mac-emacs-users

[Mac-emacs-users] macterm and edt-emulation-on

[Michael W. J. W. p. 302-695-9. <Mic...@us...>]

I have flirted with emacs awhile and am trying to get serious.  Being an old EDT user, I tried

M-x edt-emulation-on

and received

"Unable to load EDT terminal specific file for macterm"


Is there a work-around?

Re: [Mac-emacs-users] macterm and edt-emulation-on

[Andrew C. <ch...@tr...>]

> [...] I tried
> 
>   M-x edt-emulation-on
> 
> and received
> 
>   "Unable to load EDT terminal specific file for macterm"

You need to modify the file ".../lisp/emulation/edt.el" and change the
line

  (if (eq window-system 'x)

to

  (if (or (eq window-system 'x) (eq window-system 'mac))

Then you need to byte-compile that file by typing

  M-x byte-compile-file

and giving it the name of the file ".../lisp/emulation/edt.el" when
prompted.  Emacs will generate a bunch of messages.  Don't worry about
them.

After that when you turn on EDT emulation for the first time by typing
"M-x edt-emulation-on", you should get a chance to define keys on your
keyboard to emulate keys on a DEC keyboard.  Follow the instructions
given.  You should then get a file called .edt-gnu-keys in your "mac"
directory.  Thereafter when you start EDT emulation you should be able
to go right in.

Please let me know if things work correctly or not.  It has been a
while since I used EDT so I would not know how to test the emulation
mode.

Andrew.