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Marinos Koutsomichalis | 2 Nov 2011 21:16

fn key and (aqua)emacs

Hello,

I' m using fn key as 'super' in Aquamacs and I have created various shortcuts to custom-commands using it. All work perfectly

I then ported the code to an older macbook that I use. That model has a 'numlock' function in the keyboard - when you press f6 or when you hold fn you can use various keys to produce numbers or other symbols instead of the proper ones. So for example fn+u -> 4, fn+m -> 0 etc

the problem is that this way my shortcuts are all broken.. When I press for example fn-( (fn-shift-9) aquamacs understand fn-9 instead of fn-( and don' t do anything.. fn-/ is now fn-+ etc

I don' t want to change these shortcuts - I' m used to them. And I would not mind at all disabling this numlock functionality. I googled it, but nothing..

any ideas ???

thx

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Yan Li | 4 Nov 2011 03:45

Reverse Video doesn't work?

Hello All,

I'm a new Mac OS X user and am trying to setup Aquamacs. It's pretty
good but since my eye's not very good I always use reverse video to
lower the total screen brightness. I tried many ways but can't figure
out how to do that with Aquamacs.

For example, this command has no effect:
/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs -rv

Any hints are welcome.

Thanks!

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David Reitter | 4 Nov 2011 04:28

Re: Reverse Video doesn't work?

On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Yan Li wrote:

> I'm a new Mac OS X user and am trying to setup Aquamacs. It's pretty
> good but since my eye's not very good I always use reverse video to
> lower the total screen brightness. I tried many ways but can't figure
> out how to do that with Aquamacs.
> 
> For example, this command has no effect:
> /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs -rv

This ought to be taken out of the documentation of the arguments.

To enable reverse video, go to System Preferences, Universal Access.  Select the leftmost tab at the top,
"Seeing".  In the third box from the top, you'll find "White on Black".  Click on that and you'll get what
you're looking for.  These instructions are for OS X 10.7 "Lion", but the mode has existed for a while. 
There's a key combination as well.
Needless to say, you'll find a number of options that let you accommodate individual differences in
eye-sight or fine motor control.

Also, note Aquamacs Command-+ and Command- - commands, which let you enlarge a buffer's font temporarily.

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Yan Li | 4 Nov 2011 04:41

Re: Reverse Video doesn't work?

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM, David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> This ought to be taken out of the documentation of the arguments.

Did you mean Aquamacs simply doesn't support this function any more?

> To enable reverse video, go to System Preferences, Universal Access.  Select the leftmost tab at the
top, "Seeing".  In the third box from the top, you'll find "White on Black".  Click on that and you'll get
what you're looking for.  These instructions are for OS X 10.7 "Lion", but the mode has existed for a
while.  There's a key combination as well.
> Needless to say, you'll find a number of options that let you accommodate individual differences in
eye-sight or fine motor control.

Thanks for the instruction. This enables reverse video for the whole
system (nice feature!). Is it possible to enable this only for
Aquamacs?

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Peter Dyballa | 4 Nov 2011 10:29

Re: Reverse Video doesn't work?


Am 04.11.2011 um 04:41 schrieb Yan Li:

> Is it possible to enable this only for Aquamacs?

You could check documentation whether *themes* are supported. They set dozens of properties, called
faces. You could use these functions

list-colors-display	      <menu-bar> <edit> <props> <dc>, <C-down-mouse-2> <dc>
   Display names of defined colors, and show what they look like.
list-faces-display	      <menu-bar> <edit> <props> <df>, <C-down-mouse-2> <df>
   List all faces, using the same sample text in each.
list-fonts-display	      M-x ... RET
   Display a list of font-families available via font-config, in a new buffer.

to get a picture of what you can get. With that in mind (or in a second frame) you can choose from the Options
menu the item "Customize Emacs" and then "Top-Level Customisation Group". In the "Faces" group you'll
find means to set foreground and background colours and a few more things. Maybe you can see the item "Frame
Background Mode". (I'm not using Aquamacs Emacs. I prefer an Emacs feeling.)

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David Reitter | 4 Nov 2011 14:01

Re: Reverse Video doesn't work?

On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:41 PM, Yan Li wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM, David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> This ought to be taken out of the documentation of the arguments.
> 
> Did you mean Aquamacs simply doesn't support this function any more?

Not currently, and there is little desire to duplicate functions provided by the systems.  
> 
> 
> Thanks for the instruction. This enables reverse video for the whole
> system (nice feature!). Is it possible to enable this only for
> Aquamacs?

Peter mentions themes in his reply, and note that you can set colors in Options->Appearance (and save them
as frame default).

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Yan Li | 7 Nov 2011 04:59

Re: Reverse Video doesn't work?

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> web.de> wrote:
>> Is it possible to enable this only for Aquamacs?
>
> You could check documentation whether *themes* are supported. They set dozens of properties, called
faces. You could use these functions
>
> list-colors-display           <menu-bar> <edit> <props> <dc>, <C-down-mouse-2> <dc>
>   Display names of defined colors, and show what they look like.
> list-faces-display            <menu-bar> <edit> <props> <df>, <C-down-mouse-2> <df>
>   List all faces, using the same sample text in each.
> list-fonts-display            M-x ... RET
>   Display a list of font-families available via font-config, in a new buffer.
>
> to get a picture of what you can get. With that in mind (or in a second frame) you can choose from the Options
menu the item "Customize Emacs" and then "Top-Level Customisation Group". In the "Faces" group you'll
find means to set foreground and background colours and a few more things. Maybe you can see the item "Frame
Background Mode". (I'm not using Aquamacs Emacs. I prefer an Emacs feeling.)

Thanks for the idea. But the good of using reverse mode is that the
color display of various modes for coding can be retained, while
customizing normally overwrites mode's color setting.

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Jake Penton | 9 Nov 2011 03:01

version 2.4 and ps-print

I just downloaded 2.4. When I try to use ps-print-buffer (or related) it reports that
Contents/Resources/etc/ps-prin0.ps is missing. Actually, I don't see any of the postscript templates
in the application bundle. Have I missed something, or did the files get left out of the app bundle?

- J -

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David Reitter | 9 Nov 2011 04:21

Re: version 2.4 and ps-print

On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Jake Penton wrote:

> I just downloaded 2.4. When I try to use ps-print-buffer (or related) it reports that
Contents/Resources/etc/ps-prin0.ps is missing. Actually, I don't see any of the postscript templates
in the application bundle. Have I missed something, or did the files get left out of the app bundle?

Oh, I believe they were left out for space reasons, although I wasn't aware that ps-print-buffer needed
them.  I always print via the OS X printing system (Command-p). 

The nightly build should have this file, and I'll make sure it'll be included in the next release.

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Jake Penton | 9 Nov 2011 15:23

Re: version 2.4 and ps-print

Many thanks. 

Yeah, I tend to use ps-print stuff heavily when I need to convert source code to pdf. It is not perfect, but I
like the headers that it provides. For other kinds of document I too use the OS X printing. It just goes to
show how hard it is to abandon stuff that people have used for years, LOL.

I use aquamacs for many hours each week - sometimes each day - hacking in Haskell and Common Lisp. I love
aquamacs and totally depend on it, and so have recently started contributing some cash! Keep it up.

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On 2011-11-08, at 10:21 PM, David Reitter wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Jake Penton wrote:
> 
>> I just downloaded 2.4. When I try to use ps-print-buffer (or related) it reports that
Contents/Resources/etc/ps-prin0.ps is missing. Actually, I don't see any of the postscript templates
in the application bundle. Have I missed something, or did the files get left out of the app bundle?
> 
> Oh, I believe they were left out for space reasons, although I wasn't aware that ps-print-buffer needed
them.  I always print via the OS X printing system (Command-p). 
> 
> The nightly build should have this file, and I'll make sure it'll be included in the next release.
> 
> 
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