> > Since X has disadvantages, with no apparent benefits for ved usage,
> > can ved run non-X mode on a standard pc under linux ?
"Luc Beaudoin" wrote:
> I used to use ved with a dumb terminal in 1990-1991 as hundreds of
> people did in those days. I'm sure it still works.
> As long as you have a unix command line prompt you should be able
> to get ved going. (Just type ved, if it's in your path.) Is your question:
> how to use a different windowing system apart from
> X-windows under linux? I've only used X under Linux myself.
No; my problem is that ved is unusable outside X-windows.
It acts as if the virtual terminal width was too little; eg. causing 1 char
line-wrap ....
> I assume that ved wouldn't try to apply any xformatting if you're running it
> outside of X-windows, but if it did, you could use ved_strip (ENTER strip) to
> get rid of it. I have this in my vedinit.p:
I havn't got vedinit.p.
A 'similarly' named file refers to vedinit.p, in a comment.
I'm guessing that X-windows handles the formatting/line-width problem
automatically.
>
> > * where is linux's keyboard mapping facility ?
> > * is it sensible to re-map eg. the cursor 4 directions to the arrows ?
>
> Yes.
OK. I see there's masses of stuff about keyboard mapping. And apparently
something about mouse-ing ?
Instead of these tedious acrobatics:----
repeat ;;; position cursor to top
^p
until cursorAtTopProc;
<esc> m; ;;; mark top
repeat ;;; position cursor to bottom
^n
until cursorAtBottomProc;
<esc> <shift> M; ;;; mark bottom
^d ;;; compile/load
I'd like to:------
point to TopProc;
RightMouse;
WipeDownTo BottomProc;
MidMouse; ---------------
To 'compile/load a proc' - similar to oberon operating system.
Since the keys are appaently very programmable, has any one
mapped key sequences to mouse sequences ?
Thanks,
Chris Glur.
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