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Subject: Re: emacs for ms/pc-dos machines?
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Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 11:26:23 EST
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> JOVE, (Joshua's own version of Emacs) is available for the PC.  It is public
> domain, and a almost totaly complete version of it's mainframe counter part.
> JOVE can be found on several main frames, and offers some very nice features.
> I preffer it to Emacs.  There was also a program for CP/m several years ago 
> that might be available for the PC.   It was Uince (I think).   I remember 
> something about it later becoming Perfect Writer, but I am not sure.

Perfect Writer, which I got bundled with my Columbia VP, is a pretty
good EMACS clone--no LISP extensibility, but a reasonable formatter and
control commands identical to EMACS.  Recent versions of Perfect
Writer, after Thorn-EMI bought Perfect Software have a different user
interface, I understand.

				-Doug Mink