Talk: What is Emacs?

In <34ln8i$8o...@gagme.wwa.com> ble...@media.mit.edu (Brian Patrick Lee) writes:


>In article <34hqo7$e6...@gagme.wwa.com> Out of Order <psa...@hmc.edu>
>writes:

>   Quoth dre...@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Kevin D. Sandal):

>   > Andrew Hendler <ahe...@netaxs.com> wrote:

>   > >What is emacs? I here so much about it yet I have know idea what
>   it is.  > >also is there a version for mac, if so what ftp sites
>...
>   > EMACS is a text editor that is quite powerful and, to some, much
>   > friendlier than vi. There are versions available on Mac, PC
>   (DOS/OS2), > UNIX, and Next (I think). You should be able to find
>...
>   I did an archie search, but didn't find anything offhand (for Mac).
>   But I don't think a Mac user would get much out of an editor like
>   Emacs anyway.  It's nice for ASCII art, I'll agree, but can't
>   compare to your average word processor--especially if the user is
>   already used to a particular word processor.  Emacs is a good
>   terminal-based editor.

>Emacs is the most popular editor in the world of Unix.  It's the most
>flexible, powerful, and extensible programming environment, bar none.
>You can edit files, send mail, compile programs, play games, etc.,
>without leaving the editor. -- adapted from ``Learning GNU Emacs'' by
>Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt, O'Reilly & Assoc., Inc.

Oh? The most popular editor in the world of Unix? Why don't I see anybody
here using it?

>As far as ASCII art is concerned, it has a picture-mode that allows
>you to draw in ASCII much more powerfully than Word, Wordperfect, etc.

Hmm... sounds good.

Doei, Arthur.

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