Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8382 comp.sys.laptops:2462 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!media-lab!howcome From: howcome@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Hakon Lie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon? Message-ID: Date: 8 Apr 91 20:53:25 GMT References: <7704@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> Sender: uucp@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Organization: MIT Media Lab Lines: 37 In-reply-to: steiner@informatik.uni-kl.de's message of 5 Apr 91 16:00:17 GMT In article <7704@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> steiner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Donald Steiner) writes: perusing the various newsgroups it seems like there are three dominant ones: Freemacs & MG, both PD, and Epsilon's commercial product. Not 1. Which do you prefer and why? I've used Freemacs and Epsilon on my Zenith Minisport. They're both adequate for typing text and that's really all I use them for. I prefer using Freemacs since it comes with a speller and provides an exellent extension language. However, there's one irritating bug/feature about Freemacs - it masks my calls to the resident thesaurus. I am addicted to WordFinder which looks up a word while in an editor. Alt-F1 tries to find synonyms for the word by the cursor - this works fine in WordStar (ugh..), SideKick and Epsilon, but fails in Freemacs. This is probably not the best way to contact Russell Nelson who did the thing, but if someone has a fix, let me know. there. I realize that Epsilon may run counter to rms' policies, but I'm prepared to take the moral consequences of actually *buying* something GNU-like. It's a waste of money, the GNU products are in most cases superior to the commercial versions. If they aren't -- someone (maybe you) will make them better.. -h&kon -- _____ Hakon W Lie / howcome@media-lab.media.mit.edu ----MIT Media Lab--- (617)253-0312 ----an ec ----s s hnocracy---- ----o ti c tute-of--- hi stic--