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From: lisar@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Lisa Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Freemacs (was Re: need dos emacs)
Message-ID: <7140003@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Nov 89 20:56:33 GMT
References: <364@mlfarm.UUCP>
Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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In comp.emacs, 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.
> ----------
> 

What do you mean by "identical"?  Do you mean it has the same keybindings?
Does it have the same functionality?  Can you program it in emacs-lisp, or
for that matter, can you program it at all?  

I believe their are public domain dos mico-emacs around, but you can't 
program them, that I know of.  If you find one that you can program,
I would like to know about it.  So if this one is not programmable, I
would not buy it without trying it or getting more information about it.
Sorry to be skeptical...

Lisa