reduce-historical/psl-1983/help/emode.hlp

                          EMODE - A PSL SCREEN EDITOR

Comments  and  questions  about  EMODE  should  be  addressed  to  Will  Galway
(GALWAY@UTAH-20).  Further documentation is available in the file EMODE.LPT  on
logical device PE:

Running EMODE

EMODE is available as a "loadable" file.  It can be invoked as follows:

    @PSL:RLISP
    [1] load emode;
    [2] emode();

Of  course,  you may choose to invoke RLISP (or "just plain Lisp") differently,
and to perform other operations before loading and running EMODE.

EMODE is built to run on a site dependent "default terminal" as the default  (a
Teleray  terminal  at  the University of Utah).  To use some other terminal you
must LOAD in a set of different driver functions  after  loading  EMODE.    For
example, to run EMODE on the Hewlett Packard 2648A terminal, you could type:

    @PSL:RLISP
    [1] load emode;
    [2] load hp2648a;
    [3] emode();

The following drivers are currently available:

AAA             For the Ann Arbor Ambassador.
DM1520          For the Datamedia 1520.
HP2648A         For the Hewlett Packard 2648A (and similar HP terminals).
TELERAY         For the Teleray 1061.
VT52            For the DEC VT52.
VT100           For the DEC VT100.

See the file PE:EMODE.LPT for information on creating new terminal drivers.

When EMODE starts up, it will typically be in "two window mode".  To enter "one
window mode", you can type "C-X 1" (as in EMACS).  Commands can be typed into a
buffer  shown in the top window.  The result of evaluating a command is printed
into the OUT_WINDOW buffer (shown in the  bottom  window).    To  evaluate  the
expression  starting  on  the  current  line,  type  M-E.   M-E will (normally)
automatically enter two window mode if anything is "printed" to the  OUT_WINDOW
buffer.    If  you don't want to see things being printed to the output window,
you can set the variable !*OUTWINDOW to NIL.  (Or use the  RLISP  command  "OFF
OUTWINDOW;".)    This  prevents  EMODE from automatically going into two window
mode when something is printed to OUT_WINDOW.  You must still use the  "C-X  1"
command to enter one window mode initially.

Commands for EMODE

The  following  commands are notable either for their difference from EMACS, or
for their importance to getting started with EMODE:

   - To leave EMODE type C-X C-Z to "QUIT" to the  EXEC,  or  C-Z  C-Z  to
     return to "normal" PSL input/output.

   - While in EMODE, the "M-?"  (meta- question mark) character asks for a
     command character and prints the name of the routine attached to that
     character.

   - The function "PrintAllDispatch()" will print out the current dispatch
     table.  You must call EMODE first, to set this table up.

   - M-C-Y inserts into the current buffer the text printed as a result of
     the last M-E.

   - M-X  prompts  for  a  one  line string and then executes it as a Lisp
     expression.  Of course, similar results can be achieved by using  M-E
     in a buffer.

A (fairly) complete table of keyboard bindings follows:

C-@             Runs the function SETMARK.
C-A             Runs the function !$BEGINNINGOFLINE.
C-B             Runs the function !$BACKWARDCHARACTER.
C-D             Runs the function !$DELETEFORWARDCHARACTER.
C-E             Runs the function !$ENDOFLINE.
C-F             Runs the function !$FORWARDCHARACTER.
Tab             In  Lisp  mode, runs the function LISP-TAB-COMMAND.  Indents as
                appropriate for Lisp.
Linefeed        In text mode, runs the function !$CRLF and acts like a carriage
                return.
                In Lisp mode, runs the function LISP-LINEFEED-COMMAND.  Inserts
                a newline and indents as appropriate for Lisp.
C-K             Runs the function KILL_LINE.
C-L             Runs the function FULLREFRESH.
Return          Runs the function $CRLF (inserts a carriage return).
C-N             Runs the function !$FORWARDLINE.
C-O             Runs the function OPENLINE.
C-P             Runs the function !$BACKWARDLINE.
C-Q             Runs the function INSERTNEXTCHARACTER.  Acts like a "quote" for
                the next character typed.
C-R             Backward search for string, type a carriage return to terminate
                the search string.  Default (for a null  string)  is  the  last
                string previously searched for.
C-S             Forward search for string.
C-T             Transpose  the last two characters typed (if the last character
                typed was self inserting).  Otherwise, transpose the characters
                to the left and right of point, or the two  characters  to  the
                left of point if at the end of a line.
C-U             Repeat a command.  Similar to EMACS's C-U.
C-V             Runs the function SCROLL-WINDOW-UP-PAGE-COMMAND.
C-W             Runs the function KILL_REGION.
C-X             As in EMACS, control-X is a prefix for "fancier" commands.
C-Y             Runs the function INSERT_KILL_BUFFER.  Yanks back killed text.
C-Z             Runs  the  function  DOCONTROLMETA.    As  in  EMACS, acts like
                "Control-Meta" (or "Meta-Control").
ESCAPE          Runs the function ESCAPEASMETA.  As in EMACS, ESCAPE acts  like
                the "Meta" key.
)               Inserts  a  "matching"  right parenthesis.  Bounces back to the
                corresponding  left  parenthesis,  or  beeps  if  no   matching
                parenthesis is found.
RUBOUT          Runs the function !$DELETEBACKWARDCHARACTER.
M-C-@           Runs  the  function MARK-SEXP-COMMAND.  Sets mark at the end of
                the s-expression following point.
M-C-A           In Lisp mode,  runs  the  function  BEGINNING-OF-DEFUN-COMMAND.
                Moves  backward  to  the  beginning of the current or previous)
                DEFUN.  A DEFUN is heuristically defined to  be  a  line  whose
                first character is a left parenthesis.
M-C-B           Runs the function BACKWARD_SEXPR.
M-C-D           Runs  the  function  DOWN-LIST.    Moves "deeper" into the next
                contained list.
M-C-E           In Lisp mode, runs the function  END-OF-DEFUN-COMMAND.    Moves
                forward  to the beginning of the next line following the end of
                a DEFUN.
M-C-F           Runs the function FORWARD_SEXPR.
M-Backspace     In Lisp mode, runs the function MARK-DEFUN-COMMAND.
M-Tab           In Lisp mode, runs the function LISP-TAB-COMMAND.
M-C-K           Runs the function KILL_FORWARD_SEXPR.
M-Return        Runs the function BACK-TO-INDENTATION-COMMAND.  Similar to C-A,
                but skips past any leading blanks.
M-C-N           Runs the function MOVE-PAST-NEXT-LIST.  Moves to the  right  of
                the current or next list.
M-C-O           Runs  the  function FORWARD-UP-LIST.  Moves to the right of the
                current list.
M-C-P           Runs  the  function  MOVE-PAST-PREVIOUS-LIST.    Moves  to  the
                beginning of the current or previous list.
M-C-Q           Runs  the function LISP-INDENT-SEXPR.  "Lisp indents" each line
                in the next s-expr.
M-C-U           Runs the function BACKWARD-UP-LIST.   Does  the  "opposite"  of
                FORWARD-UP-LIST.
M-C-Y           In     Lisp     and    Rlisp    mode    runs    the    function
                INSERT_LAST_EXPRESSION.  Inserts the last body of text typed as
                the result of a M-E.
M-C-Z           Runs  the  function  OLDFACE.    Leaves  EMODE,  goes  back  to
                "regular" PSL input/output.
M-Escape        In  Lisp  mode,  runs  the function BEGINNING-OF-DEFUN-COMMAND.
                (See M-C-A.)
M-C-]           In Lisp mode, runs the  function  END-OF-DEFUN-COMMAND.    (See
                M-C-E.)
M-C-RUBOUT      Runs the function KILL_BACKWARD_SEXPR.
M-%             Runs  the  function  QUERY-REPLACE-COMMAND.  Similar to EMACS's
                query replace.
M-(             Runs the function INSERT-PARENS.  Inserts a  matching  pair  of
                parenthesis, leaving point between them.
M-)             Runs  the  function MOVE-OVER-PAREN.  Moves over a ")" updating
                indentation (as appropriate for Lisp).
M-/             Runs the function !$HELPDISPATCH, see the  description  of  M-?
                below.
M-;             In Lisp and Rlisp mode runs the function INSERTCOMMENT.
M-<             Runs  the  function  !$BEGINNINGOFBUFFER.  Move to beginning of
                buffer.
M->             Runs the function !$ENDOFBUFFER.  Move to end of buffer.
M-?             Runs the function !$HELPDISPATCH.  Asks  for  a  character  and
                prints the name of the routine attached to that character.
M-@             Runs the function MARK-WORD-COMMAND.
M-B             Runs the function BACKWARD_WORD.  Backs up over a word.
M-D             Runs the function KILL_FORWARD_WORD.
M-E             In  Lisp  and  RLISP modes evaluates the expression starting at
                the beginning of the current line.
M-F             Runs the function FORWARD_WORD.  Moves forward over a word.
M-M             Runs the function BACK-TO-INDENTATION-COMMAND.   (See  M-Return
                for more description.)
M-V             Runs  the function SCROLL-WINDOW-DOWN-PAGE-COMMAND.  Moves up a
                window.
M-W             Runs the function COPY_REGION.  Like C-W only it  doesn't  kill
                the region.
M-X             Runs  the  function  EXECUTE_COMMAND.  Prompts for a string and
                then converts it to Lisp expression and evaluates it.
M-Y             Runs the function UNKILL_PREVIOUS.  Used to cycle  through  the
                kill  buffer.    Deletes  the  last  yanked  back text and then
                proceeds to yank back the previous piece of text  in  the  kill
                buffer.
M-\             Runs the function DELETE-HORIZONTAL-SPACE-COMMAND.  Deletes all
                blanks (and tabs) around point.
M-^             Runs the function DELETE-INDENTATION-COMMAND.  Deletes CRLF and
                indentation  at  front  of  line,  leaves one space in place of
                them.
M-RUBOUT        Runs the function KILL_BACKWARD_WORD.
C-X C-B         Runs the function PRINTBUFFERNAMES.  Prints a list of  all  the
                buffers present.
C-X C-F         Runs  the  function  FIND_FILE.    Asks for a filename and then
                selects the buffer that that file resides in, or creates a  new
                buffer and reads the file into it.
C-X C-O         Runs  the  function  DELETE-BLANK-LINES-COMMAND.  Deletes blank
                lines around point (leaving one left).
C-X C-P         Runs the function WRITESCREENPHOTO.  Write  a  "photograph"  of
                the screen to a file.
C-X C-R         Runs the function CNTRLXREAD.  Read a file into the buffer.
C-X C-S         Runs  the  function  SAVE_FILE.   Writes the buffer to the file
                associated with that buffer, asks for  an  associated  file  if
                none defined.
C-X C-W         Runs the function CNTRLXWRITE.  Write the buffer out to a file.
C-X C-X         Runs the function EXCHANGEPOINTANDMARK
C-X C-Z         As in EMACS, exits to the EXEC.
C-X 1           Goes into one window mode.
C-X 2           Goes into two window mode.
C-X B           Runs  the function CHOOSEBUFFER.  EMODE asks for a buffer name,
                and then selects (or creates) that buffer for editing.
C-X H           Runs the function MARK-WHOLE-BUFFER-COMMAND.
C-X N           Runs the function NEXT_WINDOW.  Selects the  "next"  window  in
                the  list of active windows.  Note that some active windows may
                be covered by other screens, so they will  be  invisible  until
                C-X N reaches them and "pops" them to the "top" of the screen.
C-X O           An alternate way to invoke NEXT_WINDOW.
C-X P           Runs  the  function  PREVIOUS_WINDOW.    Selects the "previous"
                window in the list of active windows.