Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Monday, May 01, 2000, 11:59:24 AM, Richard wrote:
> > Emacs is far more useful than that... It's still the best
> > mailer/newsreader/text based office program in existence.
> That is highly debated, esp. for people who prefer not to have
huge
I've had several debates featuring this very subject.
Some very long and drawn out and heated.
> bloated pigs in memory, don't want to learn a speech impediment on top
of
> other languages and actually prefer to have separate, specific
programs for
> their individual tasks. Simply stated, anything which requires Emacs
to run
> is instantly lower than something that requires Windows to run because
at
> least it /IS/ an OS and not an editor that is a wannabe script
interpreter and
> OS rolled into one.
This one... several times. It's no longer interesting.
{and never really was all that valid.}
If you don't like emacs... don't run it. If you don't
want to add anything to the thread... I'm sure you've
got a killfile somewhere nearby.
> > My other computer's running Debian. {www.debian.org}
> And this one is running, what? Amiga?
Windows... DV {for a while yet}
--
My other computer's running Debian. {www.debian.org}
{3d, animation, sound, stills, text, fiddling with X,
learning scheme, emacs, tcl/TK, etc, etc...}
