[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

[John Edwards]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:11:32AM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> John Edwards <john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk> writes:
>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:16:44PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
>>> I use nano an embarrassing amount, because I'm always forgetting to 
>>> forward X on my ssh connections, so I can't use emacs.
>>
>> Emacs should default to terminal mode if $DISPLAY is not set.
>> If it doesn't then you can use the '-nw' option to force it.
> 
> Yes, yes it does, but then it takes over the entire terminal, which
> means I need to open another one...

Doesn't nano work the same way?


For emacs I use Control-Z to get the shell to suspend the program,
or run screen to split the terminal, or "M-x 2" to have emacs split
into two screens.


> (I know about M-x shell, but it's broken for any real use of the
> terminal. Which always seems funny. Is there a replacement for M-x shell
> which supports a decent subset of termcap?)

I can't get on with emacs' own shell system either.


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