Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!columbia!cs!abrams From: abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Freemacs (was Re: need dos emacs) Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 89 07:46:36 GMT Article-I.D.: cs.ABRAMS.89Nov13024636 References: <364@mlfarm.UUCP> <2238@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Sender: abrams@cs.columbia.edu Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science Lines: 58 In-reply-to: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu's message of 9 Nov 89 03:22:00 GMT In article nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: >In article <2238@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) writes: > In article <364@mlfarm.UUCP> ron@mlfarm.UUCP (Ronald Florence) writes: > ]I normally work with Gnu Emacs on a Unix system, but need to use a > ]laptop for work at libraries and archives. ... > ] ... It would be terrific if > ]the editor understood modes for text and C and/or could be programmed > ]in emacs lisp, but "feel" and key-mapping close to Gnu Emacs is more > ]important... > You want epsilon, from Lugaru Software, $150 at your local > programmers discount mail order, $195 from them. It is better than > GNU, because it's identical, only faster. > No, he doesn't necessarily want Epsilon. Freemacs may suffice for his >needs. Best of all, it's free, so he can try it out before he spends $150. Epsilon is terrific. I use it all the time at work. However, it is *not* identical to emacs. It does have its own language for customization, but it is a C-like language, not a lisp-like language. It is quite a different program, although it looks and feels just like emacs. Also, there are too many variables to flat out say that Epsilon is faster than GNU. It's a smaller program with fewer capabilities, running on a single-user single-tasking machine. If you run GNU on a Sun-4, don't expect Epsilon on your 4.77 Mhz 8086 PC to blow it away. In addition to Freemacs, there is MicroGNU Emacs. I think (but am not really sure) that this has also come out of FSF, but it is available via anonymous FTP from lots of places. There are a few others available, but I forget some of the names. Since I use Epsilon all the time, I don't have much experience with the others, and therefore am not qualified to recommend one over the other. If you only want a quick-n-dirty editor that feels like emacs for note taking, etc., then any of them will suffice. If, however, you're looking for an all purpose editor to use on a regular basis for programming, note taking, and writing lots-and-lots, I'd recommend Epsilon. Note, I have no connection wtih Lugaru Software, except as a satisfied customer. ~~Steve /************************************************* * *Steven Abrams abrams@cs.columbia.edu * **************************************************/ #include #include -- /************************************************* * *Steven Abrams abrams@cs.columbia.edu * **************************************************/ #include #include