From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 18 21:30: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2AAC37B416 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:29:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-008dcwashp096.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.184] helo=moo.holy.cow) by swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 165h0G-0002Ig-00; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:29:56 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E04A650B85; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:31:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:31:10 -0500 From: parv To: Mike Meyer Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to modify a "word" definition Message-ID: <20011119003110.A860@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Mike Meyer , questions@freebsd.org References: <58119620@toto.iv> <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 07:40:08AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <15351.47672.902880.823722@guru.mired.org>, wrote Mike Meyer thusly... > > parv 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