Re: emacs on MAC OS X 10.2

[Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa@mcw.edu>]

Mark:

Check out the documentation for define-key, i.e. C-h f define-key
For example, this is what 'up' should be (I think):
(define-key global-map "\^[OA" 'previous-line)    ;activate  up arrow key

mark belloni wrote:

> help-gnu-emacs:  I am a powerbook G4 OS X 10.2 user and am brand new 
> to GNU Emacs.
>
> To customize GNU Emacs, I have tried to create a .emacs file that is 
> bug free without
> success that works on the terminal.app .
>
> What I would like to do at this time is two fold.
>
> 1.) map the arrow keys to their respective GNU Emacs commands.
> 1a.) preserve the C-x 1 window setting; when butchering the attempt at
>        1.) the window gets split into 2.  I tried to get a macro 
> inserted into
>         .emacs below but it does not work
>
> 2.) map the delete-backward-char command to the "delete" key.  I could 
> not so
>      I chose to map to the "pipe" key instead.
>
> Anyway, below is the butchered .emacs file so far, which needs attention.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Mark
>
> (setq term-file-prefix nil)
> (send-string-to-terminal "\e=")
>
> (fset 'kbdmac                  ; macro to correct the split window
>    "\C-x1\C-m")
>
>
> (define-key global-map "|" 'delete-backward-char)   ;delete key
>
> (define-key global-map "ESC-O A" 'previous-line)    ;activate  up 
> arrow key
> (define-key global-map "ESC-O B" 'next-line)        ;activate  down 
> arrow key
> (define-key global-map "ESC-O C" 'forward-char)     ;activate  right 
> arrow key
> (define-key global-map "ESC-O D" 'backward-char)    ;activate  left 
> arrow key
>
>
>


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Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
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