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2251 | 6 This directory contains files of elisp that customize Emacs for certain |
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9 When Emacs opens a new terminal, it checks the TERM environment variable to |
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10 see what type of terminal the user is running on, searches for an elisp file |
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11 named "term/${TERM}.el", and if one exists, loads it. If Emacs finds no |
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12 suitable file, then it strips the last hyphen and what follows it from TERM, |
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13 and tries again. If that still doesn't yield a file, then the previous hyphen |
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14 is stripped, and so on until all hyphens are gone. For example, if the |
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15 terminal type is `aaa-48-foo', Emacs will try first `term/aaa-48-foo.el', then |
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16 `term/aaa-48.el' and finally `term/aaa.el'. Emacs stops searching at the |
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17 first file found, and will not load more than one file for any terminal. Note |
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18 that it is not an error if Emacs is unable to find a terminal initialization |
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19 file; in that case, it will simply proceed with the next step without loading |
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20 any files. |
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22 Once the file has been loaded (or the search failed), Emacs tries to call a |
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23 function named `terminal-init-TERMINALNAME' (eg `terminal-init-aaa-48' for the |
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24 `aaa-48' terminal) in order to initialize the terminal. Once again, if the |
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25 function is not found, Emacs strips the last component of the name and tries |
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26 again using the shorter name. This search is independent of the previous file |
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27 search, so that you can have terminal initialization functions for a family of |
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28 terminals collected in a single file named after the family name, and users |
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32 session; if the same terminal type is opened again, Emacs will simply call the |
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33 initialization function without reloading the file. Therefore, all the actual |
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34 initialization actions should be collected in terminal-init-* functions; the |
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35 file should not contain any top-level form that is not a function or variable |
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36 declaration. Simply loading the file should not have any side effect. |
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39 given terminal, when the first frame is created on it. The function is not |
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40 called for subsequent frames on the same terminal. Therefore, terminal-init-* |
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47 When writing terminal packages, there are some things it is good to keep in | |
48 mind. | |
49 | |
50 First, about keycap names. Your terminal package can create any keycap | |
51 cookies it likes, but there are good reasons to stick to the set recognized by | |
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52 the X-windows code whenever possible. The key symbols recognized by Emacs |
2251 | 53 are listed in src/term.c; look for the string `keys' in that file. |
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55 For one thing, it means that you'll have the same Emacs key bindings on in | |
56 terminal mode as on an X console. If there are differences, you can bet | |
57 they'll frustrate you after you've forgotten about them. | |
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59 For another, the X keysms provide a standard set of names that Emacs knows | |
60 about. It tries to bind many of them to useful things at startup, before your | |
61 .emacs is read (so you can override them). In some ways, the X keysym standard | |
62 is a admittedly poor one; it's incomplete, and not well matched to the set of | |
63 `virtual keys' that UNIX terminfo(3) provides. But, trust us, the alternatives | |
64 were worse. | |
65 | |
66 This doesn't mean that if your terminal has a "Cokebottle" key you shouldn't | |
67 define a [cokebottle] keycap. But if you must define cookies that aren't in | |
68 that set, try to pattern them on the standard terminfo variable names for | |
69 clarity; also, for a fighting chance that your binding may be useful to someone | |
70 else someday. | |
71 | |
72 For example, if your terminal has a `find' key, observe that terminfo | |
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75 Here is a complete list, with corresponding X keysyms. | |
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77 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
78 Variable name cap X Keysym Description | |
79 -------------- --- ------------ ------------------------------------- | |
80 key_down kd down Sent by terminal down arrow key | |
81 key_up ku up Sent by terminal up arrow key | |
82 key_left kl left Sent by terminal left arrow key | |
83 key_right kr right Sent by terminal right arrow key | |
84 key_home kh home Sent by home key. | |
85 key_backspace kb Sent by backspace key | |
86 key_dl kd deleteline Sent by delete line key. | |
87 key_il kA insertline Sent by insert line. | |
88 key_dc kD Sent by delete character key. | |
89 key_ic kI insertchar (1) Sent by ins char/enter ins mode key. | |
90 key_eic KM Sent by rmir or smir in insert mode. | |
91 key_clear kC Sent by clear screen or erase key. | |
92 key_eos kS Sent by clear-to-end-of-screen key. | |
93 key_eol kE Sent by clear-to-end-of-line key. | |
94 key_sf kF Sent by scroll-forward/down key | |
95 key_sr kR Sent by scroll-backward/up key | |
96 key_npage kN next (2) Sent by next-page key | |
97 key_ppage kP prior (2) Sent by previous-page key | |
98 key_stab kT Sent by set-tab key | |
99 key_ctab kt Sent by clear-tab key | |
100 key_catab ka Sent by clear-all-tabs key. | |
101 key_enter @8 kp-enter Enter/send (unreliable) | |
102 key_print %9 print print or copy | |
103 key_ll kH Sent by home-down key | |
104 key_a1 K1 kp-1 Upper left of keypad | |
105 key_a3 K3 kp-3 Upper right of keypad | |
106 key_b2 K2 kp-5 Center of keypad | |
107 key_c1 K4 kp-7 Lower left of keypad | |
108 key_c3 K5 kp-9 Lower right of keypad | |
109 key_btab kB backtab Back tab key | |
110 key_beg @1 begin beg(inning) key | |
111 key_cancel @2 cancel cancel key | |
112 key_close @3 close key | |
113 key_command @4 execute (3) cmd (command) key | |
114 key_copy @5 copy key | |
115 key_create @6 create key | |
116 key_end @7 end end key | |
117 key_exit @9 exit key | |
118 key_find @0 find key | |
119 key_help %1 help key | |
120 key_mark %2 mark key | |
121 key_message %3 message key | |
122 key_move %4 move key | |
123 key_next %5 next (2) next object key | |
124 key_open %6 open key | |
125 key_options %7 menu (3) options key | |
126 key_previous %8 previous (2) previous object key | |
127 key_redo %0 redo redo key | |
128 key_reference &1 ref(erence) key | |
129 key_refresh &2 refresh key | |
130 key_replace &3 replace key | |
131 key_restart &4 reset (3) restart key | |
132 key_resume &5 resume key | |
133 key_save &6 save key | |
134 key_sbeg &9 shifted beginning key | |
135 key_select *6 select select key | |
136 key_suspend &7 suspend key | |
137 key_undo &8 undo undo key | |
138 | |
139 key_scancel &0 shifted cancel key | |
140 key_scommand *1 shifted command key | |
141 key_scopy *2 shifted copy key | |
142 key_screate *3 shifted create key | |
143 key_sdc *4 shifted delete char key | |
144 key_sdl *5 shifted delete line key | |
145 key_send *7 shifted end key | |
146 key_seol *8 shifted clear line key | |
147 key_sexit *9 shifted exit key | |
148 key_sf kF shifted find key | |
149 key_shelp #1 shifted help key | |
150 key_shome #2 shifted home key | |
151 key_sic #3 shifted input key | |
152 key_sleft #4 shifted left arrow key | |
153 key_smessage %a shifted message key | |
154 key_smove %b shifted move key | |
155 key_snext %c shifted next key | |
156 key_soptions %d shifted options key | |
157 key_sprevious %e shifted prev key | |
158 key_sprint %f shifted print key | |
159 key_sredo %g shifted redo key | |
160 key_sreplace %h shifted replace key | |
161 key_sright %i shifted right arrow | |
162 key_sresume %j shifted resume key | |
163 key_ssave !1 shifted save key | |
164 key_suspend !2 shifted suspend key | |
165 key_sundo !3 shifted undo key | |
166 | |
167 key_f0 k0 f0 (4) function key 0 | |
168 key_f1 k1 f1 function key 1 | |
169 key_f2 k2 f2 function key 2 | |
170 key_f3 k3 f3 function key 3 | |
171 key_f4 k4 f4 function key 4 | |
172 key_f5 k5 f5 function key 5 | |
173 key_f6 k6 f6 function key 6 | |
174 key_f7 k7 f7 function key 7 | |
175 key_f8 k8 f8 function key 8 | |
176 key_f9 k9 f9 function key 9 | |
177 key_f10 k; f10 (4) function key 10 | |
178 key_f11 F1 f11 function key 11 | |
179 : : : : | |
180 key_f35 FP f35 function key 35 | |
181 key_f36 FQ function key 36 | |
182 : : : : | |
183 key_f64 k1 function key 64 | |
184 | |
185 (1) The terminfo documentation says this may be the 'insert character' or | |
186 `enter insert mode' key. Accordingly, key_ic is mapped to the `insertchar' | |
187 keysym if there is also a key_dc key; otherwise it's mapped to `insert'. | |
188 The presumption is that keyboards with `insert character' keys usually | |
189 have `delete character' keys paired with them. | |
190 | |
191 (2) If there is no key_next key but there is a key_npage key, key_npage | |
192 will be bound to the `next' keysym. If there is no key_previous key but | |
193 there is a key_ppage key, key_ppage will be bound to the `previous' keysym. | |
194 | |
195 (3) Sorry, these are not exact but they're the best we can do. | |
196 | |
197 (4) The uses of the "k0" capability are inconsistent; sometimes it | |
198 describes F10, whereas othertimes it describes F0 and "k;" describes F10. | |
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201 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
202 | |
203 The following X keysyms do *not* have terminfo equivalents. These are | |
204 the cookies your terminal package will have to set up itself, if you want them: | |
205 | |
206 break | |
207 system | |
208 user | |
209 kp-backtab | |
210 kp-space | |
211 kp-tab | |
212 kp-f1 | |
213 kp-f2 | |
214 kp-f3 | |
215 kp-f4 | |
216 kp-multiply | |
217 kp-add | |
218 kp-separator | |
219 kp-subtract | |
220 kp-decimal | |
221 kp-divide | |
222 kp-0 | |
223 kp-2 | |
224 kp-4 | |
225 kp-6 | |
226 kp-8 | |
227 kp-equal | |
228 | |
229 In general, you should not bind any of the standard keysym names to | |
230 functions in a terminal package. There's code in loaddefs.el that does that; | |
231 the less people make exceptions to that, the more consistent an interface Emacs | |
232 will have across different keyboards. Those exceptions should go in your | |
233 .emacs file. | |
234 | |
235 Finally, if you're using a USL UNIX or a Sun box or anything else with the | |
236 USL version of curses(3) on it, bear in mind that the original curses(3) had | |
237 (and still has) a very much smaller set of keycaps. In fact, the reliable | |
238 ones were just the arrow keys and the first ten function keys. If you care | |
239 about making your package portable to older Berkeley machines, don't count on | |
240 the setup code to bind anything else. | |
241 | |
242 If your terminal's arrow key sequences are so funky that they conflict with | |
243 normal Emacs key bindings, the package should set up a function called | |
244 (enable-foo-arrow-keys), where `foo' becomes the terminal name, and leave | |
245 it up to the user's .emacs file whether to call it. | |
246 | |
247 Before writing a terminal-support package, it's a good idea to read the | |
248 existing ones and learn the common conventions. | |
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253 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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