Re: current directory

[Kevin Rodgers]

vb wrote:
> As I said, look around, check out Crisp for instance, you would be surprised: 

`C-h a crisp RET' yields:

crisp-mode                    M-x ... RET
  Command: Toggle CRiSP/Brief emulation minor mode.

And here's what the Emulation node of the Emacs manual says about it:

CRiSP/Brief (PC editor)
     You can turn on key bindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with
     `M-x crisp-mode'.  Note that this rebinds `M-x' to exit Emacs
     unless you set the variable `crisp-override-meta-x'.  You can also
     use the command `M-x scroll-all-mode' or set the variable
     `crisp-load-scroll-all' to emulate CRiSP's scroll-all feature
     (scrolling all windows together).

> no long keystrokes, much wider use of keys (say astersk on the numeric keypad 
> and on the main keyboard are naturally assigned to different key codes _ 
> still have to find the way to achieve this with emacs, and I've tried!).

The "Rebinding Function Keys" node of the Emacs manual says:

`kp-add', `kp-subtract', `kp-multiply', `kp-divide'
`kp-backtab', `kp-space', `kp-tab', `kp-enter'
`kp-separator', `kp-decimal', `kp-equal'
     Keypad keys (to the right of the regular keyboard), with names or
     punctuation.

`kp-0', `kp-1', ... `kp-9'
     Keypad keys with digits.

So: (global-set-key [kp-multiply] 'some-useful-command)

> You
> can write macros in object oriented c-like language, not in this 
weird lisp
> which is a remnant of computing stone age (I know, I know that it is 
still
> used to teach students).

Good grief.

--
Kevin