Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:4750 gnu.emacs:228 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!csuchico!ronald From: ronald@csuchico.EDU (Ronald Cole) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs Subject: GNU Emacs Summary: an operating system? Message-ID: <1138@csuchico.EDU> Date: 30 Nov 88 00:26:53 GMT References: <828@ubu.warwick.UUCP> <28173@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <10960@bigtex.cactus.org> <8791@wright.mips.COM> Reply-To: ronald@csuchico.UUCP (Ronald Cole,112S,8955942,8938835) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 16 In article <8791@wright.mips.COM> earl@wright.mips.com (Earl Killian) writes: >You seem to be operating under the misconception that emacs is an >editor. Emacs is an operating system. I hope that clears things up. >-- >UUCP: {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!earl >USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 Arques Ave, Sunnyvale CA, 94086 That brings an interesting question to mind... Is GNU Emacs appropriate as a login shell? The manual certaintly seems to imply that to be the case. Has anyone done this? -- Ronald Cole | uucp: ihnp4!csun!csuchico!ronald AT&T 3B15/201 System Manager | PhoneNet: ronald@csuchico.edu California State University, Chico | voice (916) 895-5942 "... and if you don't like it, you must lump it." -Joseph Smith