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From: pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram)
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Subject: Re: Gnu emacs and multitasking on the ST?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 17:52:29 GMT
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From article <2525@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu>, by jones@ils.nwu.edu (Eric Jones):

Note: article edited somewhat - no ">" means I changed it, "..." means I 
omitted somthing.  RBPIII

> I would like to use an ST to run a more or less complete version of gnu emacs
> in a Unix-like environment with multi-tasking, (I hear that MiNT provides 
> this kind of environment).  

...

  ** Is the full distribution of gnu emacs in fact available for the ST? 

 Does gnu emacs run under MiNT (or minix, or micro RTX Cshell)?

>  ** How much main memory is needed?
>  ** How much disk space does the distribution take up?
>  ** Does it run acceptably fast?  
 
....

> I would greatly appreciate answers to any of these questions.  Please reply 
> by email to jones@ils.nwu.edu .

> Thanks, 

>        Eric Jones. 

I know, he asked slightly different questions - but I would appreciate
it if someone could post the answers to my rephrased questions - or if 
Eric could post a summary of the replies to *his* questions.
Naturally, if you email me, I will summarize the results.

Thanks,

Bob Pegram

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