Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!walt.cc.utexas.edu!greg From: greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: None, really. Message-ID: <37919@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 5 Oct 90 04:46:40 GMT References: <1990Oct2.194201.24706@rice.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 39 In article cedman@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes: >In article joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: [Previous EMACS flames, etc. deleted] >You will find out that >gnu-emacs is an extremly powerful and versatile editor. Emacs comes >with 5-10 MBytes of script-files (in an lisp interpreted by emacs). >These files are so powerful that they for most purpose almost obviate >the need ever to enter the shell (not that I mind). Claiming that >gnu-emacs is inferior to the lowly vi, is quite funny as there are >not one , but two complete vi-emulations in script-files. So you >can use emacs in vi-mode even while at the same time in other buffers >and windows using the original emacs and having the advantage >of all the emacs power. Only one last example: I am posting this from >'gnus' one of several nntp-based news readers (yes, they are nothing >but script files in emacs lisp). 'gnus' is by far nicer than any >other character/curses based new reader I have ever seen. I have even heard about a version of Space Invaders and Centipede written completely in EMACS LISP. Do THAT on VI... (BTW, anybody played these or others? I'd appreciate knowing where I can FTP some EMACS hacks from...) > Carl Edman >Theorectial Physicist,N.:A physicist whose | Send mail >existence is postulated, to make the numbers | to >balance but who is never actually observed | cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu >in the laboratory. | edmanc@uciph0.ps.uci.edu Greg -- Disclaimer: "Who me? Surely you must be mistaken!" _ _ "The lunatic is in the hall. The lunatics are in my hall. AMIGA! //// The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, //// And every day the paperboy brings more." -- Pink Floyd _ _ //// \\\\//// Greg Harp greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu \\XX//