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XEmacs
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USING XEMACS
- Notes
- Now that you've seen that you can run acl from the shell, and now
that you've seen a little of how to interact with that version of acl,
we will use the XEmacs Lisp development environment for the rest of
the course.
XEmacs is a version of the Emacs editor, which you may already have
used. I prefer XEmacs to the other versions of Emacs we have
available at UB, so I will give you some instructions on how to use
it, and then assume that you are using it.
Remember, XEmacs is a general-purpose editor, and has modes for
developing programs in a variety of programming languages. Once you
start using it, you can use it for all your work.
- Run XEmacs by executing the shell command
xemacs
&
- Exit XEmacs by typing
C-x C-c while your cursor is
inside its window.
- Run acl within XEmacs by executing the XEmacs
command
M-x run-cl from within XEmacs.
-
M-x is pronounced "Meta-x", and is typed by holding
down the meta key while typing the x key. SparcStations have two meta
keys on their keyboards. They are the ones next to the space bar with
the diamonds on them. If your keyboard doesn't have a meta key, you
can type M-x by typing the Escape key followed by the x
key.
- If you pause a second or so after typing
M-x, you
will see it echoed in the "minibuffer" at the bottom of the XEmacs
window.
- XEmacs has command completion. So once you start typing
run-cl you can hit the space bar and see it completed in
the minibuffer. When you're happy, be sure to type return (or enter)
to execute the command.
- After executing
M-x run-cl, you will be asked to
provide some arguments in the minibuffer. Each request will be
accompanied by a default suggestion. Accept each default, by simply
pressing the return key, except for the one labelled Process
directory. For this one, enter ~/CSE202.
- Finally, you will see the now familiar ACL banner and prompt, and
you will see the mode "Inferior Common Lisp" on the mode line.
- You can interact with acl in the XEmacs buffer just as you did
when running acl from the shell, only there are more keyboard commands
to help you, and some of the commands you used before must be preceded
by an additional keystroke. Here is a revised version of keystroke
commands:
| exit ACL | :exit |
| interrupt | C-c C-c |
| pop one level in the debugger | C-c C-d |
| pop all debugger levels | :res |
| character erase | as before |
| line erase | C-c C-u |
| erase to current prompt, even if on subsequent
line | C-c C-u |
- You can see all the keyboard commands available in the Inferior
Common Lisp mode by typing
C-h m when your cursor is in
the *acl* buffer. Try it. Here, however, are
two of my favorites:
| close all open parentheses | C-c ] |
copy previous input to current line
You can keep doing this
to get earlier lines. | C-c C-p |
- Remember, XEmacs is a general purpose editor. You can have
multiple buffers open to multiple files at the same time. If you need
a quick set of notes on using XEmacs (and other versions of Emacs),
look at the file
/projects/shapiro/CS501/emacsnotes.text
- Now, go back through the exercises of Chapters 1-3, quickly
trying out the XEmacs Lisp listener. When you're comfortable, move on
to Chapter 4. Use XEmacs for the rest of this course. I hope you
like it enough to use it in all your work.
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