Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!dmg From: dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Editor Flame (MicroEmacs) Message-ID: <1579@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 87 18:54:14 GMT References:Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 44 Summary: No need for Flames, the MicroEmacs you want is here... In Article 11577, Michael Portuesi writes: >I just spent a lot of time downloading (at least it was at 9600 baud) >the source code for MicroEmacs 3.9e, unpacking and compiling it. >I run the program only to find it opening a 640x200 window on my >interlaced, morerow-expanded workbench. Clicking on the right button >reveals no menu bar. Clicking the mouse in the window does not change >the cursor position. Resizing the window results in no change in the >program's behavior. >I was evaluating MicroEmacs to see if it had matured to the point >where I could use it instead of mg1b for my programming needs (since >MicroEmacs has a C mode, an extension language, and the capability to >redirect stdout to a buffer). Instead, I find a program with as much >user-interface smarts as a glass-tty. >Now, I realize that I didn't pay anything for this program, and hence >shouldn't be bitching about it. But isn't it time that the Amiga had >some sort of Emacs-based editor ... Actually, it WAS time that the Amiga had some sort of Emacs-based editor when the new release of Amigados (1.2) came out. If you look on the Extras disk that came with the upgrade to 1.2, you will find a very nice emacs editor complete with pull-down menus, the ability to spawn a new cli from the editor, etc. (The cursor even moves when you click the right mouse button ;-}). I use emacs exclusively as a text editor for writing C programs, and I find it to be a very nice editor. Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me for not e-mailing this response ;-}, however, I have seen alot of stuff on this net that implies that people do not know about the Emacs editor on the Extras disk. (I even saw a posting where someone still uses ED - yuk!!! ;-} ;-}). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "...The dog up and died, ~ ~ he up and died, ~ ~ and after twenty years he still grieves..." ~ ~ ~ ~ Bojangles by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~