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File:  edt-user.doc  ---  EDT Emulation User Instructions

                                For GNU Emacs 19

Copyright (C) 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Author: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Keywords: emulations

This file is part of GNU Emacs.

GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

============================================================================

I.    OVERVIEW:

This version of the EDT emulation package for GNU Emacs is a substantially
enhanced version of the original.  A large part of the original can still be
found here, of course, but much of it has been modified and quite a bit is
new.  Many of the ideas found here are borrowed from others.  In particular,
some of the code found here was drawn from an earlier re-write of the EDT
package done at DSC in 1989 by Matthew Frohman.
   
Send bug fixes, suggestions for enhancements, and corrections to this
documentation to Kevin Gallagher ([e-mail]).

The EDT emulation consists of the following files:

edt-user.doc          - User instructions (which you are reading now)
edt.el                - EDT Emulation Functions and Default Configuration
edt-lk201.el          - Support for DEC LK-201 Keyboards
edt-vt100.el          - Support for DEC VT-100 (and above) terminals
edt-mapper.el         - Support for Keyboards used under X Windows
edt-pc.el             - Support for the PC AT Keyboard under MS-DOS

Several goals were kept in mind when making this version:
     
        1.  Emulate EDT Keypad Mode commands closely so that current
            EDT users will find that it easy and comfortable to use
            GNU Emacs with a small learning curve;
   
        2.  Make it easy for a user to customize EDT emulation key
            bindings without knowing much about Emacs Lisp;

        3.  Make it easy to switch between the original EDT default bindings
            and the user's customized bindings, without having to exit Emacs.

        4.  Provide support for some TPU/EVE functions not supported in
            EDT. 

        5.  Provide an easy way to restore ALL original Emacs key bindings,
            just as they existed before the EDT emulation was first invoked.
   
        6.  Support GNU Emacs 19.  (Support for GNU Emacs 18 has been dropped.
            Also, although there is some code designed to support Xemacs 19
            (formerly Lucid Emacs), this is not fully implemented at this
            time. 

        7.  When running under X, support highlighting of marked text.

        8.  Handle terminal configuration under X interactively when the
            emulation is invoked for the first time.

        9.  Support a PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.

II.   TERMINALS/KEYBOARDS SUPPORTED:

Keyboards used under X Windows are supported via the edt-mapper function.  The
first time you invoke the emulation under X, the edt-mapper function is run
automatically and the user is prompted to identify which keys the emulation is
to use for the standard keypad and function keys EDT expects (e.g., PF1, PF2,
etc.).  This configuration is saved to disk read each time the emulation is
invoked.

In character oriented connections not running a window manager, the following
terminals/keyboards are supported.  (1) DEC VT-100 series and higher.  This
includes well behaved VT clones and emulators.  If you are using a VT series
terminal, be sure that the term environment variable is set properly before
invoking emacs. (2) PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.

Be sure to read the SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS sections to see if those
notes apply to you.



                         Default EDT keymap active

You can have the EDT Emulation start up automatically, each time you initiate
a GNU Emacs session, by adding the following line to your .emacs file:

                  (setq term-setup-hook 'edt-emulation-on)

A reference sheet is included (later on) listing the default EDT Emulation key
bindings.  This sheet is also accessible on line from within Emacs by pressing
PF2, GOLD H, or HELP (when in the EDT Default Mode).

customizations:

                       User EDT custom keymap active

Once enabled, it is easy to switch back and forth between your customized EDT
Emulation key bindings and the default EDT Emulation key bindings.  It is also
easy to turn off the emulation.  Doing so completely restores the original key
bindings in effect just prior to invoking the emulation.

Where EDT key bindings and GNU Emacs key bindings conflict, the default GNU
Emacs key bindings are retained by the EDT emulation by default.  If you are a
diehard EDT user you may not like this.  The CUSTOMIZING section explains how
to change this default.


IV.   SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS:

  Sun Workstations running X:

     Some earlier Sun keyboards do not have arrow keys separate from the
     keypad keys.  It is difficult to emulate the full EDT keypad and still
     retain use of the arrow keys on such keyboards.  

     The Sun Type 5 keyboard, however, does have separate arrow keys.  This
     makes it a candidate for setting up a reasonable EDT keypad emulation.
     Unfortunately, Sun's default X keynames for the keypad keys don't permit
     GNU Emacs to interpret the keypad 2, 4, 6, and 8 keys as something other
     than arrow keys, nor use all the top row of keys for PF1 thru PF4 keys.
     Here's the contents of an .xmodmaprc file which corrects this problem for
     Sun Type 5 keyboards:

         ! File:  .xmodmaprc
         !
         ! Set up Sun Type 5 keypad for use with the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation
         !

         keycode 119 = KP_1
         keycode 120 = KP_2
         keycode 121 = KP_3
         keycode 132 = KP_Add

     Feed .xmodmaprc to the xmodmap command and all the Sun Type 5 keypad keys
     will now be configurable for the emulation of an LK-201 keypad (less the
     comma key).  The line

         keycode 105 = F24

     modifies the NumLock key to be the F24 key which can then be configured 
     to behave as the PF1 (Gold) key.  In doing so, you will no longer
     have a NumLock key.  If you are using other software under X
     which requires a NumLock key, then examine your keyboard and look
     for one you don't use and redefine it to be the NumLock key.
     Basically, you need to clear the NumLock key from being assigned
     as a modifier, assign it to the key of your choice, and then add
     it back as a modifier.  (See the "General Notes on Using NumLock
     for the PF1 Key on a Unix System" section below for further help
     on how to do this.)

  PC users running MS-DOS:

     By default, F1 is configured to emulate the PF1 (GOLD) key.  But NumLock
     can be used instead if you load a freeware TSR distributed with
     MS-Kermit, call gold.com.  It is distributed in a file called gold22.zip
     and comes with the source code as well as a loadable binary image. 
     (See edt-pc.el for more information.)

  PC users running GNU/Linux:

     The default X server configuration of three keys PC AT keyboard keys
     needs to be modified to permit the PC keyboard to emulate an LK-201
     keyboard properly.  Here's the contents of an .xmodmaprc file which makes
     these changes for your:

         ! File:  .xmodmaprc
         !
         ! Set up PC keypad under GNU/Linux for the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation 
         !
	 clear  mod2
	 keycode  77 = F12
	 keycode  96 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
	 add mod2 = Num_Lock

     Feed the file to the xmodmap command and the PC NumLock keypad
     key will now be configurable for the emulation of the PF1 key.
     The PC keypad can now emulate an LK-201 keypad (less the comma
     key), the standard keyboard supplied with DEC terminals VT-200 and above.
     This .xmodmaprc file switches the role of the F12 and NumLock
     keys.  It has been tested on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2.  Other
     versions of GNU/Linux may require different keycodes.  (See the
     "General Notes on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System"
     section below for further help on how to do this.) 

     NOTE: It is necessary to have NumLock ON for the PC keypad to emulate the
     LK-201 keypad properly.

  General Notes on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System:

     Making the physical NumLock key available for use in the EDT
     Emulation requires some modification to the default X Window
     settings.  Since the keycode assignments vary from system to
     system, some investigation is needed to see how to do this on
     a particular system.

     The following commands should be run and the output examined.
     On RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2 on a PC, we get the following output when
     running xmodmap.

     "xmodmap -pm"  yields:

          xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

if you are to use the EDT Emulation effectively.

1.  Entering repeat counts works a little differently than in EDT.

    EDT allows users to enter a repeat count before entering a command that
    accepts repeat counts.  For example, when in EDT, pressing these three
    keys in sequence, GOLD 5 KP1, will move the cursor in the current
    direction 5 words.

    Emacs provides two ways to enter repeat counts, though neither involves
    using the GOLD key.  In Emacs, repeat counts can be entered by using the 
    ESC key.  For example, pressing these keys in sequence, ESC 1 0 KP1, will
    move the cursor in the current direction 10 words. 

    Emacs provides another command called universal-argument that can do the
    same thing, plus a few other things.  Normally, Emacs has this bound to
    C-u.  

2.  The EDT SUBS command, bound to GOLD ENTER, is NOT supported.  The built-in
    Emacs query-replace command has been bound to GOLD ENTER, instead.  It is
    much more convenient to use than SUBS.

3.  EDT's line mode commands and nokeypad mode commands are NOT supported
    (with one important exception; see item 8 in the Highlights section
    below).  Although, at first, this may seem like a big omission, the set of
    built-in Emacs commands provides a much richer set of capabilities which
    more than make up for this omission.

    To enter Emacs commands not bound to keys, you can press GOLD KP7 or the
    DO key.  Emacs will display its own command prompt called Meta-x (M-x).
    You can also invoke this prompt the normal Emacs way by entering ESC x.

4.  Selected text is highlighted ONLY when running under X Windows.  Gnu Emacs
    19 does not support highlighting of text on VT series terminals, at this
    time. 

5.  Just like TPU/EVE, The ENTER key is NOT used to terminate input when the
    editor prompts you for input.  The RETURN key is used, instead.  (KP4 and
    KP5 do terminate input for the FIND command, just like in EDT, however.)




VI.   SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EDT EMULATION, AND SOME COMPARISONS TO THE

1.  The EDT define key command is supported (edt-define-key) and is bound to
    C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are enabled
    or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used.  The TPU/EVE
    learn command is supported but not bound to a key in the default EDT mode
    but is bound in the sample edt-user.el files.

    Unlike the TPU/EVE learn command, which uses one key to begin the learn
    sequence, C-l, and another command to remember the sequence, C-r, this
    version of the learn command (edt-learn) serves as a toggle to both begin
    and to remember the learn sequence.

    provided to do just that.  When invoked, it prompts you to press the key
    to which you wish the last replaced key definition restored.  It is bound
    to GOLD C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are
    enabled or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used.

2.  Direction support is fully supported.  It is no longer accomplished by
    re-defining keys each time the direction is changed.  Thus, commands
    sensitive to the current direction setting may be bound easily to any key.

3.  All original emacs bindings are fully restored when EDT emulation is
    turned off.

4.  User custom EDT bindings are kept separate from the default EDT bindings.
    One can toggle back and forth between the custom EDT bindings and default
    EDT bindings.

    wish to preserve a customized definition of page break, one can override
    the EDT definition by placing

            (setq edt-keep-current-page-delimiter t)

    in your .emacs file.

7.  The EDT definition of a section of a terminal window is hardwired to be 16
    lines of its one-and-only 24-line window (the EDT SECT command bound to
    KP8).  That's two-thirds of the window at a time.  Since Emacs, like
    TPU/EVE, can handle multiple windows of sizes of other than 24 lines, the

    for those users who like to customize movement by a word at a time to
    their own liking.

9.  EDT's FIND and FNDNXT are supported.

10. EDT's APPEND and REPLACE commands are supported.

11. CHNGCASE is supported.  It works on individual characters or selected
    text, if SELECT is active.  In addition, two new commands are provided:
    edt-lowercase and edt-uppercase.  They work on individual WORDS or
    selected text, if SELECT is active.

    We also provide a TPU/EVE like version of the single SELECT/RESET
    function, called edt-toggle-select, which makes the EDT SELECT function
    into a toggle on/off switch.  That is, if selection is ON, pressing SELECT
    again turns selection off (cancels selection).  This function is used in
    the sample edt-user.el customization files.


VII.  CUSTOMIZING:

Most EDT users, at one time or another, make some custom key bindings, or

                Many VT-200 terminals, and above, steal function keys F1 thru
                F5 for terminal setup control and don't send anything to the
                host if pressed.  So customizing bindings to these keys may
                not work for you.

There are three basic functions that do the EDT emulation bindings:
edt-bind-standard-key, edt-bind-gold-key, and edt-bind-function-key.

The first two are for binding functions to keys which are standard across most
keyboards.  This makes them keyboard independent, making it possible to define
these key bindings for all terminals in the file edt.el.

The first, edt-bind-standard-key, is used typically to bind emacs commands to
control keys, although some people use it to bind commands to other keys, as
well.  (For example, some people use it to bind the VT200 seldom used
back-tick key (`) to the function "ESC-prefix" so it will behave like an ESC
key.)  The second function, edt-bind-gold-key, is used to bind emacs commands
to gold key sequences involving alpha-numeric keys, special character keys,
and control keys.

The third function, edt-bind-function-key, is terminal dependent and is
defined in a terminal specific file (see edt-vt100.el for example).  It is
used to bind emacs commands to function keys, to keypad keys, and to gold
sequences of those keys.

WARNING: Each of the three functions, edt-bind-function-key,
         edt-bind-gold-key, and edt-bind-standard-key, has an optional
         last argument.  The optional argument should NOT be used in
         edt-user.el!  When the optional argument is missing, each
         function knows to make the key binding part of the user's EDT
         custom bindings, which is what you want to do in edt-user.el!

         The EDT default bindings are set up in edt.el by calling these
         same functions with the optional last argument set to "t".  So, if
         you decide to copy such function calls from edt.el to edt-user.el
         for subsequent modification, BE SURE TO DELETE THE "t" AT THE END
         OF EACH PARAMETER LIST!


SPECIFYING WORD ENTITIES:

The variable edt-word-entities is used to emulate EDT's SET ENTITY WORD

most of the original EDT control key sequence bindings.  If you wish to do
this, add the following line to your .emacs file:

        (setq edt-use-EDT-control-key-bindings t)


                              DEFAULT EDT Keypad

   F7: Copy Rectangle             +----------+----------+----------+----------+
   F8: Cut Rect Overstrike        |Prev Line |Next Line |Bkwd Char |Frwd Char |

  F11: ESC                       
  F12: Begining of Line           +----------+----------+----------+----------+
G-F12: Delete Other Windows       |   GOLD   |   HELP   |  FNDNXT  |  DEL L   |
  F13: Delete to Begin of Word    |   (PF1)  |   (PF2)  |   (PF3)  |  (PF4)   |
 HELP: Keypad Help                |Mark Wisel|Desc Funct|   FIND   |  UND L   |
   DO: Execute extended command   +----------+----------+----------+----------+
                                  |   PAGE   |   SECT   |  APPEND  |  DEL W   |
  C-g: Keyboard Quit              |    (7)   |    (8)   |    (9)   |   (-)    |
G-C-g: Keyboard Quit              |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Regio| REPLACE  |  UND W   |
  C-h: Beginning of Line          +----------+----------+----------+----------+
G-C-h: Emacs Help                 |  ADVANCE |  BACKUP  |   CUT    |  DEL C   |
  C-i: Tab Insert                 |    (4)   |    (5)   |    (6)   |   (,)    |

  G-2: Split Window
  G-%: Go to Percentage
  G- : Undo  (GOLD Spacebar)
  G-=: Go to Line
  G-`: What line

;;; File:  edt-user.el   ---  Sample User Customizations for the Enhanced 
;;;                             EDT Keypad Mode Emulation 
;;;                             
;;;                          For GNU Emacs 19
;;;
;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
;; Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: emulations

;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)

;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; This file contains GNU Emacs User Custom EDT bindings and functions.  In
;; this example file, there is no special test for the type of terminal being
;; used.  The assumption is that all key bindings here apply to all terminals
;; that may be used.  (In fact, it was written by an individual who uses only
;; VT series terminals when logging into a VAX.)
;;
;; WARNING: Each of the three functions, edt-bind-function-key,
;;          edt-bind-gold-key, and edt-bind-standard-key, has an optional
;;          last argument.  The optional argument should NOT be used in
;;          edt-user.el!  When the optional argument is missing, each
;;          function knows to make the key binding part of the user's EDT
;;          custom bindings, which is what you want to do in edt-user.el!
;;
;;          The EDT default bindings are set up in edt.el by calling these
;;          same functions with the optional last argument set to "t".  So, if
;;          you decide to copy such function calls from edt.el to edt-user.el
;;          for subsequent modification, BE SURE TO DELETE THE "t" AT THE END
;;          OF EACH PARAMETER LIST!
;;

;;; Usage:

;;  See edt-user.doc in the emacs etc directory.

  (edt-bind-gold-key "h" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)
  (edt-bind-gold-key "H" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)

  ;; Control bindings for regular keys.
  ;;; Leave binding of C-c as original prefix key.
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-j" 'edt-duplicate-word)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-k" 'edt-define-key)
  (edt-bind-gold-key  "\C-k" 'edt-restore-key)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-l" 'edt-learn)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-m to newline.
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-n" 'edt-set-screen-width-80)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-o" 'open-line)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-p" 'fill-paragraph)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-r to isearch-backward.
  ;;; Leave binding of C-s to isearch-forward.
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-t" 'edt-display-the-time)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-v" 'redraw-display)
  (edt-bind-standard-key "\C-w" 'edt-set-screen-width-132)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-x as original prefix key.
)

;;;
;;; LK-201 KEYBOARD USER EDT KEYPAD HELP

  F11: ESC                        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
  F12: Begining of Line           |   GOLD   |Query Repl|  FNDNXT  |Del Ent L |
G-F12: Delete Other Windows       |   (PF1)  |   (PF2)  |   (PF3)  |   (PF4)  |
  F13: Delete to Begin of Word    |Mark Wisel|Other Wind|   FIND   |  UND L   |
 HELP: Keypad Help                +----------+----------+----------+----------+
   DO: Execute extended command   |   PAGE   |Scroll Win|Open Line |  DEL W   |
                                  |    (7)   |    (8)   |    (9)   |   (-)    |
  C-a: Beginning of Line          |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Parag|Elim Tabs |  UND W   |
  C-b: Switch to Buffer           +----------+----------+----------+----------+
  C-d: Delete Character           |  ADVANCE |  BACKUP  | CUT/COPY |  DEL C   |
  C-e: End of Line                |    (4)   |    (5)   |    (6)   |   (,)    |
  C-f: Forward Character          |   BOTTOM |    TOP   |   Yank   |  UND C   |

  G-z: Switch to Default EDT Key Bindings
  G-2: Split Window
  G-%: Go to Percentage
  G- : Undo  (GOLD Spacebar)
  G-=: Go to Line
  G-`: What line"

  (interactive)
  (describe-function 'edt-user-keypad-help))

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File:  edt-user.doc  ---  EDT Emulation User Instructions

                                For GNU Emacs 19

Copyright (C) 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Author: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Keywords: emulations

This file is part of GNU Emacs.

GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

============================================================================

I.    OVERVIEW:

This is Version 4.0 of the EDT Emulation for Emacs 19 and above.
It comes with special functions which replicate nearly all of EDT's
keypad mode behavior.  It sets up default keypad and function key
bindings which closely match those found in EDT.  Support is
provided so that users may reconfigure most keypad and function key
bindings to their own liking.

NOTE: Version 4.0 contains several enhancements.  See the
Enhancements section below for the details.


Quick Start:

To start the EDT Emulation, first start Emacs and then enter 

   M-x edt-emulation-on
   
to begin the emulation.  After initialization is complete, the
following message will appear below the status line informing you
that the emulation has been enabled: "Default EDT keymap active".

   You can have the EDT Emulation start up automatically, each time
you initiate a GNU Emacs session, by adding the following line to
your .emacs file:

   (add-hook term-setup-hook 'edt-emulation-on)

IMPORTANT: Be sure to read the rest of this file.  It contains very
           useful information on how the EDT Emulation behaves and how
           to customize it to your liking.

The EDT emulation consists of the following files:

edt-user.doc     - User Instructions and Sample Customization File
edt.el           - EDT Emulation Functions and Default Configuration
edt-lk201.el     - Built-in support for DEC LK-201 Keyboards
edt-vt100.el     - Built-in support for DEC VT-100 (and above) terminals
edt-pc.el        - Built-in support for PC 101 Keyboards under MS-DOS
edt-mapper.el    - Create an EDT LK-201 Map File for Keyboards Without 
                     Built-in Support

Enhancements:

Version 4.0 contains the following enhancements:

 1.  Scroll margins at the top and bottom of the window are now
     supported.  (The design was copied from tpu-extras.el.)  By
     default, this feature is enabled with the top margin set to
     10% of the window and the bottom margin set to 15% of the
     window.  To change these settings, you can invoke the function
     edt-set-scroll-margins in your .emacs file.  For example, the
     following line

          (edt-set-scroll-margins "20%" "25%")
      
     sets the top margin to 20% of the window and the bottom margin
     to 25% of the window.  To disable this feature, set each
     margin to 0%.  You can also invoke edt-set-scroll-margins
     interactively while EDT Emulation is active to change the
     settings for that session.

     NOTE: Another way to set the scroll margins is to use the
     Emacs customization feature (not available in Emacs 19) to set
     the following two variables directly:
      
          edt-top-scroll-margin and edt-bottom-scroll-margin

     Enter the Emacs `customize' command.  First select the Editing
     group and then select the Emulations group.  Finally, select
     the Edt group and follow the directions.
      
 2.  The SUBS command is now supported and bound to GOLD-Enter by
     default.  (This design was copied from tpu-edt.el.)  Note, in
     earlier versions of EDT Emulation, GOLD-Enter was assigned to
     the Emacs function `query-replace'.  The binding of
     `query-replace' has been moved to GOLD-/.  If you prefer to
     restore `query-replace' to GOLD-Enter, then use an EDT user
     customization file, edt-user.el, to do this.  See edt-user.doc
     for details.

 3.  EDT Emulation now also works in XEmacs, including the
     highlighting of selected text.

 4.  If you access a workstation using an X Server, observe that
     the initialization file generated by edt-mapper.el will now
     contain the name of the X Server vendor.  This is a
     convenience for those who have access to their Unix account
     from more than one type of X Server.  Since different X
     Servers typically require different EDT emulation
     initialization files, edt-mapper.el will now generate these
     different initialization files and save them with different
     names.  Then, the correct initialization file for the
     particular X server in use is loaded correctly automatically.

 5.  Also, edt-mapper.el is now capable of binding an ASCII key
     sequence, providing the ASCII key sequence prefix is already
     known by Emacs to be a prefix.  As a result of providing this
     support, some terminal/keyboard/window system configurations,
     which don't have a complete set of sensible function key
     bindings built into Emacs in `function-key-map', can still be
     configured for use with EDT Emulation.  (Note: In a few rare
     circumstances this does not work properly.  In particular, it
     does not work if a subset of the leading ASCII characters in a
     key sequence are recognized by Emacs as having an existing
     binding.  For example, if the keypad 7 (KP-7) key generates
     the sequence \"<ESC>Ow\" and \"<ESC>O\" is already bound to a
     function, pressing KP-7 when told to do so by edt-mapper.el
     will result in edt-mapper.el incorrectly mapping \"<ESC>O\" to
     KP-7 and \"w\" to KP-8.  If something like this happens to
     you, it is probably a bug in the support for your keyboard
     within Emacs OR a bug in the Unix termcap/terminfo support for
     your terminal OR a bug in the terminal emulation software you
     are using.)

 6.  The edt-quit function (bound to GOLD-q by default) has been
     modified to warn the user when file-related buffer
     modifications exist.  It now cautions the user that those
     modifications will be lost if the user quits without saving
     those buffers.


Goals:

        1.  Emulate EDT Keypad Mode commands closely so that current EDT users
            will find that it easy and comfortable to use GNU Emacs with a
            small learning curve;
   
        2.  Make it easy for a user to customize EDT emulation key bindings
            without knowing much about Emacs Lisp;

        3.  Make it easy to switch between the original EDT default bindings
            and the user's customized EDT bindings, without having to exit
            Emacs.

        4.  Provide support for some TPU/EVE functions not supported in EDT.

        5.  Provide an easy way to restore ALL original Emacs key bindings,
            just as they existed before the EDT emulation was first invoked.
   
        6.  Support GNU Emacs 19 and higher.  (GNU Emacs 18 and below is no
	        longer supported.)  XEmacs 19, and above, is also supported.

        7.  Supports highlighting of marked text within the EDT emulation on
            all platforms on which Emacs supports highlighting of marked text.

        8.  Handle terminal configuration interactively for most terminal
            configurations, when the emulation is invoked for the first time.

        9.  Support a PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.


II.   TERMINALS/KEYBOARDS SUPPORTED:

Keyboards used under a Window System are supported via the edt-mapper function.
The first time you invoke the emulation under a window system, the edt-mapper
function is run automatically and the user is prompted to identify which keys
the emulation is to use for the standard keypad and function keys EDT expects
(e.g., PF1, PF2, KP0, KP1, F1, F2, etc.).  This configuration is saved to disk
read each time the emulation is invoked.

In character oriented connections not running a window manager, built-in
support for the following terminals/keyboards is provided:

  (1) DEC VT-100 series and higher.  This includes well behaved VT clones and
      emulators.  If you are using a VT series terminal, be sure that the term
      environment variable is set properly before invoking emacs. 

  (2) PC AT keyboard under MS-DOS.  

Be sure to read the SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS sections to see if those
notes apply to you.



                         Default EDT keymap active

You can have the EDT Emulation start up automatically, each time you initiate
a GNU Emacs session, by adding the following line to your .emacs file:

                  (add-hook term-setup-hook 'edt-emulation-on)

A reference sheet is included (later on) listing the default EDT Emulation key
bindings.  This sheet is also accessible on line from within Emacs by pressing
PF2, GOLD H, or HELP (when in the EDT Default Mode).

customizations:

                       User EDT custom keymap active

Once enabled, it is easy to switch back and forth between your customized EDT
Emulation key bindings and the default EDT Emulation key bindings.  (See the
sample edt-user.el file below.  Look at the binding to GOLD Z.)  It is also
easy to turn off the emulation (via the command edt-emulation-off).  Doing so
completely restores the original key bindings in effect just prior to invoking
the emulation.

Emacs binds keys to ASCII control characters and so does the real EDT.  Where
EDT key bindings and GNU Emacs key bindings conflict, the default GNU Emacs key
bindings are retained by the EDT emulation by default.  If you are a diehard
EDT user you may not like this.  The CUSTOMIZING section explains how to change
this so that the EDT bindings to ASCII control characters override the default
Emacs bindings.


IV.   SPECIAL NOTES FOR SOME PLATFORMS:

  Sun Workstations running X:

     Some earlier Sun keyboards do not have arrow keys separate from the keypad
     keys.  It is difficult to emulate the full EDT keypad and still retain use
     of the arrow keys on such keyboards.

     The Sun Type 5 and other more recent Sun keyboards, however, do have
     separate arrow keys.  This makes them candidates for setting up a
     reasonable EDT keypad emulation.  

     Depending upon the configuration of the version of X installed on your
     system, you may find the default X keynames for the keypad keys don't
     permit Emacs to interpret some or all the keypad keys as something other
     than arrow keys, numeric keys, Home, PgUP, etc.  Both Sun and HP have been
     particularly guilty of making bizarre keysym assignments to the keypad
     keys. 

     In most cases, the X Windows command, xmodmap, can be used to correct the
     problem.  Here's a sample .xmodmaprc file which corrects this problem on
     one Sun workstation configuration using an older SunOS release configured
     with a Sun Type 5 keyboard:

         ! File:  .xmodmaprc
         !
         ! Set up Sun Type 5 keypad for use with the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation
         !

         keycode 119 = KP_1
         keycode 120 = KP_2
         keycode 121 = KP_3
         keycode 132 = KP_Add

     If edt-mapper.el does not recognize your keypad keys as unique keys, use
     the command

	 xmodmap -pke

     to get a listing of the actual key codes and the keysyms mapped to them
     and then generate you own custom .xmodmaprc similar to the one above.

     Next, feed .xmodmaprc to the xmodmap command and all the Sun Type 5 keypad
     keys will now be configurable for the emulation of an LK-201 keypad (less
     the comma key).  In this example, the line

         keycode 105 = F24

     changes the X Windows name of the keypad NumLock key to be known
     internally as the F24 key.  Doing so permits it to be configured to behave
     as the PF1 (Gold) key.  

     The side effect of this change is that you will no longer have a NumLock
     key.  If you are using other software under X which requires a NumLock
     key, then examine your keyboard and look for one you don't use and
     redefine it to be the NumLock key.  Basically, you need to clear the
     NumLock key from being assigned as a modifier, assign it to the key of
     your choice, and then add it back as a modifier.  (See the "General Notes
     on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System" section below for
     further help on how to do this.)

  PC users running MS-DOS:

     By default, F1 is configured to emulate the PF1 (GOLD) key.  But NumLock
     can be used instead if you load a freeware TSR distributed with MS-Kermit,
     call gold.com.  This was once distributed in a file called gold22.zip and
     came with the source code as well as a loadable binary image.  (See
     edt-pc.el in the Emacs lisp/emulation directory for more information.)

  PC users running GNU/Linux:

     The default X server configuration varies from distribution to
     distribution and release to release of GNU/Linux.  If your system fails to
     recognize the keypad keys as distinct keys, change the NumLock state,
     turning it on or off, as the case may be, then try again.  If this doesn't
     solve your problem, you may have to modify the X keysym mappings with
     xmodmap.

     On one distribution on an Intel PC, the following .xmodmaprc set things up
     nicely.  

         ! File:  .xmodmaprc
         !
         ! Set up PC keypad under GNU/Linux for the GNU Emacs EDT Emulation 
         !
	 clear  mod2
	 keycode  77 = F12
	 keycode  96 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
	 add mod2 = Num_Lock

     In this example, after feeding the file to the xmodmap command, the PC
     NumLock keypad key will be configurable for the emulation of the PF1 key.
     The PC keypad can now emulate an LK-201 keypad (less the comma key), the
     standard keyboard supplied with DEC terminals VT-200 and above.  This
     .xmodmaprc file switches the role of the F12 and NumLock keys.  It has
     been tested on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2.  Other versions of GNU/Linux may
     require different keycodes.  (See the "General Notes on Using NumLock for
     the PF1 Key on a Unix System" section below for further help on how to do
     this.)

     NOTE: Remember, it may be necessary to have NumLock in one position (ON)
     or the other (OFF) for the PC keypad to emulate the LK-201 keypad
     properly.

  General Notes on Using NumLock for the PF1 Key on a Unix System:

     Making the physical NumLock key available for use in the EDT
     Emulation requires some modification to the default X Window
     settings.  Since the keycode assignments vary from system to
     system, some investigation is needed to see how to do this on
     a particular system.

     You will need to look at the output generated by xmodmap invoked with the
     "-pm" switch.  examined.  For example, on RedHat GNU/Linux 5.2 on a PC, we
     get the following output when running xmodmap.

     "xmodmap -pm"  yields:

          xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

if you are to use the EDT Emulation effectively.

1.  Entering repeat counts works a little differently than in EDT.

    EDT allows users to enter a repeat count before entering a command that
    accepts repeat counts.  For example, when using the real EDT, pressing
    these three keys in sequence, GOLD 5 KP1, will move the cursor in the
    current direction 5 words.  This does NOT work in Emacs!

    Emacs provides two ways to enter repeat counts and neither involves using
    the GOLD key.  First, repeat counts can be entered in Emacs by using the
    ESC key.  For example, pressing these keys in sequence, ESC 1 0 KP1, will
    move the cursor in the current direction 10 words.  Second, Emacs provides
    another command called universal-argument that can be used to do the same
    thing.  Normally, in Emacs has this bound to C-u.

2.  EDT's line mode commands and nokeypad mode commands are NOT supported
    (with one important exception; see item 8 in the Highlights section
    below).  Although, at first, this may seem like a big omission, the set of
    built-in Emacs commands provides a much richer set of capabilities which
    more than make up for this omission.

    To enter Emacs commands not bound to keys, you can press GOLD KP7 or the DO
    key.  Emacs will display its own command prompt "M-x".  This stands for the
    keypress Meta-x, where Meta is a special shift key.  The Alt key is often
    mapped to behave as a Meta key.  So, you can also invoke this prompt by
    pressing Meta-x.  Typing the sequence "ESC x" will also invoke the prompt.

3.  Selected text is highlighted ONLY on systems where Emacs supports the
    highlighting of text.

4.  Just like in TPU/EVE, the ENTER key is NOT used to terminate input when the
    editor prompts you for input.  The RETURN key is used, instead.  (KP4 and
    KP5 (the direction keys) do terminate input for the FIND command, just like
    in EDT, however.)




VI.   SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EDT EMULATION, AND SOME COMPARISONS TO THE

1.  The EDT define key command is supported (edt-define-key) and is bound to
    C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are enabled
    or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used.  The TPU/EVE
    learn command is supported but not bound to a key in the default EDT mode
    but is bound in the sample edt-user.el file.

    Unlike the TPU/EVE learn command, which uses one key to begin the learn
    sequence, C-l, and another command to remember the sequence, C-r, this
    version of the learn command (edt-learn) serves as a toggle to both begin
    and to remember the learn sequence.

    provided to do just that.  When invoked, it prompts you to press the key
    to which you wish the last replaced key definition restored.  It is bound
    to GOLD C-k in the default EDT mode when EDT control sequence bindings are
    enabled or one of the sample edt-user.el customization files is used.

2.  Direction support is fully supported.  

3.  All original Emacs bindings are fully restored when EDT emulation is turned
    off.  So, if a fellow worker comes over to your terminal to help you with a
    software problem, for example, and is completely confused by your EDT
    emulation bindings, just enter the command, edt-emulation-off, at the M-x
    prompt and the original Emacs bindings will be restored.  To resume the EDT
    emulation, just enter edt-emulation-on.

4.  User custom EDT bindings are kept separate from the default EDT bindings.
    One can toggle back and forth between the custom EDT bindings and default
    EDT bindings.

    wish to preserve a customized definition of page break, one can override
    the EDT definition by placing

            (setq edt-keep-current-page-delimiter t)

    in your .emacs file.  Or, you can used the Emacs customize command
    to change its setting.

7.  The EDT definition of a section of a terminal window is hardwired to be 16
    lines of its one-and-only 24-line window (the EDT SECT command bound to
    KP8).  That's two-thirds of the window at a time.  Since Emacs, like
    TPU/EVE, can handle multiple windows of sizes of other than 24 lines, the

    for those users who like to customize movement by a word at a time to
    their own liking.

9.  EDT's FIND and FNDNXT are supported.

10. EDT's APPEND, REPLACE, and SUBS commands are supported.

11. CHNGCASE is supported.  It works on individual characters or selected
    text, if SELECT is active.  In addition, two new commands are provided:
    edt-lowercase and edt-uppercase.  They work on individual WORDS or
    selected text, if SELECT is active.

    We also provide a TPU/EVE like version of the single SELECT/RESET
    function, called edt-toggle-select, which makes the EDT SELECT function
    into a toggle on/off switch.  That is, if selection is ON, pressing SELECT
    again turns selection off (cancels selection).  This function is used in
    the sample edt-user.el customization files.

20. EDT scroll margins are supported, but are disabled by default.  (See
    CUSTOMIZING section below for instructions on how to enable them.)


VII.  CUSTOMIZING:

Most EDT users, at one time or another, make some custom key bindings, or

                Many VT-200 terminals, and above, steal function keys F1 thru
                F5 for terminal setup control and don't send anything to the
                host if pressed.  So customizing bindings to these keys may
                not work for you.

There are three basic functions that do the EDT emulation custom bindings:
edt-bind-key, edt-bind-gold-key, and edt-bind-function-key.

The first two are for binding functions to keys which are standard across most
keyboards.  This makes them keyboard independent, making it possible to define
these key bindings for all terminals in the file edt.el.

The first, edt-bind-key, is used typically to bind emacs commands to
control keys, although some people use it to bind commands to other keys, as
well.  (For example, some people use it to bind the VT200 seldom used
back-tick key (`) to the function "ESC-prefix" so it will behave like an ESC
key.)  The second function, edt-bind-gold-key, is used to bind emacs commands
to gold key sequences involving alpha-numeric keys, special character keys,
and control keys.

The third function, edt-bind-function-key, is terminal dependent and is defined
in a terminal specific file (see edt-vt100.el for example).  It is used to bind
emacs commands to LK-201 function keys, to keypad keys, and to gold sequences
of those keys.


SPECIFYING WORD ENTITIES:

The variable edt-word-entities is used to emulate EDT's SET ENTITY WORD

most of the original EDT control key sequence bindings.  If you wish to do
this, add the following line to your .emacs file:

        (setq edt-use-EDT-control-key-bindings t)


SETTING SCROLL MARGINS:

Scroll margins at the top and bottom of the window are now supported.  (The
design was copied from tpu-extras.el.)  By default, this feature is enabled
with the top margin set to 10% of the window and the bottom margin set to 15%
of the window.  To change these settings, you can invoke the function
edt-set-scroll-margins in your .emacs file.  For example, the following line

          (edt-set-scroll-margins "20%" "25%")
      
sets the top margin to 20% of the window and the bottom margin to 25% of the
window.  To disable this feature, set each margin to 0%.  You can also invoke
edt-set-scroll-margins interactively while EDT Emulation is active to change
the settings for that session.

NOTE: Another way to set the scroll margins is to use the Emacs customization
feature (not available in Emacs 19) to set the following two variables
directly:
      
          edt-top-scroll-margin and edt-bottom-scroll-margin

Enter the Emacs `customize' command.  First select the Editing group and then
select the Emulations group.  Finally, select the Edt group and follow the
directions.

                              DEFAULT EDT Keypad

   F7: Copy Rectangle             +----------+----------+----------+----------+
   F8: Cut Rect Overstrike        |Prev Line |Next Line |Bkwd Char |Frwd Char |

  F11: ESC                       
  F12: Begining of Line           +----------+----------+----------+----------+
G-F12: Delete Other Windows       |   GOLD   |   HELP   |  FNDNXT  |  DEL L   |
  F13: Delete to Begin of Word    |   (PF1)  |   (PF2)  |   (PF3)  |  (PF4)   |
 HELP: Keypad Help                |Mark Wisel|Desc Funct|   FIND   |  UND L   |
G-HELP: Emacs Help                +----------+----------+----------+----------+
   DO: Execute extended command   |   PAGE   |   SECT   |  APPEND  |  DEL W   |
  C-g: Keyboard Quit              |    (7)   |    (8)   |    (9)   |   (-)    |
G-C-g: Keyboard Quit              |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Regio| REPLACE  |  UND W   |
  C-h: Beginning of Line          +----------+----------+----------+----------+
G-C-h: Emacs Help                 |  ADVANCE |  BACKUP  |   CUT    |  DEL C   |
  C-i: Tab Insert                 |    (4)   |    (5)   |    (6)   |   (,)    |

  G-2: Split Window
  G-%: Go to Percentage
  G- : Undo  (GOLD Spacebar)
  G-=: Go to Line
  G-`: What line
  G-/: Query-Replace

;;; File:  edt-user.el   ---  Sample User Customizations for the Enhanced 
;;;                             EDT Keypad Mode Emulation 
;;;                             
;;;                      For GNU Emacs 19 and Above
;;;
;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1992, 1993, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
;; Maintainer: Kevin Gallagher <[e-mail]>
;; Keywords: emulations

;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)

;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; This file contains GNU Emacs User Custom EDT bindings and functions.

;;; Usage:

;;  See edt-user.doc in the emacs etc directory.

  (edt-bind-gold-key "h" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)
  (edt-bind-gold-key "H" 'edt-electric-user-keypad-help)

  ;; Control bindings for regular keys.
  ;;; Leave binding of C-c as original prefix key.
  (edt-bind-key "\C-j" 'edt-duplicate-word)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-k" 'edt-define-key)
  (edt-bind-gold-key  "\C-k" 'edt-restore-key)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-l" 'edt-learn)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-m to newline.
  (edt-bind-key "\C-n" 'edt-set-screen-width-80)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-o" 'open-line)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-p" 'fill-paragraph)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-r to isearch-backward.
  ;;; Leave binding of C-s to isearch-forward.
  (edt-bind-key "\C-t" 'edt-display-the-time)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-v" 'redraw-display)
  (edt-bind-key "\C-w" 'edt-set-screen-width-132)
  ;;; Leave binding of C-x as original prefix key.
)

;;;
;;; LK-201 KEYBOARD USER EDT KEYPAD HELP

  F11: ESC                        +----------+----------+----------+----------+
  F12: Begining of Line           |   GOLD   |Query Repl|  FNDNXT  |Del Ent L |
G-F12: Delete Other Windows       |   (PF1)  |   (PF2)  |   (PF3)  |   (PF4)  |
  F13: Delete to Begin of Word    |Mark Wisel|Other Wind|   FIND   |  UND L   |
 HELP: Keypad Help                +----------+----------+----------+----------+
G-HELP: Emacs Help                |   PAGE   |Scroll Win|Open Line |  DEL W   |
   DO: Execute extended command   |    (7)   |    (8)   |    (9)   |   (-)    |
  C-a: Beginning of Line          |Ex Ext Cmd|Fill Parag|Elim Tabs |  UND W   |
  C-b: Switch to Buffer           +----------+----------+----------+----------+
  C-d: Delete Character           |  ADVANCE |  BACKUP  | CUT/COPY |  DEL C   |
  C-e: End of Line                |    (4)   |    (5)   |    (6)   |   (,)    |
  C-f: Forward Character          |   BOTTOM |    TOP   |   Yank   |  UND C   |

  G-z: Switch to Default EDT Key Bindings
  G-2: Split Window
  G-%: Go to Percentage
  G- : Undo  (GOLD Spacebar)
  G-=: Go to Line
  G-`: What line
  G-/: Query-Replace"

  (interactive)
  (describe-function 'edt-user-keypad-help))