Re: Emacs

[Richard Harran <95rmwh@eng.cam.ac.uk>]

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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