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From: forbus@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: emacs for ms/pc-dos machines?
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 01:39:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 01:39:00 1986
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Final Word II, from Mark of the Unicorn, is an excellent clone of EMACS and
SCRIBE for the PC.  Unlike many EMACS knock-offs, both the editor and the
formatter are user-programmable.  The language is better than the TECO
commands the original EMACS forced you to use, but not as readable as
Gosling's "mock lisp".  It supports HP and Apple laser printers as well as
the usual run of dot-matrix printers, and it is easy to add new printers

Other winning features include good cursor key support and a "swap file"
that periodically gets saved so that you can recover what you were editing
if your system goes down (as, say by the cat trouncing your PC's power
cord).

The original Final Word was the program that convinced me the time was right
to try PC's at all, and FWII is even better.  I can barely stand Gosling's
EMACS anymore.  Usual disclaimers, I'm just a very satisfied customer.