On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 11:00:36AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think my recommendation as far as xemacs vs emacs goes is that, for > a new emacs user, xemacs offers that one advantage of GUIs -- little > pull down menus that help you use the editor before you learn all the
GNU Emacs offers pull down menus too these days. XEmacs does have the supreme advantage of a toolbar full of pretty icons, though. > I think the best part about emacs is that you can run it on windows -- > and using it to navigate the file structure, delete, rename, and move > files is simply a *joy* (well, compared to being stuck in windows in > the first place). There are also DOS/Windows versions of vi. "Why are you using vi?" "Well, it's easier...". They're much easier to fit on a small disk or quota, too. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
