1 1983-12-13  emacs-forum-mode.gi
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 3 Notes:
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 5 To try out emacs-forum-mode to see if you like it:
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 7   (1) enter emacs
 8   (2) esc-x loadfile >aml>emacs-forum-mode
 9   (3) esc-x forum
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12 This will list your meetings in a buffer called Meeting List.  Type ?
13 to get a list of requests which are valid in any buffer (except for
14 the Unprocessed Transaction buffer, which is in Fundamental mode).
15 For instance, positioning the cursor to a meeting shown in Meeting
16 List and typing g will go to that meeting, placing its first new (or
17 last) transaction in the Transaction buffer.  Type ?  in the
18 Transaction buffer to learn what requests are available there.  Of
19 course, ^_c can be used to obtain a description of each request listed
20 by ?  request.
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23 To use efor on a permanent basis, you can modify your
24 start_up.emacs.lisp to include:
25     (defprop forum >aml>emacs-forum-mode autoload)
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27 You can then invoke forum by:
28    (1) entering emacs
29    (2) esc-x forum
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32 You can also set an option to specify what category of meetings you
33 want listed in the Meeting List buffer (meetings you are eligible to
34 attend, those you participate in, those that have changed, etc).  Most
35 people find the participating choice most useful (it is also the
36 default):
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38    (setq forum:meeting-list-variety "participant")
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40 Other values are all, changes and nolist.
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43 From command level, it is often useful to invoke emacs and efor at the
44 same time.  The following abbreviation will do this, allowing you to
45 specify another meeting list variety for a particular invocation (ie,
46 use nolist to enter efor and attend only a single meeting, thus
47 avoiding the delay of listing meetings).
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49     .abf emf do "emacs -apply forum [default participant &1]"
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52 Invoked as
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54     emf nolist
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56 it places you in an empty meeting list buffer.  You can then
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58     esc-g meeting_name
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60 to go to the meeting you are interested in.
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