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Subject: Editor Flame (MicroEmacs)
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 01:47:06 EST
Article-I.D.: andrew.EVhZdey00WARy2k07t
Posted: Fri Dec  4 01:47:06 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 22:01:58 EST
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
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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 with full Intuition support, the
ability to talk to a shell, *and* an extension language?  With these
features, it wouldn't be too hard to construct an "integrated
programming environment" (such as Turbo Pascal, LightSpeed C or
Benchmark Modula-2) with just the plain Lattice or Aztec compilers. 
I mean, mg is nice (I am using it right now on a Sun to type this
message, and prefer it over GNU Emacs for most small editing jobs),
but I lust for even a smidgen of the features that full GNU Emacs
offers. 

I think I'll stick with mg until version 2a comes out, and think about
adding the features I want that aren't there.  Or maybe it's time to
find out what Matt added to DME.

				--M

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