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    From RonB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 12 02:01:34 2020
    Hi,

    Completely new to emacs. I'm trying it (and liking it) because of
    fountain-mode (for screenplay writing). Since this was in my Linux Mint repository it was easy to install — and, even though I don't fully
    understand what I've done, it works (except for exporting, which I'm
    guessing requires more packages, but it's not a major concern for me).

    Now I see there is/was a WordStar mode (ws-mode.el) which I would love to
    get working. I've been using Jstar for years because it emulates the
    WordStar keystrokes I learned in the late 80s, early 90s. Ultimately I would like to patch the ws-mode to make it a minor mode so it could work with fountain-mode (which is a major mode package). But first things first, first
    I would just like to get ws-mode to work. (I don't even really fully
    understand "major-mode" or "minor-mode.")

    I've copied and pasted ws-mode.el into a file and used "m-x load-file," but
    I keep getting a "no-match" error. Obviously my ignorance is the issue, but
    a quick pointer would be appreciated. Thank you.

    --
    "People are innocent until alleged to be involved in some
    kind of criminal activity." — John Brennan, ex-CIA Director

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  • From Javier@21:1/5 to RonB on Tue Jan 14 10:42:17 2020
    RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
    Now I see there is/was a WordStar mode (ws-mode.el) which I would love to
    get working. I've been using Jstar for years because it emulates the
    WordStar keystrokes I learned in the late 80s, early 90s. Ultimately I would like to patch the ws-mode to make it a minor mode so it could work with fountain-mode (which is a major mode package). But first things first, first I would just like to get ws-mode to work. (I don't even really fully understand "major-mode" or "minor-mode.")

    I've copied and pasted ws-mode.el into a file and used "m-x load-file," but
    I keep getting a "no-match" error. Obviously my ignorance is the issue, but
    a quick pointer would be appreciated. Thank you.

    I don't know why it is marked as obsolete. This should work
    Replace 26.2 by your version number and do:

    M-: (load-file "/usr/local/share/emacs/26.2/lisp/obsolete/ws-mode.el.gz")

    M-x wordstar-mode

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  • From RonB@21:1/5 to Javier on Tue Jan 14 21:18:47 2020
    On 2020-01-14, Javier <[email protected]d> wrote:
    RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
    Now I see there is/was a WordStar mode (ws-mode.el) which I would love to
    get working. I've been using Jstar for years because it emulates the
    WordStar keystrokes I learned in the late 80s, early 90s. Ultimately I would >> like to patch the ws-mode to make it a minor mode so it could work with
    fountain-mode (which is a major mode package). But first things first, first >> I would just like to get ws-mode to work. (I don't even really fully
    understand "major-mode" or "minor-mode.")

    I've copied and pasted ws-mode.el into a file and used "m-x load-file," but >> I keep getting a "no-match" error. Obviously my ignorance is the issue, but >> a quick pointer would be appreciated. Thank you.

    I don't know why it is marked as obsolete. This should work
    Replace 26.2 by your version number and do:

    M-: (load-file "/usr/local/share/emacs/26.2/lisp/obsolete/ws-mode.el.gz")

    M-x wordstar-mode

    The problem was my ignorance. I didn't know how to activate wordstar-mode. I may have inadvertently tried typing "ws-mode" but definitely not "wordstar-mode." Works great now. Thanks!

    Now, down the line when (hopefully) I've learned a little something, I'll
    try using the patch that's supposed to change wordstar-mode into a minor
    mode so I can use it in conjunction with fountain-mode (which is major). But
    I definitely need to learn a little before trying that.

    Again, thank you.

    --
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    kind of criminal activity." — John Brennan, ex-CIA Director

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  • From Javier@21:1/5 to RonB on Tue Jan 14 18:53:14 2020
    RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
    Now, down the line when (hopefully) I've learned a little something, I'll
    try using the patch that's supposed to change wordstar-mode into a minor
    mode so I can use it in conjunction with fountain-mode (which is major). But I definitely need to learn a little before trying that.

    Never tried, but I think it has been done already. Have a look at these links.

    [PATCH] change wordstar-mode into a minor mode https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00467.html

    https://github.com/dfr62/wormstar

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  • From RonB@21:1/5 to Javier on Wed Jan 15 19:31:03 2020
    On 2020-01-15, Javier <[email protected]d> wrote:
    RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
    Now, down the line when (hopefully) I've learned a little something, I'll
    try using the patch that's supposed to change wordstar-mode into a minor
    mode so I can use it in conjunction with fountain-mode (which is major). But >> I definitely need to learn a little before trying that.

    Never tried, but I think it has been done already. Have a look at these links.

    [PATCH] change wordstar-mode into a minor mode https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00467.html

    https://github.com/dfr62/wormstar

    Thanks. I've saved the links. (And I'll check them out now.)

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