Thread: Telnet Emacs

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    Telnet Emacs

    Hmm...Don't know how it works. Can someone enlighten me? I know how to use emacs on my own machine, but I don't know how to use emacs when I telnet somewhere. It's strange...
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    Where are you stuck?
    All generalizations are false

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    eww.... console emacs. That's why they have vi.

    Anyway, it's all BASICALLY the same, you'll just need to use keyboard functions for everything (C-x, C-f to open a file, etc). But I stil recommend using vi over telnet... I've found it to be more responsive and faster over telnet than emacs usually is.

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    Okay, I've tried Vi. Now, I don't get how to save files, and exit the program. Could you help me out with the syntax?
    What will people say if they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?
    What will people do if they find that it's true?
    I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak, there is no disguising the truth!

    Jesus Freak, D.C. Talk

    -gnu-ehacks

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    without getting into the nitty gritty as to how and why this works:

    to save a file:

    ESC :w

    to exit:

    ESC :q

    to save and exit:

    ESC :wq

    to save without exiting:

    ESC :q!

    Note that the sequence is to push escape. and then enter the characters as if typing them... DON'T push them all at once. After you enter the above colon-sequences, push return to get the result. Lots of great online tutorials if you want to know more.

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    my bad, that last one should read

    to quit without saving:

    ESC :q!

    sorry about that, been a long night

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    ESC is to ensure that you're not in some kind of editing mode. If you're already in command mode, you can skip that if you'd like.
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    What Flarelocke says is true, but pushing escape in command mode won't hurt you either. If you're not sure what mode you're in, push escape.

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    Whether you can run Emacs on a machine or not has NOTHING to do with Telnet, it has to do with if the owner of the box actually has Emacs installed.

    You could just ask the administrator do install it, he'd probably do it in a pinch.

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