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> From: byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer)
> Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:52:25 GMT
> 
> Eystein Dugstad writes
> 
> > What features does Emacs have that Edit doesn't? Should
> > I check it out or is it better to stick with Edit.
> 
> GNU Emacs (the One True Emacs (TM)) has a *full* Lisp
> interpreter inside, along with many predefined editing
> functions.  It also has command-keys up the wazoo, and
> that can be it's biggest problem and it's greatest
> feature.
> 
> For example, I have a Lisp function, automatically loaded
> at startup time, called make-numbered-shell, invoked
> through the sequence '/C-x 4 s'.  That's a cryptic
> example, admittedly, but when you've been working with
> Emacs for a while and have a *long* init file, with many
> functions, you begin to run out of unused command keys.

If you are running out of Emacs keys you can open up a wealth of new keys by
defining a command prefix key (like C-x). For example:

; 	C-z	SUSPEND-EMACS is moved to C-z!
(global-unset-key "\C-z")

; Define a prefix command "C-z".
(global-set-key "\C-z!" 'suspend-emacs)
(global-set-key "\C-za" 'new-function-1)
(global-set-key "\C-z\C-a" 'new-function-2)
(global-set-key "\C-zb" 'new-function-3)
(global-set-key "\C-z\C-b" 'new-function-4)

        ... etc.





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Bill Vrotney
Advanced Decision Systems