Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Editor Flame (MicroEmacs) Message-ID: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 Lines: 39 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 -- Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "little things remind me of you...cheap cologne and that damn song too!" --The Flirts, "Jukebox"