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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:08:15 -0400
To:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
	Glen Coakley <gcoakley AT mqsoftware DOT com>
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Text editors under Cygnus
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At 01:03 PM 7/23/2001, Charles Wilson wrote:
>Glen Coakley wrote:
>
>>If you would like a lighter version (no X code): 
>>http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
>>(http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html)
>>It doesn't run 'under' Cygnus but it does run on Windows and the FAQ lists
>>where to get a small lisp module that will teach it to understand Cygwin
>>mounts and paths.
>
>
>I don't want to get into a "my-emacs-is-better" flamewar -- both NTEmacs and XEmacs are great packages.  However, I do want to clear up a misunderstanding:
>
>Despite the name "XEmacs", the packages built for windows and for cygwin do NOT require an Xserver.  In fact, they don't contain the X code at all.  (You *can* build an X-based XEmacs for cygwin, but the official package is not built that way).


And I'll just follow-up on Chuck's comment by pointing out that XEmacs,
because it can be built on Cygwin, automatically understands all the 
niceties of the Cygwin environment (like mounts, symlinks, etc) by
default.



Larry


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