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RE: Emacs



http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Harran [SMTP:95rmwh@eng.cam.ac.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, April 12, 1999 11:11 AM
> To:	debina@grey-cat.com
> Cc:	Debian User Group
> Subject:	Re: Emacs
> 
> Do you mean that you can run emacs in (MS) Windows.  If so, could you
> please tell me where to find the windows version.
> 
> Cheers
> Rich
> 
> debina@grey-cat.com wrote:
> > 
> > I think my recommendation as far as xemacs vs emacs goes is that, for
> > a new emacs user, xemacs offers that one advantage of GUIs -- little
> > pull down menus that help you use the editor before you learn all the
> > esoteric keystrokes. Once you've taken advantage of that for a bit
> > using xemacs -nw (no windows) on a terminal is just fine.
> > 
> > I've never tried to learn vi. I admit, if you just want to create a
> > file of a couple lines in your administration of your box, starting
> > x/emacs may seem like overkill. I always use
> > 
> >   $ echo "whatever needs\nto go here" > into.the.new.file
> > 
> > I think the best part about emacs is that you can run it on windows --
> > and using it to navigate the file structure, delete, rename, and move
> > files is simply a *joy* (well, compared to being stuck in windows in
> > the first place).
> > 
> > My only current complaint about emacs is more a complaint about
> > screen. I'm going nuts not being able to use ^a to get to the
> > beginning of a line..... If anyone uses emacs with screen, i'd love a
> > chance to see your .screenrc.
> > 
> > Cheerios,
> > 
> > judith
> > 
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