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From: blarson@castor.usc.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: MicroGNU
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Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 23:51:44 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 16 23:51:44 1987
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In article <1424@hplabsc.UUCP> mayer@hplabsc.UUCP (Niels Mayer) writes:
>Can someone please summarize what the differences are between MicroGNU and
>Gnuemacs? What features does it lack that makes it smaller? 

Things missing include an extention language, per-buffer modes, most modes
(auto-fill and auto-indent are present), variables, etc.  On-line help
is much less extensive.  Some of these things may appear in later
versions of mg if we can do it in a reasonable amount of space.
Documentation is another severe lack.

>A previous posting mentioned that MicroGNU runs on a Vax.  What other
>non-micro machines and OS's does it support. 

mg1a supports unix (Bsd and sys V), VMS, and several micros.  mg1b
will include primos, atari st and cpm/68k support as well.  Since one
of the machines it runs on is a cray-2, I don't think it's limited to
small systems.  (Other ports are welcome.  Contact
mg-support@ucbvax.berkeley.edu if you plan on doing one.)

>Can I use it to replace elle as my "quick startup" editor? 

Proabably.  Not being familiar with elle, I can't compare them.  Mg
does start reasonably quickly.
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