Re: The GNU thing
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, David B. Teague wrote:
> > The importance of compilers was one reason I chose to license Linux
> > under the GNU Public License (GPL). The GPL was the license for the
> > GCC compiler. I think that all the other projects from the GNU group
> > are for Linux insignificant in comparison.
I think this statement is absolute truth. Linux wouldn't exist without
GCC, but it certainly could without textutils or shellutils and suchlike.
> > the
> > Emacs editor is horrible, for example. While Linux is larger than
> > Emacs, at least Linux has the excuse that it needs to be.
> Emacs is a religion. Some hate it, some love it.
> Few are neutral. I love Emacs.
> I respect those who use small editors and restart
> the editor for each compilation error.
Okay, so emacs is a religion, I can deal with that. I use emacs the
editor quite a bit. However, I can't get xemacs-20 to suspend with
CNTRL-Z on my computer so I either have to use multiple virtual terminals
or do everything under X.
Do you know what the problem is?
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