From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrei Maxim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: GNU Emacs on GNU/Debian Date: 25 Jun 2003 21:06:14 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056575909 22571 80.91.224.249 (25 Jun 2003 21:18:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 23:18:26 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19VHes-0005rZ-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:18:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19VHTI-0000gi-VF for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:06:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!81.196.246.208!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.196.246.208 Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1056575174 28878136 81.196.246.208 (16 [185594]) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114744 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11235 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11235 Hi group, For starters, I'm quite a newcomer when it comes to Linux and I'm still in the process of learning the basics and the tricks of my Debian Woody system. One of my biggest problems (besides finding a nice display manager and a good file manager besides Nautilus) is Emacs. While experimenting with Red Hat 6.x and 7.x and Mandrake 8.x and even Slackware, I got used to punching `emacs' and editing files. I even have a Reference Card printed and glued next to my personal computer. Bottom line is that I like Emacs a lot. Right now I am trying Debian and, even if it was a bit scary at the begining, it worked out fine, except those little yet nasty problems. What's wrong with Emacs, you say? Well, I use a 800x600 video mode and the default Emacs is huge! The fonts are too big and I have to scroll around to be able to write a whole line! I've tried using the `-nw' switch to run it in a terminal window, but my greatest surprize was that the Alt (Meta) key was gone. If I pressed Alt-x I got an extra x in the buffer. In X, when I press Alt-`key' all I get is an annoying beep. I really liked the `standard' Emacs and I am wondering if there is a way to make mine look like it. TIA -- Harder, better, faster, stronger... and I come on CDs too!