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From: RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Robert Royar)
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Subject: GNU_EMACS and uEMACS
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Date: Sat, 20-Sep-86 08:53:00 EDT
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I use uEmacs on the ST for everything (v3.7).  I hacked on version 27
for a year with CP/M-68.  And I use GNU_EMACS on a VAX.  While the
commands are similar between the two programs, GNU is chock-full-o
usefull features that the current micro version just can't handle.
But from looking at some of the GNU sources I would say "if you want
to port it without Mock Lisp, forget it."  Mock Lisp is an integral
part of the package.  In fact many of the mode specific and "extra"
features of the GNU program seem to depend on Mock Lisp.

I suggest if anyone wants GNU on an Atari, she check out the program
carefully and the sources; then compare those to uEmacs and its
sources with the goal of expanding the micro version to include some
of the features.  But just think how fast your disk space will
dissappear with 100K info files lying around, and how will you handle
all those real un*x functions that rely on concurrency?

One idea I had, but which seems beyond me now, is to merge uEmacs with
Xlisp.  With a bit of tweeking, the Xlisp interpreter can be made to
read and evaluate mock-lisp files.  BTW a new version of GNU has been
announced and might be out by the time you read this.

Robert Royar
rdroya01@ulkyvx.bitnet