Re: Console and Emacs
Paddy Hackett <rasherrs@eircom.net> writes:
> I have a particular interest in Emacs and have been trying to master it.
> At the moment I am working on Bash. Now am I right in saying that Bash
> is used on a console as opposed to a text editor such as Emacs or vi.The
> two are distinctly different and serve distinct functions. Emacs is
> only invoked by Bash when a file itself has to be created or modified.
> Bash is concerned more with the manipulation of files.
Bash is a shell program, Emacs is primarily a text editor.
That says, Emacs can also be used as a shell program (see eshell) that is
to say, that you can do what you currently do in a console through Emacs.
Emacs can also browse the web, listen to music, manage your personal photos,
write articles, develop programs, ...
It even can boot as a kernel even if system calls are not implemented totally.
Emacs is the One :)
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