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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: Freemacs (was Re: Programmer's editor wanted)
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Date: 12 Aug 89 15:36:37 GMT
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In-reply-to: rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM's message of 12 Aug 89 09:20:20 GMT

In article <27714@srcsip.UUCP> rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers) writes:

   1|o Extensible user interface via a program language. (With a ready-to-use
    |  emacs style command set.)
   2|o Multiple over-lapping windows.
   3|o Mouse support. (If you have used Logitech's Point then you know what I
    |   mean by this..)
   4|o re-configurable menus.
   5|+ Can edit (simultaneously) 10-30 files with a total length much greater
    |  than the available memory.
   6|+ Can run a make-utility without leaving editing. Preferrably swaps itself
    |  to disk for the duration of the make. AND if it captured the output..

   |o=required
   |+=would like..
   |(__________ahuttune@hupu.hut.fi________

   FREEMACS  meets 1,2, and maybe 5

Not quite.  Freemacs 1.x does indeed do number 1, partially number 2 (only two
windows, one above the other), number 3, and number 6.  I am working on
Freemacs 2.0, which will support 5 and (completely) 2.  Apparently, many people
are not using Freemacs because it is limited to editing files in memory with
a 64K limit per file.  I personally don't really care -- I don't find much need
to edit files larger than 64K.  However, I am also adding a folding ability
to Freemacs 2.0, because that's interesting to me.  It's also going to be
in C so that the 68K PC people can also use it.
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--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])|(70441.205@compuserve.com)|
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