[aplusdev] Getting Started

[Joshua]

As so frequently happens, I am stuck here on the launching pad.

I have installed the binary RPM of A+.  I have adjusted my Netscrape brow=
ser so
that it displays the A+ glyphs correctly when reading the reference manua=
l.  I
can open a dialog with A+ on a terminal emulator.

Alas, when I attempt to type the assignment operator I see ^[[, and an er=
ror
message.  Still in the terminal emulator, I am unsuccessful in entering a=
ny A+
glyphs.

The documentation appears to suggest that an Emacs session has an option =
for
establishing an Emacs/A+ session which presumably might resolve the diffi=
culty.
Nah, my Emacs does know about A+.  If there is a missing PATH statement t=
hat I
don't know about, I can't find an appropriate reference.  (I haven't mess=
ed
much with Emacs.)

The language definition seems quite impressive, and I would really enjoy
getting back into APL; it brings back fond memories of a 1050 terminal wi=
th an
APL type ball wired by acoustical coupler into the engineering 360/50  ba=
ck
around 1970.

Anyone have some advice?

Donald Menken