Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt!spice.cs.cmu.edu!mjp From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: editor wars Message-ID: <1222@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 03:13:31 EDT Article-I.D.: spice.1222 Posted: Tue Jun 30 03:13:31 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 20:21:51 EDT Reply-To: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 34 Keywords: klm@munsell.UUCP (Kevin McBride) writes: > Well, I'm using Gnu Emacs 18.something-or-other on my Sun at work, and I > love it. You're not the only one. > I tried the MicroEmacs that came on my 1.2 Extras disk, and I > don't like it that much. Have you tried Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer's MicroGnuEmacs? It has much the same flavor, the mouse interface is better than the Workbench Emacs, and it has more features to boot (the Workbench version doesn't even have M-x or key rebinding!!!) Try it, I really think you'll like it. I even compiled mg here on Spice for use as a "quick editor" for things like mail and news posts. > I can't comment about DME because I don't have it. I grabbed it when Matt posted it just so I could take a look at it. It has some nice features (multiple window editing in genuine Intuition windows plus iconification), but I felt it disobeyed enough Intuition guidelines that I didn't want to switch (apparently I'm not the only one that feels this way) . Besides, the power of having one universal editor across all the machines and environments I use is a good case for using mg. --M -- Mike Portuesi / Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department ARPA: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu UUCP: {backbone-site}!spice.cs.cmu.edu!mjp BITNET: rainwalker@drycas (a uVax-1 run by CMU Computer Club...tons o' fun)