIGHT DOWN UP
653
654 Function Keys:
655 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14
656 HELP DO F17 F18 F19 F20
657
658 FIND INSERT REMOVE
659 SELECT PREVIOUS NEXT
660
661 Note:
662 Many VT-200 terminals, and above, steal function keys F1 thru
663 F5 for terminal setup control and don't send anything to the
664 host if pressed. So customizing bindings to these keys may
665 not work for you.
666
667 There are three basic functions that do the EDT emulation custom bindings:
668 edt-bind-key, edt-bind-gold-key, and edt-bind-function-key.
669
670 The first two are for binding functions to keys which are standard across most
671 keyboards. This makes them keyboard independent, making it possible to define
672 these key bindings for all terminals in the file edt.el.
673
674 The first, edt-bind-key, is used typically to bind emacs commands to
675 control keys, although some people use it to bind commands to other keys, as
676 well. (For example, some people use it to bind the VT200 seldom used
677 back-tick key (`) to the function "ESC-prefix" so it will behave like an ESC
678 key.) The second function, edt-bind-gold-key, is used to bind emacs commands
679 to gold key sequences involving alpha-numeric keys, special character keys,
680 and control keys.
681
682 The third function, edt-bind-function-key, is terminal dependent and is defined
683 in a terminal specific file (see edt-vt100.el for example). It is used to bind
684 emacs commands to LK-201 function keys, to keypad keys, and to gold sequences
685 of those keys.
686
687
688 SPECIFYING WORD ENTITIES:
689
690 The variable edt-word-entities is used to emulate EDT's SET ENTITY WORD
691 command. It contains a list of characters to be treated as words in
692 themselves. If the user does not define edt-word-entities in his/her .emacs
693 file, then it is set up with the EDT default containing only TAB.
694
695 The characters are stored in the list by their numerical values, not as
696 strings. Emacs supports several ways to specify the numerical value of a
697 character. One method is to use the question mark: ?A means the numerical
698 value for A, ?/ means the numerical value for /, and so on. Several
699 unprintable characters have special representations:
700
701 ?\b specifies BS, C-h
702 ?\t specifies TAB, C-i
703 ?\n specifies LFD, C-j
704 ?\v specifies VTAB, C-k
705 ?\f specifies FF, C-l
706 ?\r specifies CR, C-m
707 ?\e specifies ESC, C-[
708 ?\\ specifies \
709
710 Here are some examples:
711
712 (setq edt-word-entities '(?\t ?- ?/)) ;; Specifies TAB, - , and /
713 (setq edt-word-entities '(?\t) ;; Specifies TAB, the default
714
715 You can also specify characters by their decimal ascii values:
716
717 (setq edt-word-entities '(9 45 47)) ;; Specifies TAB, - , and /
718
719
720 ENABLING EDT CONTROL KEY SEQUENCE BINDINGS:
721
722 Where EDT key bindings and GNU Emacs key bindings conflict, the default GNU
723 Emacs key bindings are retained by default. Some diehard EDT users may not
724 like this. So, if the variable edt-use-EDT-control-key-bindings is set to
725 true in a user's .emacs file, then the default EDT Emulation mode will enable
726 most of the original EDT control key sequence bindings. If you wish to do
727 this, add the following line to your .emacs file:
728
729 (setq edt-use-EDT-control-key-bindings t)
730
731
732 SETTING SCROLL MARGINS:
733
734 Scroll margins at the top and bottom of the window are now supported. (The
735 design was copied from tpu-extras.el.) By default, this feature is enabled
736 with the top margin set to 10% of the window and the bottom margin set to 15%
737 of the window. To change these settings, you can invoke the function
738 edt-set-scroll-margins in your .emacs file. For example, the following line
739
740 (edt-set-scroll-margins "20%" "25%")
741
742 sets the top margin to 20% of the window and the bottom margin to 25% of the
743 window. To disable this feature, set each margin to 0%. You can also invoke
744 edt-set-scroll-margins interactively while EDT Emulation is active to change
745 the settings for that session.
746
747 NOTE: Another way to set the scroll margins is to use the Emacs customization
748 feature (not available in Emacs 19) to set the following two variables
749 directly:
750
751 edt-top-scroll-margin and edt-bottom-scroll-margin
752
753 Enter the Emacs `customize' command. First select the Editing group and then
754 select the Emulations group. Finally, select the Edt group and follow the
755 directions.
756 \f
757 DEFAULT EDT Keypad
758
759 F7: Copy Rectangle +----------+----------+----------+----------+
760 F8: Cut Rect Overstrike |Prev Line |Next Line |Bkwd Char |Frwd Char |
761 G-F8: Paste Rect Overstrike | (UP) | (DOWN) | (LEFT) | (RIGHT) |
762 F9: Cut Rect Insert |Window Top|Window Bot|Bkwd Sent |Frwd Sent |
763 G-F9: Paste Rect Insert +----------+----------+----------+----------+
764 F10: Cut Rectangle
765 G-F10: Paste Rectangle
766 F11: ESC
767 F12: Beginning of Line +----------+----------+----------+----------+
768 G-F12: Delete Other Windows | GOLD | HELP | FNDNXT | DEL L |
769 F13: Delete to Begin of Word | (PF1) | (PF2) | (PF3) | (PF4) |
770 HELP: Keypad Help |Mark Wisel|Desc Funct| FIND | UND L |
771 G-HELP: Emacs Help +----------+----------+----------+----------+
772 DO: Execute extended command | PAGE | SECT | APPEND | DEL W |
773 C-g: Keyboard Quit | (7) | (8) | (9) | (-) |
774 G-C-g: Keyboard Quit |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Regio| REPLACE | UND W |
775 C-h: Beginning of Line +----------+----------+----------+----------+
776 G-C-h: Emacs Help | ADVANCE | BACKUP | CUT | DEL C |
777 C-i: Tab Insert | (4) | (5) | (6) | (,) |
778 C-j: Delete to Begin of Word | BOTTOM | TOP | Yank | UND C |
779 C-k: Define Key +----------+----------+----------+----------+
780 G-C-k: Restore Key | WORD | EOL | CHAR | Next |
781 C-l: Form Feed Insert | (1) | (2) | (3) | Window |
782 C-n: Set Screen Width 80 | CHNGCASE | DEL EOL |Quoted Ins| !
783 C-r: Isearch Backward +---------------------+----------+ (ENTER) |
784 C-s: Isearch Forward | LINE | SELECT | !
785 C-t: Display the Time | (0) | (.) | Query |
786 C-u: Delete to Begin of Line | Open Line | RESET | Replace |
787 C-v: Redraw Display +---------------------+----------+----------+
788 C-w: Set Screen Width 132
789 C-z: Suspend Emacs +----------+----------+----------+
790 G-C-\: Split Window | FNDNXT | Yank | CUT |
791 | (FIND) | (INSERT) | (REMOVE) |
792 G-b: Buffer Menu | FIND | | COPY |
793 G-c: Compile +----------+----------+----------+
794 G-d: Delete Window |SELECT/RES|SECT BACKW|SECT FORWA|
795 G-e: Exit | (SELECT) |(PREVIOUS)| (NEXT) |
796 G-f: Find File | | | |
797 G-g: Find File Other Window +----------+----------+----------+
798 G-h: Keypad Help
799 G-i: Insert File
800 G-k: Toggle Capitalization Word
801 G-l: Lowercase Word or Region
802 G-m: Save Some Buffers
803 G-n: Next Error
804 G-o: Switch to Next Window
805 G-q: Quit
806 G-r: Revert File
807 G-s: Save Buffer
808 G-u: Uppercase Word or Region
809 G-v: Find File Other Window
810 G-w: Write file
811 G-y: EDT Emulation OFF
812 G-z: Switch to User EDT Key Bindings
813 G-1: Delete Other Windows
814 G-2: Split Window
815 G-%: Go to Percentage
816 G- : Undo (GOLD Spacebar)
817 G-=: Go to Line
818 G-`: What line
819 G-/: Query-Replace
820 \f
821 ;;; File: edt-user.el --- Sample User Customizations for the Enhanced
822 ;;; EDT Keypad Mode Emulation
823 ;;;
824 ;;; For GNU Emacs 19 and Above
825 ;;;
826 ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1992, 1993, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
827
828 ;; Author: Kevin Gallagher <kgallagh@spd.dsccc.com>
829 ;; Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <kgallagh@spd.dsccc.com>
830 ;; Keywords: emulations
831
832 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
833 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
834 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
835 ;; any later version.
836
837 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
838 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
839 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
840 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
841
842 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
843 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
844 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
845 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
846
847 ;;; Commentary:
848
849 ;; This file contains GNU Emacs User Custom EDT bindings and functions.
850
851 ;;; Usage:
852
853 ;; See edt-user.doc in the emacs etc directory.
854
855 ;; ====================================================================
856 \f
857 ;;;;
858 ;;;; Setup user custom EDT key bindings.
859 ;;;;
860
861 (defun edt-setup-user-bindings ()
862 "Assigns user custom EDT Emulation keyboard bindings."
863
864 ;; PF1 (GOLD), PF2, PF3, PF4
865 ;;
866 ;; This file MUST contain a binding of PF1 to edt-user-gold-map. So
867 ;; DON'T CHANGE OR DELETE THE REGULAR KEY BINDING OF PF1 BELOW!
868 ;; (However, you may change the GOLD-PF1 binding, if you wish.)
869 (edt-bind-function-key "PF1" 'edt-user-gold-map 'edt-mark-section-wisely)
870 (edt-bind-function-key "PF2" 'query-replace 'other-window)
871 (edt-bind-function-key "PF4" 'edt-delete-entire-line 'edt-undelete-line)
872
873 ;; EDT Keypad Keys
874 (edt-bind-function-key "KP1" 'edt-word-forward 'edt-change-case)
875 (edt-bind-function-key "KP3" 'edt-word-backward 'edt-copy)
876 (edt-bind-function-key "KP6" 'edt-cut-or-copy 'yank)
877 (edt-bind-function-key "KP8" 'edt-scroll-window 'fill-paragraph)
878 (edt-bind-function-key "KP9" 'open-line 'edt-eliminate-all-tabs)
879 (edt-bind-function-key "KPP"
880 'edt-toggle-select 'edt-line-to-middle-of-window)
881 (edt-bind-function-key "KPE" 'edt-change-direction 'overwrite-mode)
882
883 ;; GOLD bindings for regular keys.
884 (edt-bind-gold-key "a" 'edt-append)
885 (edt-bind-gold-key "A" 'edt-append)
886 (edt-bind-gold-key "h" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)
887 (edt-bind-gold-key "H" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)
888
889 ;; Control bindings for regular keys.
890 ;;; Leave binding of C-c as original prefix key.
891 (edt-bind-key "\C-j" 'edt-duplicate-word)
892 (edt-bind-key "\C-k" 'edt-define-key)
893 (edt-bind-gold-key "\C-k" 'edt-restore-key)
894 (edt-bind-key "\C-l" 'edt-learn)
895 ;;; Leave binding of C-m to newline.
896 (edt-bind-key "\C-n" 'edt-set-screen-width-80)
897 (edt-bind-key "\C-o" 'open-line)
898 (edt-bind-key "\C-p" 'fill-paragraph)
899 ;;; Leave binding of C-r to isearch-backward.
900 ;;; Leave binding of C-s to isearch-forward.
901 (edt-bind-key "\C-t" 'edt-display-the-time)
902 (edt-bind-key "\C-v" 'redraw-display)
903 (edt-bind-key "\C-w" 'edt-set-screen-width-132)
904 ;;; Leave binding of C-x as original prefix key.
905 )
906 \f
907 ;;;
908 ;;; LK-201 KEYBOARD USER EDT KEYPAD HELP
909 ;;;
910
911 (defun edt-user-keypad-help ()
912 "
913 USER EDT Keypad Active
914
915 +----------+----------+----------+----------+
916 F7: Copy Rectangle |Prev Line |Next Line |Bkwd Char |Frwd Char |
917 F8: Cut Rect Overstrike | (UP) | (DOWN) | (LEFT) | (RIGHT) |
918 G-F8: Paste Rect Overstrike |Window Top|Window Bot|Bkwd Sent |Frwd Sent |
919 F9: Cut Rect Insert +----------+----------+----------+----------+
920 G-F9: Paste Rect Insert
921 F10: Cut Rectangle
922 G-F10: Paste Rectangle
923 F11: ESC +----------+----------+----------+----------+
924 F12: Beginning of Line | GOLD |Query Repl| FNDNXT |Del Ent L |
925 G-F12: Delete Other Windows | (PF1) | (PF2) | (PF3) | (PF4) |
926 F13: Delete to Begin of Word |Mark Wisel|Other Wind| FIND | UND L |
927 HELP: Keypad Help +----------+----------+----------+----------+
928 G-HELP: Emacs Help | PAGE |Scroll Win|Open Line | DEL W |
929 DO: Execute extended command | (7) | (8) | (9) | (-) |
930 C-a: Beginning of Line |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Parag|Elim Tabs | UND W |
931 C-b: Switch to Buffer +----------+----------+----------+----------+
932 C-d: Delete Character | ADVANCE | BACKUP | CUT/COPY | DEL C |
933 C-e: End of Line | (4) | (5) | (6) | (,) |
934 C-f: Forward Character | BOTTOM | TOP | Yank | UND C |
935 C-g: Keyboard Quit +----------+----------+----------+----------+
936 G-C-g: Keyboard Quit | Fwd Word | EOL | Bwd Word | Change |
937 C-h: Electric Emacs Help | (1) | (2) | (3) | Direction|
938 G-C-h: Emacs Help | CHNGCASE | DEL EOL | COPY | |
939 C-i: Indent for Tab +---------------------+----------+ (ENTER) |
940 C-j: Duplicate Word | LINE |SELECT/RES| |
941 C-k: Define Key | (0) | (.) | Toggle |
942 G-C-k: Restore Key | Open Line |Center Lin|Insrt/Over|
943 C-l: Learn +---------------------+----------+----------+
944 C-n: Set Screen Width 80
945 C-o: Open Line +----------+----------+----------+
946 C-p: Fill Paragraph | FNDNXT | Yank | CUT |
947 C-q: Quoted Insert | (FIND)) | (INSERT) | (REMOVE) |
948 C-r: Isearch Backward | FIND | | COPY |
949 C-s: Isearch Forward +----------+----------+----------+
950 C-t: Display the Time |SELECT/RES|SECT BACKW|SECT FORWA|
951 C-u: Universal Argument | (SELECT) |(PREVIOUS)| (NEXT) |
952 C-v: Redraw Display | | | |
953 C-w: Set Screen Width 132 +----------+----------+----------+
954 C-z: Suspend Emacs
955 G-C-\\: Split Window
956
957 G-a: Append to Kill Buffer
958 G-b: Buffer Menu
959 G-c: Compile
960 G-d: Delete Window
961 G-e: Exit
962 G-f: Find File
963 G-g: Find File Other Window
964 G-h: Keypad Help
965 G-i: Insert File
966 G-k: Toggle Capitalization Word
967 G-l: Lowercase Word or Region
968 G-m: Save Some Buffers
969 G-n: Next Error
970 G-o: Switch Windows
971 G-q: Quit
972 G-r: Revert File
973 G-s: Save Buffer
974 G-u: Uppercase Word or Region
975 G-v: Find File Other Window
976 G-w: Write file
977 G-y: EDT Emulation OFF
978 G-z: Switch to Default EDT Key Bindings
979 G-2: Split Window
980 G-%: Go to Percentage
981 G- : Undo (GOLD Spacebar)
982 G-=: Go to Line
983 G-`: What line
984 G-/: Query-Replace"
985
986 (interactive)
987 (describe-function 'edt-user-keypad-help))