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From: masaru@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Masaru Sugai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: CYGNUS vs GNU (Was Re: Emacs for the Amiga 1000 ?  (MicroEmacs?))
Summary: CygnusEd (aka CED), QED,
Message-ID: <4849@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 12 Jan 91 11:23:26 GMT
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Reply-To: masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Masaru Sugai)
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Thanks for responce to this issue.  Some article referred me as the original
poster, though.  Judging from the follow-ups and mails recived personally, 
most of you recommmend me CED. Here's an excerpt from the latest AC's 
guide/AMIGA (underlined by me)

[CygnusEd Professional 2.0]

Impressive editing tool for the Amiga. Features turbo scrolling, easy-to-use
						---------------
macros, and key-board shortcuts. Lines or blocks can be deleted or undeleted,

paragraph formatting, and automatic word wrap. Up to ten files can be displayed

at one time to edit, cut and paste.  Fastest programer's available editors.
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Full ARexx interface. Automatic saving; recovers data from most system crashes.
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$99.95		ASDG, Inc., 925 Stewart St., Madison, WI 53713 (608)-273-6585


And yesterday I came across a gnu-emacs in ab20.larc.nasa.gov.  This might
cause a storm of discussion, but I'm so curious that I can't stop asking you. 

  WHICH IS AN EDITOR OF CHOICE FOR AMIGA, CYGNUS OR GNU ?

As is often the case with platform dependent editors, Cygnus seems to fly 
elegantly on Amiga, but GNU also looks powerful for programmers....

- Masaru Sugai