Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8433 comp.sys.laptops:2482 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!hnridder From: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon or GNU? Message-ID: <1991Apr10.085413.17955@cs.ruu.nl> Date: 10 Apr 91 08:54:13 GMT References: <7704@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> <1991Apr08.110826.19865@cs.ruu.nl> Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 37 In howcome@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Hakon Lie) writes: >In article <1991Apr08.110826.19865@cs.ruu.nl> hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) writes: > > N.B. I've got nothing to do with Lugaru. I'm just a very satisfied > Epsilon-user. When you think I didn't point out the bad sides of Epsilon, > that's just because I don't know any. This product really deserves you > attention. It's the best editor I know. > >Ughh, ever tried the real thing - GNU-emacs? It has a million features >which makes it better, too many to mention in one posting. One feature >I could't live without is the undo facility. But it runs on few >laptops.. Yes, I did. (At this very moment I'm using it (on HP-UX)) These 'million better features' are really a bit exagerated. Epsilon may come from Lugaru with less features than GNU-Emacs, but since the extension- language is more easier (personal opinion!) -- C instead of Lisp, I have no trouble writing the functions I need. And about the undo, Epsilon has both an undo AND a redo. Not running on a laptop is the price you pay for these zillions of features... :-) BTW, you do know what emacs is supposed to mean: Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping? ;-) >-h&kon Ernst P.S. I don't consider GNU-emacs a bad product, I really enjoy using it, but I also think Epsilon is better. -- Qualitas qualitatem inducit. Semper ego qualitatem. popa iret