Re: Debian is not GNU [at least current GNU]
%% Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> writes:
as> Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry@attbi.com> writes:
>> For most new users emacs20 is just as good as 21. The two large
>> changes in 21 for newbies were a better X front end and console font
>> locking.
as> Also, better menus, toolbar, tooltips, automatic hscroll,
as> hourglass, sane delete key setup (especially on terminals),
as> wheelmouse support, language environment autosetup from locale,
as> and probably some stuff I'm forgetting.
Yes. I strongly agree that Emacs 21 is much better for newbies than
Emacs 20.
But, Emacs 21.2 is _still_ a little dodgy in places for me. I use 21
every day, but 20.7 is unquestionably more stable. I don't have any
particular issues with Debian sticking with Emacs 20 for Woody.
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