on 5/23/00 1:49 PM, Steve Lamb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 10:46:21 AM, John wrote:

>> Saying emacs isn't a text editor is like saying that a Leatherman isn't a
>> pocket knife -- it may be literally true, but is extremely misleading in
>> fact.
> 
> Hey, don't tell me.  Tell all the Emacs people who keep telling me it
> isn't a text editor.

My final word on the subject:

I haven't seen anybody other than you say that Emacs isn't a text editor. I
have seen many people say it isn't _just_ a text editor (or words to that
effect). 

Those two statements are _not_ equivalent.

john.

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