Re: Changing the Key mapping on Emacs?

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:42:57 -0600, Peter Olcott wrote:

"General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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RedHat Linux 9.0

Why are you running an antique distro like RH9? Install Fedora 7 or
CentOS5.1 and then we will be able to give you some help. RH9 has
been
dead for 5 years, who knows what was packaged with it.

I am a Visual C++ programmer that is trying to get up to speed on
Linux
by Monday for a job interview, there is a job that mostly involves
Visual C++ but also has some Linux. I already know the essential
basics
of compiling C++ programs, and need to very quickly fill in a few
gaps.

Peter

You don't want to be playing with RH9, it's would be like playing with
Win98 when your prospective employer wants Vista experience. My
suggestion to you is to download and install CentOS5.1.
http://centos.org/

CentOS5.1 is identical to Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.1 which is what
most
companies run. CentOS5.1 will work much better for you than RH9. It
will
also allow you to tell your prospective employer that you have
experience
with the Linux distro that they are probably using.

Telling them that you have experience with RH9 is like telling them you
have experience with Win98. Save yourself a lot of grief and install
CentOS5.1.


I have a maximum of one hour to learn text editing on Linux/Unix so that
at the end of the hour I am reasonably proficient, please offer advice
within these constraints.

Install Xemacs on your Windows box, http://www.xemacs.org. Xemacs on
Windows is identical to Xemacs on Linux. You could also install VMware on
your Windows box and install CentOS5 on VMware. That would give you a
comfortable env in which to learn.
.

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