Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 17:32:48 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: n
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On 9 Mar 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> I think make should probably be changed to be less limited. This tab
> matter seems awfully pedantic

There was a discussion on this issue some time ago, and some people 
actually objected to make a DOS-specific change to GNU Make because it 
makes Makefiles less portable (Unix Make insists on TABs).

You can always get the sources of Make and change it for your own 
good: that's what free software is all about.

> either spending six years figuring out Emacs or buying a costly
> non-freeware editor.

Ha!  Emacs shouldn't take more than 6 hours to learn, especially if you 
have some experience with another serious editor.  There's a tutorial 
that will get you through the basics in, say, 1/2 an hour, and then the 
menu bar, the mouse and the help system will do the rest.

Of course, if you want to be an Emacs *expert*, that will take some more 
time.  But to edit a Makefile, you don't need to be an expert, and Emacs 
will even syntax-highlight a Makefile for you!

Please, PLEASE do NOT start another editor war out of this message!!!  If 
you need any further info about Emacs, email me privately.