Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Why does emacs do so much that is not editing? Message-ID:Date: 18 Aug 89 16:10:52 GMT Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 14 MSW> .. This seems to be counter to the Unix philosophy of ``a MSW> tool should do one job and do it well.'' Right. But all tools have a different idea about what is 'well'. So a single tool with a consistent user interface may be against this philosophy, but feels better. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{mcvax,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------