Re: emacs in xterm

[Malte Spiess]

don provan <dprovan@comcast.net> writes:

> zeycus <miguelgarciadiaz@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
> 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

I totally agree. My gf didn't want to use the "window-mode" either at
first, but it definitely is way more comfortable, especially for
beginners, since the whole stuff with the menu etc can't be used too
good in text-mode. Most modes (like auctex, gnus,...) also have some
important commands bound to buttons in the top row.

Extra hint: I have bound the command "enw" to "emacs -nw" in the shell
in case I do want a text-based Emacs every once in a while for short
editing purposes.

Greetings

Malte