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From: cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jon Sweedler)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Tell me about GNU emacs
Message-ID: <810@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jul 88 06:10:45 GMT
Reply-To: cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jon Sweedler)
Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd.
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I recently asked if Emacs can do "block" or "rectangle" operations.  The
reply I got was "yes... but only in GNU emacs."  Well, we don't have the GNU
version here but maybe it would be worth my while to get.  But before I do
this, I have a few questions.  

1) Will I be giving up functionality?  Or is GNU emacs a superset of Unipress?
2) How well debugged is GNU emacs?
3) What are the differences between GNU and other versions?  (In general,
I don't want to know every extra command in detail)  Or are different
emacs versions, BASICALLY the same?
4) Is there a "better" version of emacs available?  Or is GNU the 
"best." (this is probably a bad question, but I thought I'd try anyway)
5) How do I get GNU emacs?

Thanks in advance.
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