Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 11:03:12 -0700 (MST)
From: Jon <jonh AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
To: djgpp mailing list <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>
Subject: RE: EMACS?



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