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From: jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (Acid and Flowers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AMACS text editor?  Brian Fox???
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Date: 18 Sep 90 18:16:06 GMT
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In article <28160010@hpisod2.HP.COM> jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley) writes:
>I learned from the documentation that came with the ECP8 command
>processor that a fellow named Brian Fox created an Emacs-style editor
>for the Apple ][.  It's called AMACS.

>     1. Does anyone out there in cyberspace have a good snail-mail
>	(or better, e-mail) address for Brian Fox?

Yeah.  Try bfox@ai.mit.edu or bfox@spike.ai.mit.edu

>     2. Has anyone used AMACS?  If so, what do you think of it?

It's the balls.  I am a professional Apple II programmer (consulting)
and I wouldn't use anything else.  The ProDOS 8 version is fast and
awesome.  It's better implemented than 90% of the ones I've used on
IBMs, Atari STs, Macs...

Has full filename completion, command name completion, etc.
Completely great program.  I stick it on my IIgs RAMdisk as part of
normal booting up because I always want it/need it.

(no affiliation with Fox or CTI, just a happy AMACS user.)

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