From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Malte Spiess Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs in xterm Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:20:51 +0100 Organization: Arcor Message-ID: <87slh7zg64.fsf@trick.ulm.malte.spiess> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162111285 26556 80.91.229.2 (29 Oct 2006 08:41:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 29 09:41:25 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 1Ge6EK-0005kt-H6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:41:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ge6EJ-0005zN-IC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:41:19 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5yVGcaIqwZXR9lG0XqKpPWBy3TQ= Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Oct 2006 09:20:51 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 367bd7ed.newsspool4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=3c?SGbTg6dm^Y=RbYBPl4`4IUK?Ukanh Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142755 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38374 Archived-At: don provan writes: > 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? > -don I totally agree. My gf didn't want to use the "window-mode" either at first, but it definitely is way more comfortable, especially for beginners, since the whole stuff with the menu etc can't be used too good in text-mode. Most modes (like auctex, gnus,...) also have some important commands bound to buttons in the top row. Extra hint: I have bound the command "enw" to "emacs -nw" in the shell in case I do want a text-based Emacs every once in a while for short editing purposes. Greetings Malte