Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/06/08:39:25
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From: | pmills AT capecod DOT net (Paul Mills)
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: [Q] textEditor of choice
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Date: | 5 Mar 1996 19:51:03 GMT
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Organization: | Plymouth Commercial Internet eXchange
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Message-ID: | <4hi5v7$gmu@alpha.pcix.com>
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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In article <4hgnfn$kr4 AT news DOT service DOT uci DOT edu>,
beppu AT arcturus DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu (John Beppu) wrote:
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> I've been programming in dos for a little bit, and I had come to
> the decision that Qedit was about as good as it gets when it comes
> to DOS-based text-editors. However, it seems that a lot of people
> love Emacs, and I'm unfamiliar with it, so I was hoping someone
> could tell me what is so wonderful about Emacs.
Emacs is powerful and extensible -- and hard to use. Try Boxer
(DOS-based,download from a Simtel* site), or PFE(windows, also from Simtel)
* e.g. oak.oakland.edu
Good luck,
Paul
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