Re: Re[2]: Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)
on 5/23/00 1:49 PM, Steve Lamb at morpheus@rpglink.com wrote:
> Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 10:46:21 AM, John wrote:
>> Saying emacs isn't a text editor is like saying that a Leatherman isn't a
>> pocket knife -- it may be literally true, but is extremely misleading in
>> fact.
>
> Hey, don't tell me. Tell all the Emacs people who keep telling me it
> isn't a text editor.
My final word on the subject:
I haven't seen anybody other than you say that Emacs isn't a text editor. I
have seen many people say it isn't _just_ a text editor (or words to that
effect).
Those two statements are _not_ equivalent.
john.
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