Re: [Enter] mapping in a gnuserv text frame for MULE XEmacs 21.5b12

[Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>]

|--==> "njsf" == Nelson Ferreira <nelson.ferreira@verizon.net> writes:

  njsf> When using Gnus v5.10.2 in a MULE XEmacs 21.5B12 , the Enter
  njsf> key is sent as LFD which is not in the Gnus keymap definitions,
  njsf> thus causing the Buffer is read-only error.

This isn't a Gnus problem, it is a bug in XEmacs 21.5 [1].  As a work
around, simply eval something in the scratch buffer _before_ you do
anything else.  It doesn't matter what you eval, you could even:

    () C-j

  njsf> Which keymaps should I change ?

None.  You can't anyway.

,----[ C-h f define-key RET ]
| `define-key' is a built-in function
| (define-key KEYMAP KEYS DEF)
| 
| Documentation:
|
| [...]
|
| Of course, all of this applies only when running under a window system.  If
| you're talking to XEmacs through a TTY connection, you don't get any of
| these features.
|
| [...]
|
`----


  njsf> Should this be a default for Gnus , i.e. to map LFD to the
  njsf> same bindings as RET, or should I as a general rule have some
  njsf> XEmacs wide mapping of LFD to RET ?

As it is an XEmacs bug, no.



Footnotes: 
[1]  We are aware of it and are working towards a fix.

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