X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,6926c2ff283da566 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-08 04:34:46 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!metro.atlanta.com!mhv.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: arthurvl@sci.kun.nl (Arthur van Leeuwen) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Talk: What is Emacs? Date: 8 Sep 1994 06:34:46 -0500 Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Lines: 46 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <34mssm$bi8@gagme.wwa.com> References: <338mj6$jm9@gagme.wwa.com> <33lge0$kuf@gagme.wwa.com> <345s5e$5iq@gagme.wwa.com> <34hqo7$e6n@gagme.wwa.com> <34ln8i$8ov@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com In <34ln8i$8ov@gagme.wwa.com> blee@media.mit.edu (Brian Patrick Lee) writes: >In article <34hqo7$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. Oh? The most popular editor in the world of Unix? Why don't I see anybody here using it? >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. Hmm... sounds good. Doei, Arthur. -- Arthur van Leeuwen, arthurvl@sci.kun.nl /\ / Oh, how I wished that what I write was true. [Valensia] /--\ / GCS d@ H(+) s+;- g+ p? !au a-- w v+ C++() USL P L+ 3 E--- N++ / \/__ K W M- !V -po+ Y+ t+ !5 !j R G? tv+ b+ D B- e+ u++(*) h f !y+