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From: baileyc@boulder.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: emacs for the PC
Keywords: MicroEMACS, GNU, compile within emacs
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Date: 9 Mar 90 04:16:50 GMT
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I have some emacs questions which concern emacs for an IBM PC clone (12 MHz
XT actually).

1.  What is the best emacs for the PC.  What I mean is, which version (ie
	MicroEMACS, GNU, etc) takes the least amount of memory, is the closest
	version of the UNIX versions of Emacs, can execute compiler commands
	from within the editor, etc.

2.  Which versions of EMACS support the mouse (a must).

3.  Which is the most popular.  IN other words, which will I find the most
	hacks, macros, scripts, etc for?

4.  Which have the vip mode?

5.  Which are available on both UNIX and DOS and even other platforms (ie GNU)

6.  Which is the fastest?

7.  Where can I find all these things (ie bulletin boards, anon ftp, etc).

8.  Are there specific bindings for PC's?  what files?  etc.  

I am switching from Multi-Edit which I love, but realize that it isn't 
available on UNIX, which I feel will be the OS I use from now on.  Also,
I want a PD or shareware version, and something pretty widely available so
that I can get it for the SUN and/or IRIS systems for my summer job.  

Thanks in advance!



Chris Bailey :: baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU
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