X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,6926c2ff283da566 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-07 17:52:34 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: blee@media.mit.edu (Brian Patrick Lee) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Talk: What is Emacs? Date: 7 Sep 1994 19:52:34 -0500 Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory Lines: 36 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <34ln8i$8ov@gagme.wwa.com> References: <338mj6$jm9@gagme.wwa.com> <33lge0$kuf@gagme.wwa.com> <345s5e$5iq@gagme.wwa.com> <34hqo7$e6n@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com In article <34hqo7$e6n@gagme.wwa.com> Out of Order writes: Quoth dreamer@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Kevin D. Sandal): > Andrew Hendler wrote: > >What is emacs? I here so much about it yet I have know idea what it is. > >also is there a version for mac, if so what ftp sites ... > EMACS is a text editor that is quite powerful and, to some, much > friendlier than vi. There are versions available on Mac, PC (DOS/OS2), > UNIX, and Next (I think). You should be able to find ... I did an archie search, but didn't find anything offhand (for Mac). But I don't think a Mac user would get much out of an editor like Emacs anyway. It's nice for ASCII art, I'll agree, but can't compare to your average word processor--especially if the user is already used to a particular word processor. Emacs is a good terminal-based editor. Emacs is the most popular editor in the world of Unix. It's the most flexible, powerful, and extensible programming environment, bar none. You can edit files, send mail, compile programs, play games, etc., without leaving the editor. -- adapted from ``Learning GNU Emacs'' by Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt, O'Reilly & Assoc., Inc. As far as ASCII art is concerned, it has a picture-mode that allows you to draw in ASCII much more powerfully than Word, Wordperfect, etc. -- Brian Patrick Lee PGP 2.6 Public Key available via finger and keyservers. Stated opinions are personal, not institutional.