Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:31:10 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to modify a "word" definition Message-ID: <20011119003110.A860@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 07:40:08AM -0600 References: <58119620@toto.iv> <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org>
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in message <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org>, wrote Mike Meyer thusly... > > parv <parv_@yahoo.com> types: > > > in message <5kzo5k4t8e.o5k@localhost.localdomain>, > > wrote Gary W. Swearingen thusly... > > > > > If you want really good control over mousing things (in or out of X), > > > use the XEmacs (or similar) shell mode where you can make the mouse > > > recognize any thing you want and even have it (with ctrl, shift, alt, > > > extra characters, etc.) grab words, lines, URLs, filenames, or whatever, ... > > > > > i see only 2 "standard" editing modes in bash and ksh: "emacs" and > > "vi". no "XEmacs" mode; i suppose you were referring to "emacs" > > mode... which i already have. ... > Gary is referring to running a shell inside of Emacs - or XEmacs. In > emacs, it's possible to associate a process with a buffer, such that > output from the process is appended to the buffer, and the newline key > causes input back to the prompt to be sent to the process. ( other emacs & shell interaction explanation deleted. ) mike, your reply cleared the things as gary s. wasn't explicit enough for ignorant like me. this thread had been rather educational for me. i thank everybody for their replies. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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