From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs in xterm Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:06:19 +0200 Organization: disorganized Message-ID: <87mz7gl3hg.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162058945 11006 80.91.229.2 (28 Oct 2006 18:09:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:09:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 28 20:09:04 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsc4-0001Cn-UI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:08:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsc4-0003aX-Cj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsbp-0003Xy-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsbo-0003Wy-C6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsbo-0003Wp-7N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gdsbn-0002lJ-Mk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:08:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Gdsbb-00017G-SN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from e178020194.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.20.194]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from david.hansen by e178020194.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:08:27 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: e178020194.adsl.alicedsl.de Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wiZScUuvlfIJGvp9i1We+O8fbTk= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38364 Archived-At: On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:42:06 -0700 don provan wrote: > zeycus writes: > >> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would >> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I >> wish just that, with the same font I am using in that xterm, etc. >> The way it behaves if I launch emacs before starting theX-windows. > > You've got your answer from Mr. Miller, but let me just add that you > might want to give X a chance. I know from personal experience that > the change can be unsettling, but once you get used to multiple > windows for the same edit session and all the other advantages to > emacs under a full window system, there's just no going back. I can > only just barely remember what it was like running emacs stuck in a > single terminal screen. You can't even use you mouse to point at > things, can you? More a matter of taste... I run Emacs in a X frame but only to have more colors and to be able to see images in shimbun or rss articles. I never use the rodent or more than one frame. David