Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/01/22/13:47:57
XEmacs and GNU emacs are different in many ways. I switched to XEmacs a few
years ago and then switched back to GNU emacs. Some differences of note:
- There are subtle differences in the LISP code. You may have to make
changes to your .emacs file.
- XEmacs is also considerbly slower to load and perform other tasks.
- XEmacs does not have the ctrl-<left click> buffer menu.
- Lots of other small differences in the interface
Mike Bresnahan
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Volker Zell <Dr DOT Volker DOT Zell AT oracle DOT com>
To: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Cc: Daniel Barclay <Daniel DOT Barclay AT digitalfocus DOT com>;
<ehud AT unix DOT simonwiesel DOT co DOT il>; <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: NTEmacs shell/CygWin: should control-C work?
> >>>>> "RFK" == RFK Partners, Inc <Larry> writes:
>
> RFK> At 11:22 AM 1/18/2001, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> >> "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > At 02:15 PM 1/16/2001, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> >> > >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > >...
> >> > > > ... However,
> >> > > > I can say you'll have better luck with a Cygwin version of
Emacs, like
> >> > > > XEmacs. You'll find Cygwin applications work much better
with other
> >> > > > Cygwin applications, especially in areas of detail like this.
> >> > >
> >> > >How different is XEmacs from GNU/NTEmacs?
> >> > >
> >> > >(I don't do much (any) Lisp programming, so I guess I'm just
asking about
> >> > >default configuration and about compatibility of add-ons like
JDE.)
> >> >
> >> > Sorry, I was a little unclear. AFAIK, there is a Cygwin version
of XEmacs
> >> > but there isn't one for NTEmacs. My main point was that signal
functionality
> >> > can be handled by Cygwin (and is) or by the O/S. However, the
signal coming
> >> > from a Win32 app doesn't get the same response out of Cygwin as
one coming
> >> > from a Cygwin app. If you have problems in this area, your best
bet is to
> >> > use Cygwin-enabled versions of apps when available.
> >>
> >> I just meant how different is XEmacs from NTEmacs to the user? If
I switch
> >> from NTEmacs (which I'm used to) to XEmacs (which I don't know),
how big a
> >> change is that likely to been (from the Emacs user point of view)?
>
>
> RFK> I, of course, am not qualified to answer that question since I
don't use
> RFK> Emacs at all. Others might be able to help. You may be better
off asking
> RFK> this question on some Emacs list though...
>
> I've done the switch a long time ago. NO big deal.
> Just switch of the toolbar and it feels like Emacs.
>
> Ciao
> Volker
>
>
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