Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:59:09 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991126175909.A318@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991125171956.61298@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911231240360.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <00e101bf3681$44cb04a0$8c0aa8c0@hk.tbv.se> <19991124103253.B2554@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <19991124135521.44585@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991124162753.A21217@penguin.ipunet.com> <19991125141842.49736@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991125201151.D316@marder-1> <19991125160401.08368@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991125215413.C1342@marder-1> <19991125171956.61298@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 05:19:56PM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thursday, 25 November 1999 at 21:54:13 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> >=20
> >
> > Eureka! I've sussed it :) You have to working in the mini-buffer for
> > M-p, M-n to work, i.e. M-x M-p. I didn't realize that.
>=20
> You shouldn't need to. But you *do* need something in the history,
> otherwise it just beeps at you. Load a new file or some such and
> you'll have something there. Insertions like c-y don't count, because
> they're easier to do in other ways.
>=20
No, M-p & M-n only work in the minibuffer (i.e. after typing
M-x). It's the same on my Sun at work (emacs 19.39) and on FreeBSD
(20.3). I guess you've got something in your ~/.emacs that I don't.
Thanks for the letter-mode function, things are better now :)
This is my ~/.emacs:
;; Options Menu Settings
;; =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
(cond
((and (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
(boundp 'emacs-major-version)
(or (and
(=3D emacs-major-version 19)
(>=3D emacs-minor-version 14))
(=3D emacs-major-version 20))
(fboundp 'load-options-file))
(load-options-file "/usr/marko/.xemacs-options")))
;; =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D
;; End of Options Menu Settings
(autoload 'send-pr-mode "send-pr"
"Major mode for sending problem reports." t)
(autoload 'send-pr "send-pr"
"Command to create and send a problem report." t)
(custom-set-variables)
(custom-set-faces)
(global-font-lock-mode t)
(global-set-key "=18=07" 'goto-line)
(defun letter-mode () ;this gets called by F8
(interactive)
(indented-text-mode)
(flyspell-mode nil)
(auto-fill-mode nil) )
> Greg
> --
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> See complete headers for address and phone numbers
--=20
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