From: "M. Schulter" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: SET's Editor v0.4.1 released Date: 18 Oct 1997 19:48:55 GMT Organization: Value Net Internetwork Services Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <62b3r7$mt3$2@vnetnews.value.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: value.net To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Eli Zaretskii wrote: : I don't want to start another editor war here, so let me say up front : that if somebody likes a certain editor more than others, or find it : easier to use, then they should use it and never look back. There's : no sense in arguing about taste. Hi, there. Agreeing with Eli that we don't want another editor war, please let me just add one point from my own experience. When I started using UNIX (on my Internet shell account) and DJGPP a bit moe than a year ago, I got very interested in Emacs because of what the DJGPP FAQ said about it. As soon as I got Emacs set up, I immediately liked it -- and back then, I had very little experience with UNIX or DJGPP. The tutorial for novices is great, and the online info docs lots of fun. My purpose here isn't to convince anyone that they shouldn't use another editor that they like better. However, I would like to say that you don't have to have years of UNIX experience in order to learn and enjoy Emacs. Of course, it's only fair to add that I started out with the deliberate intention of using UNIX-like tools, which might not be an important motivation for all DJGPP beginners. As Eli has said, this is a matter of personal taste. Most respectfully, Margo Schulter mschulter AT value DOT net