Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8429 comp.sys.laptops:2479 gnu.misc.discuss:2819 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,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon? Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 01:05:55 GMT References: <7704@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> <1991Apr9.171225.663@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1991Apr9.224504.26706@demott.com> Sender: uucp@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Organization: MIT Media Lab Lines: 41 In-reply-to: kdq@demott.com's message of 9 Apr 91 22:45:04 GMT In article <1991Apr9.224504.26706@demott.com> kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes: In article <1991Apr9.171225.663@odin.corp.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: >In article , Hakon Lie >writes: >> 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.. > >I don't understand what you're talking about. Unless you have a >386 or better, you are never going to get GNU Emacs to run on your >laptop. Other than that, Epsilon has far, far more features and >far more extensibility than every public-domain editor available. There is no doubt that GNU-emacs requires performace. However, that doesn't make it an inferior editor. It requires performace because it does a lot of things other editors won't do. Including Epsilon. How can you claim that an editor without an undo facility has "far more features" ? I would pay $1000 for Epsilon, and I wish the damn thing were available for all machines (like my non-intel-processor-based UNIX systems) because it beats the hell out of not only every other editor I've tried, but out of emacs too (IMNSHO). I am seriously interested in how you came to this conclusion. -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--