"Young, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanx for the fast replies. > > I'd like to have two emacsen if possible or one that will fit the bill for > both purposes. The machine I'm working on upgrading is going to be an > experimental Amateur radio packet machine and is somewhat minimalist. (486 > dx66 w 8Megs, ~600Megs HD) I want to be able to run emacs from the console > occasionaly and from X normaly. I've never used Xemacs but I doubt it will > run from the console, but I've heard good things about it. Currently, X > isn't working and until I get X working on this machine (a whole nother > thread) I'd like to try it as long as it will coexist with GNU Emacs. > Any comments or caveats or experiences here?
Both emacs and xemacs run fine on both the console and under X-windows. Xemacs is somewhat spiffier under X, and comes with more packages pre- installed than emacs. All four of the emacsen packages can be installed simultaneously, thanks to the hard work of several Debian developers. HTH, Norris -- Norris Preyer (541) 962-3310 (office) Physics Program (541) 962-3873 (fax) Eastern Oregon University [EMAIL PROTECTED] La Grande, OR 97850 http://physics.eou.edu/npreyer.html -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
