Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: What your favorite editor for programming? Message-ID: <1991Apr1.233724.2714@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 1 Apr 91 23:37:24 GMT References: <21481@shlump.nac.dec.com> <2648@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Reply-To: poffen@SunOS (Russ Poffenberger) Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca. Lines: 23 In article davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (John E. Davis) writes: >In article <2648@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> scott@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Telford) writes: >[...] > Of course, everybody should be using Emacs-type editors...I would never use > anything else ;^) > > > >Which emacs editor do people use for pc's? I know of only two: MicroEmacs and >Freemacs. I find Micro-Emacs kind of buggy (I cannot redefine ^U-- try it; >the functions have different names than emacs, eg, bind-to-key vs >global-set-key) and Freemacs has a wierd extension language (mint). Which of >these two emacs-like editors (assuming only two) do most people prefer? >(either email or post an opinion and I will post a summary) > I use Micro-Emacs, mainly because a Win-3 port is now available. No more running in a DOS box under Win-3, it is a true Win-3 app. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254