Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

2000-05-07 Thread Andrej Marjan
> "Steve" == Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> Then why keep bringing it up? I just find it amusing Steve> that the selling point of a unix-like system is that it is Steve> modular and flexible so the first thing most people point Steve> to is a Microsoft-esque

Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

2000-05-04 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello all there, On Wed, 3 May 2000, Steve Lamb wrote: > For me it isn't a GUI/CLI mindset it is simply the ability to do what > needs to be done. Windows doesn't let me do that in most cases. The standard > 'nix utilities provide a lot of automation for mundane tasks. I've been following

Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

2000-05-02 Thread Graeme Mathieson
Hi, "Richard Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Re[2]: > Emacs > > > Has anybody ever tried to graft emacs directly on top of oskit? > > _Then_ you would have your operating system. :) > > It would be a great OS period. Perfect fo

Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

2000-05-02 Thread Richard Taylor
Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Re[2]: Emacs > Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ snipped ... ] > > 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 a

Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

2000-05-01 Thread Graeme Mathieson
Hi, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ snipped ... ] > 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. Has