Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!isc-br!ewu!mpierce From: mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <1546@ewu.UUCP> Date: 4 May 91 09:59:57 GMT References: <47889@ut-emx.uucp> <47946@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: Eastern Washington Univ. Cheney WA Lines: 29 In article , melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > > In article <1541@ewu.UUCP> mpierce@ewu.UUCP (Mathew Pierce) writes: > > Well, I never got version 4.2, I'm still using 4.1, quite effectively too I > might add. I know several people who own Amigas who think that their wp > software is just fine. Really, there are so many wp apps out there that there > is no problem finding one that suits. > > The one problem might be file compatibility. If people use 5.1 at ^^^^^ You should probably check this out if you're gonna bring it up, I don't know if there is a problem with WP formatted file transfers, but you can always save them as ASCII text and import them back in where they will be automatically re-formatted (you'll still have to go back and take care of boldings/italics/underlines). I'll check on the file compatibilty problems and report back. > Personally, for programming, I use MicroEmacs, the text editor that is > included with the Amiga operating system, it suits my needs just fine. > > How about the real thing: GNU Emacs? That's what I use. I was never > -Mike I use MicroEmacs because it suits my needs - I don't NEED GNU Emacs. I also here that GNU Emacs is quit large, while MEmacs is > 63K. If I needed it, I would get it, but I don't - so I won't. -Matt Pierce