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This directory contains the NeXTstep front-end to GNU Emacs. This
is the README for version 2.1.
The "Emacs" front-end has several advantages over running GNU emacs
inside Terminal. The "Alternate" key works as a meta key (as God
intended it to be :-). The "Cut" and "Copy" menu commands send the
region to the pasteboard. The "Paste" menu command sends the
pasteboard to the current buffer and the "Undo" menu command works as
expected. Mouse clicks are interpreted in a reasonable manner (see
the help window and/or lisp/eterm-fns.el for details). In addition,
you can make Emacs the default editor. If that weren't enough, it also
comes with a cutesy icon.
Installation:
(1) There is a compiled copy of the app called Emacs that you can use right
away. In particular for those people who do not have a compiler on their
machine, this is the way to go. If you want to recompile then do step (2)
and (3) below. Otherwise go to step (4)
(2) In the "Emacs" directory, do a "make".
(3) Do a "strip Emacs", afterwards size should be 81920.
(4) Install Emacs in /LocalApps or wherever else you want..
(5) Copy the contents of the directory "lisp" to somewhere in emacs's
load-path. "/usr/lib/emacs/lisp" is recommended. Note that the
file "eterm.el" has to be in the subdirectory named "term".
The files eterm-fns.el and eterm-low.el (and their byte-compiled
counterparts) have changed since release 1.0 and need to be re-installed
if your previous version of Emacs was 1.0. eterm-fns.el has changed
between versions 1.1 and 2.0. The file eterm-low.el was changed for
release 2.1, and must be re-installed with its byte-compiled counterpart.
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Making Emacs the default editor
This file documents a step-by-step procedure to make Emacs (not just "emacs"
the GNU stuff, but the NeXT front-end for emacs, called Emacs-2.1.tar.Z off
the archive servers) the default editor. That is, Emacs will open when a
non-executable file not otherwise claimed by an application is double-clicked
in the Browser.
When a user double-clicks on a doc for an app, the Workspace looks at the
file extension and asks the appropriate app if it is willing to open a doc.
The "appropriate app" is usually the one that registered that extension.
Some files can be opened by many apps, and you can set which app will open a
particular type of file in the Tools panel. But for files with no extension,
or files whose extensions have not been registered by any app, the Workspace
calls its DefaultOpenApp. This is Edit in an unaltered system. You can
change it to Emacs by typing the following to a shell:
dwrite Workspace DefaultOpenApp Emacs
Emacs must be in one of the places that Workspace looks for apps. Kill any
Emacs you might have already, and remove it from the dock.
In the Tools>Inspector... panel, switch to Tools in the popup. Depending on
what kind of file is selected in the browser, a set of app icons that can
handle that file extension are shown. If there is no extension, then either
NO TOOLS is shown, or the over-flowing kitchen sink of Emacs should be
showing. For other extensions, like .c, Emacs should be there, but not the
default (the default is the leftmost and highlighted one). If you want to
open C files in Emacs, select the Emacs icon and click OK. Find a C file,
and double-click. It should start up Emacs and put that file in it. You can
do this with all file types.
I received help from several sources. Thanks to all. Most helpful
were Mark Meuer <meuer@geom.umn.edu> and Tony Zamora
<azamora@hexagon.cs.indiana.edu>.
--J Gregory (jgg@proforma.com)
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Changes since 2.0:
* Fixed annoying, but apparently non-fatal bug that screwed up the
mini-buffer.
* Added support so that multiple files could be opened from the
Workspace.
Changes since 1.1:
* Ported to NeXT OS 2.0
* More font bug fixes.
* Mouse support now ignores double-clicks
Changes since 1.0:
* Some bugs in the mouse support are fixed.
* The arrow keys and the keypad "Enter" now work properly.
* There is now a help window.
* WinLocY now specifies the location of the *top* of the window
* Passes the "Quit" menu item to the child emacs
* Uses the screen (bitmap) font if it is available.
* Fixes the screen font to have an integer character width.
Thanks to Tom Lord for the original "eterm" program.
Thanks to Scott Deerwester for helpful comments and bug fixes.
_.John G. Myers
jgm@fed.expres.cs.cmu.edu
Emacs 2.1 Changes were written by J. Gregory (jgg@proforma.com) using a
Nextcube, 68040, running release 2.1 of the NeXTstep system.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.