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From: sorc@carina.unm.edu (Paul Caskey)
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Subject: Re: emacs for the PC
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Date: 9 Mar 90 08:51:16 GMT
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In-reply-to: baileyc@boulder.Colorado.EDU's message of 9 Mar 90 04:16:50 GMT


On 9 Mar 90 04:16:50 GMT,
baileyc@boulder.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R) said:

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

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

The best Emacs editor I have been able to find for the IBM is
Freemacs.  It "looks and feels" like GNU Emacs and does support mice.
If anyone knows of anything better, I'm all ears.

Now, which ftp site did I find it at....I know that's around here
somewhere.... 


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