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Re: Can emacs and xemacs coexist?



Tristan Day <GreenSideburns@csi.com> writes:
TD> I've got xemacs installed on my stable Debian 1.3.1, and it works
TD> just fine, but I want to use emacs for file viewing and
TD> manipulation in a normal console because I don't like vi. I tried
TD> to install emacs in dselect but it tells me I have to take
TD> components of xemacs out, because they conflict. Is this a small
TD> conflict that would be OK to force using dpkg, or do I have to
TD> choose between them?

I can't answer your question directly, but:

-- You _can_ use xemacs on the console; try "xemacs file".
-- Debian 2.0 deals with this properly, and if everything works
   properly you can have no less than four Emacsen simultaneously
   present on your system, and they'll all work properly.

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