Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/02/14/13:37:56
On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Then try Win-Emacs, which is a *full* port of Emacs 19.x.
> >> Works very nice for me. You can get it from any cica mirror.
> >
> > Ah, but there are those of us that run the other direction at the
> > sight of Windows.
>
> That's Windwoes/DOS Jihad... The guy *did* say he uses micro-Emacs
> under Windows, that's why I told him about the *real* Emacs for that
> environment. This doesn't mean I endorse Windwoes.
>
> > What I want is a good Emacs port for DOS that supports
> > colour...syntax highlighting is so nice...
>
> AFAIK, there ain't no such port, because GNU Emacs still
> doesn't support syntax highlighting. But the latest Win-Emacs
> *does* support this, as it is a port of Lucid Emacs. Whether
> this feature is nice enough to make you switch to Windwoes is
> for you to decide. Btw, I also mostly work under DOS, not
> Windows.
I once heard of a port (hack...) that allows the colour functions
under DOS...EMX actually claims it will do this, but I have yet to see it
work.
-Jon
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