Re: [jed-users] jed.rc only partially working

[Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I will refer you to similar past threads:
> 
>   <http://lists.jedsoft.org/lists/jed-users/2002/0000520.html>
>   <http://lists.jedsoft.org/lists/jed-users/2004/0000072.html>

Thanks.  I hadn't realized that "jed -batch" could be so useful.

> > When I try to set keybindings in my .jed/jed.rc or .jedrc file, they
> > don't take affect.  For example,  if my rc file contains
> >   enable_top_status_line (0);
> >   setkey("del","^Cd");
> > and I start jed, the top status line is gone, but Control-c d doesn't
> > delete.  If I start jed with
> 
> Right.  The reason is that you did not define an editor emulation and
> after jed loaded your jedrc file and saw that none was loaded, it used
> a default emulation (emacs).

Ah; I misunderstood how the default of emacs worked.  
I wouldn't have guessed this, but it makes sense...

> then put the following in your jedrc file:
> 
>    require ("emacs");   % load the emacs emulation
>    setkey("del","^Cd");

... and now things work great.

> However, if you want to create your own keybindings from scratch

Oh, maybe I'll do that someday.

> See jed.sl in the jed/lib directory for the "jed" emulation.  To my
> knowledge, I am the only person in the world who uses this emulation.

I didn't even know there was a jed emulation(?); the quickref
documentation didn't mention it.

> I hope this helps.

Yup; thanks a lot!

(And thanks Parke and Roland, too.)

Jay
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