From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Silvio Levy Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Keybindings for Emacs with no X? Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:09:37 -0800 Message-ID: <20120203200937.CEE6A181131@neo.msri.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328299792 30923 80.91.229.3 (3 Feb 2012 20:09:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:09:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Bob Proulx Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 03 21:09:52 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RtPS8-0002Pp-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:09:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56293 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RtPS7-0002ve-Ej for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:09:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38632) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RtPS2-0002vK-RR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:09:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RtPS0-00034t-QC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:09:42 -0500 Original-Received: from spike.lmi.net ([66.117.140.17]:58733) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RtPS0-000338-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:09:40 -0500 Original-Received: from neo.msri.org (75-101-50-210.dsl.static.sonic.net [75.101.50.210]) by spike.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3410C154193; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by neo.msri.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CEE6A181131; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:37 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from neo.msri.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by neo.msri.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B548A1803C2; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:37 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:58:21 -0700 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 66.117.140.17 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83636 Archived-At: > > Why not use a GUI based emacs? > One reason is because logging in over a high latency connection to a > server on the other side of the world and trying to throw the X11 > display back over the very slow global Internet is a test of patience. I can attest that for remote editing -- even across town in one of the most technologically enabled areas of the US -- X emacs is less satisfactory than emacs in a text terminal. Silvio