From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 00:31:47 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83ADF106566B for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@ethic.thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557A88FC08 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pABNADLY012265; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@ethic.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id pABNADXx012264; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:10:13 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20111111231010.GA12204@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: anybody know howto do eazy abbrevs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:31:47 -0000 around thanksgiving in 1996 I began using//STUDYING the Xlib set that is behing every other toolkit in the NIX world. I eventually moved to the Athena toolkit. IIRC, there is a faily simple Xlib editor. it would save [or speed up] typing to use abbrevs. without too much effort, do any of you hackers see how it would work to turn: "hw r u gys dng?" into: "how are you guys doing? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org ethic