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Author: zeycuszeycus Date: Oct 28, 2006 03:16
Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having a
problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
started using X-windows, and when I type the command 'emacs' in a xterm it
is xemacs which is launched, with a fancy window, different font, etc. But,
what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would make use of
the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I wish just that, with
the same font I am using in that xterm, etc. The way it behaves if I launch
emacs before starting theX-windows.
Forgive me if this question is well-known and explained, I did not manage to
solve it. Thanks in advance!
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Author: Colin S. MillerColin S. Miller Date: Oct 28, 2006 08:45
zeycus wrote:
> Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having a
> problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
> started using X-windows, and when I type the command 'emacs' in a xterm it
> is xemacs which is launched, with a fancy window, different font, etc. But,
> what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would make use of
> the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I wish just that, with
> the same font I am using in that xterm, etc. The way it behaves if I launch
> emacs before starting theX-windows.
>
> Forgive me if this question is well-known and explained, I did not manage to
> solve it. Thanks in advance!
If you really want to run emacs in a terminal, use
emacs -nw
(no window)
BTW,
You can configure the which font emacs uses via the .Xresources file,
or the customise menu (this might be beta emacs only; I use Xemacs which
has had font customisation in the main release for a while now).
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Author: jmg3000jmg3000 Date: Oct 28, 2006 08:51
zeycus wrote:
> Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having a
> problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
> started using X-windows, and when I type the command 'emacs' in a xterm it
> is xemacs which is launched, with a fancy window, different font, etc. But,
> what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would make use of
> the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I wish just that, with
> the same font I am using in that xterm, etc. The way it behaves if I launch
> emacs before starting theX-windows.
Well, this doesn't seem to be Debian- or xterm-related. Also, if you
have only the "emacs" packages installed (not xemacs), XEmacs doesn't
factor in here either. Sounds like you should check the GNU Emacs
manual for this, like so:
info emacs
Hm. Let's scroll down to "* Command Arguments::", since it mentions
startup options. We want emacs to startup in the shell instead of a new
X window. (to use that menu, scroll down 'til the cursor is on it
somewhere, then hit RET)
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Author: don provandon provan Date: Oct 28, 2006 09:42
> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would
> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I
> wish just that, with the same font I am using in that xterm, etc.
> The way it behaves if I launch emacs before starting theX-windows.
You've got your answer from Mr. Miller, but let me just add that you
might want to give X a chance. I know from personal experience that
the change can be unsettling, but once you get used to multiple
windows for the same edit session and all the other advantages to
emacs under a full window system, there's just no going back. I can
only just barely remember what it was like running emacs stuck in a
single terminal screen. You can't even use you mouse to point at
things, can you?
-don
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Author: zeycuszeycus Date: Oct 28, 2006 09:59
Thank you! Not only you game me the information I needed, but also the
way I should have got it myself. So, I made one question and you aswered
both :-)
Much better than just replaying "-nw" :-)
John Gabriele wrote:
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> zeycus wrote:
>> Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having
>> a
>> problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
>> started...
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Author: zeycuszeycus Date: Oct 28, 2006 10:01
Thank you, it's EXACTLY what I wanted!
Colin S. Miller-2 wrote:
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> zeycus wrote:
>> Hi everybody. I am new to Debian (and Linux, in general), and I am having
>> a
>> problem with something. I am used to emacs in normal terminals. Now I
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Author: David HansenDavid Hansen Date: Oct 28, 2006 11:06
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:42:06 -0700 don provan wrote:
> zeycus ono.com> writes:
>>> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would
>> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I
>> wish just that...
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Author: Floyd L. DavidsonFloyd L. Davidson Date: Oct 28, 2006 12:24
don provan comcast.net> wrote:>zeycus ono.com> writes:
>>> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would
>> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I
>> wish just that, with the same font I am using in that xterm, etc.
>> The way it behaves if I launch emacs before starting theX-windows.
>
>You've got your answer from Mr. Miller, but let me just add that you
>might want to give X a chance. I know from personal experience that
...
Don is right. Let me expand on that, though this is not
something you need to dive into implementing immediately. Keep
it in mind as what you can do as you become familiar with Linux
and begin look for ways to fine tune your working environment
for more efficiency.
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Author: Malte SpiessMalte Spiess Date: Oct 29, 2006 01:20
don provan comcast.net> writes:
> zeycus ono.com> writes:
>>> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would
>> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched? I
>> wish just that...
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Author: zeycuszeycus Date: Oct 31, 2006 10:10
Wow, thank you for the opinions and suggestions! I am not sure yet,
whether or not I want to "jump" to the xemacs multi-window system,
but I'll give it a try!
don provan-2 wrote:
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> zeycus ono.com> writes:
> >> But what if I prefer the old behaviour, expecting that emacs would
>> make use of the whole particular xterm from which it is launched...
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