Some questions (using Emacs on Aix)

Some questions (using Emacs on Aix)

[Hemond, Steve]

Hi friends,

I have installed Emacs (21.3.3) on Aix and I have some questions before
going ahead and make it available to my users.

First, while in X11 mode, I have two main problems :

1. The DEL key won't erase from the point position. It acts like
BACKSPACE. (I don't have this problem in terminal mode).
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.

In terminal mode (emacs -nw), I have the same MARK SET problem. The DEL
key behaves correctly. But I have a problem:

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?

General question :

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?

Thanks a lot for your support,

Best regards,

Steve Hemond
Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer
Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestieres
La Tuque, P.Q.
Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833
shemond@smurfit.com 

Re: Some questions (using Emacs on Aix)

[Kevin Rodgers]

 > 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?

Read the Backup Files section of the Emacs manual:
(setq make-backup-files nil)

Read the Controlling Auto Save section of the Emacs manual:
(setq auto-save-default nil)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: Some questions (using Emacs on Aix)

[kgold]

"Hemond, Steve" <SHEMOND@SMURFIT.com> writes:
> Hi friends,
> 
> I have installed Emacs (21.3.3) on Aix and I have some questions before
> going ahead and make it available to my users.
> 
> First, while in X11 mode, I have two main problems :
> 
> 1. The DEL key won't erase from the point position. It acts like
> BACKSPACE. (I don't have this problem in terminal mode).

Running GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0, X toolkit):

On my box, the Del key, and all the other keypad keys, act as if Num
Lock is always on.  That is, Del prints a "." Ins prints a "0", etc.

I suppose that's incorrect, but I always use the keypad in Num Lock on
anyway.

BTW, my Delete key works the way you want it to, running delete-char.