From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs on Aix questions Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:42:14 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076428017 11115 80.91.224.253 (10 Feb 2004 15:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 10 16:46:53 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aqa68-0000LP-00 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:46:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aqa5l-0003Qz-M2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:46:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1076427734 132.204.24.84 (Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:42:14 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:42:14 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120807 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16755 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16755 > 1. The DEL key won't erase from the point position. It acts like > BACKSPACE. (I don't have this problem in terminal mode). Take a look at normal-erase-is-backspace-mode. If you know how Emacs could automatically detect this case on AIX, please send us patch. > 2. C-space will start setting a mark, but moving the cursor to select > a range leads to nothing. Like the MARK SET is disabling soon after. Take a look at transient-mark-mode. > 1. The mode line disapears from time to time (often when paging up and > down) like its not refreshed. Is it possible to fix that? This is probably a slight disgreement betwen your terminal and its description in the terminfo/termcap database (although it might also be a bug in Emacs, of course). So we need much more info about the terminal you're using, the setting of your TERM envvar, and maybe also the termcap/terminfo of that TERM setting. > 1. Is is possible to tell emacs not to use backup and temporary files? I > hate listing a directory filled with #file and file~ files, and I don't > really need to backup this way. Can I get rid of that feature easily? For auto-save files (i.e. #..#), see auto-save-default. For backup files, see make-backup-files. I hate my dirs to get dirty, so I turned off make-backup-files, but I still kept auto-save-default because those files disappear as soon as you save your buffer, so they are rare. Stefan