EMACS customization

[Susan miller2%Cohen]

Can someone tell me how to customize the EMACS editor for use with a Silicon
Graphics IRIS workstation? I would like to be able to use the function keys
at the top and the arrow keys particularly, but also other keys on the 
keyboard which have no printed value. At the moment I'm getting an error
message about the key codes I'm using (down arrow for instance is ^[[A if 
one can believe the quoted-insert response but this code gives problems in
fact).

Susan Miller