Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!urbsdc!willcox From: willcox@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: Rainbow ramblings... Message-ID: <56500001@urbsdc> Date: 28 Apr 88 17:32:00 GMT Lines: 32 Nf-ID: #R: Emacs is fun, but slow because of going through screen codes. I have a copy of microEmacs 3.9e that I modified to use the Rainbow direct-to-screen calls. It's much faster than the ANSI-terminal version. It's slower than DED, but oh so much more powerful (multiple windows, remappable keys, command macros). I especially like the autoindent mode for C code. I would be very willing to let people have it if they want it, but don't want to devote a whole lot of time to packaging it. I definitely do not want to start redistributing source on the net. (I tried sending the Rainbow modifications for an earlier version to the owner of microEmacs. They seem to have been ignored.) If anyone has a suggestion, let me know. In the worst case, a disk an a SASE will get you a copy of source, binary, and the documentation. On a completely different subject - I remember hearing some time ago about a program that let well-behaved CPM programs run under MSDOS. I believe that it was available from one or more of the collections of public domain software. However, I don't know what it was called. Does anyone remember this program, know its name, and know if it is on simtel20 or one of the other systems that collects this kind of stuff? I'd sure like to be able to throw away my CPM system disks. David A. Willcox Gould CSD-Urbana 1101 E. University Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 217-384-8500 UUCP: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!willcox ARPA: willcox@gswd-vms.arpa, dwillcox@Gould.com