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Subject: Re: "microemacs"
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 17:32:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 17:32:42 1987
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Keywords: MicroEMACS
Summary: MicroEMACS 3.9

In article <5016@utah-cs.UUCP> sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore) writes:
>Just a reminder that there are several editors for the ST which are all
>confusingly called "microemacs".  There is Dave Conroy's original
>version, the one that calls itself version 3.8 (or is it 3.9 now?), and
>one which used to be called MicroGnuEmacs, and is now called MG.

>So which is best?  I'm currently the support person for the ST version
>of MG, so I'm most familiar with that.  It's based on Dave Conroy's
>version, and is generally smaller and less featurized than the 3.8
>"microemacs".  The key bindings and function names are more compatible
>with GNU.  I've heard reports that some of the earlier versions of 3.X
>were very buggy, while MG seems to be very robust.
>

>-Sandra Loosemore
>sandra@cs.utah.edu, sandra@utah-cs.uucp

Greetings,
	I don't want to turn this into a defensive note... but if I
don't speek up for this, no one will.  I started working with Dave
Conroy's emacs as well (thanx dave!) and have been steadily working on
MicroEMACS 3.x (now 3.9) about 20 hours a week for two years.

	The releases I have made have generally been in good shape, and
have gotten a good reception. Some other people have released modified
versions that have not always been in as good shape. The earlier
versions of MicroEMACS did not have as many features as the current, or
as complete a command language, but they have always been fairly solid.

	The current versions .... MicroEMACS 3.9 and MicroSPELL 1.0 are
availible on my BBS system and version 3.9a is likely to appear on
USENET in the near future (better ST support).

	MG is a very good program for people whom are used to using GNU
emacs on mainframes and wish to have something that works the same way
on their PC.  Sandra and many others have done a good job of emulating
the basic commands and functionality of GNU.  MicroEMACS is more for
people who either work mainly on the micro, or on a number of different
machines.  I have concentrated on portability and the ability to
customize the editor through a comprehensive command language. 

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