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From: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: EMAC
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:59:57 GMT
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Mike A. Harris <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca> wrote:
> On 23 Jul 1996, PENG ZHOU wrote:

> >     Two questions,
> >     (1)  What is Emac?
> 
> Emacs is a UNIX editor.  

Emacs is available for far more OSs that Unix. I use it under Dos, Win95
and OS/2 as well as under Linux for example. Having exactly the same
editor for each platform makes like so much easier.

> If you are not a UNIX guru, then forget about it.  

I'm sure not a UNIX Guru, but Emacs and I get on real well.  I don't
want to get into the usual "editor war", it's just that your
statements are not based on fact. Emacs is not just for Unix, it's
very powerful and is just as easy to use as any other editor.

> Some good *POWERFUL* *EASY-TO-USE* DOS editors are:
> 
> BOXER
> MULTI-EDIT

However, either of those editors are free software.

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