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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.cse.psu.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!news From: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Borland-type editor anywhere? Date: 12 May 1996 00:15:31 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 24 Sender: jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (John Fieber) Message-ID: <4n3aj3$ov0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <ADlbrKriXS@qsar.chem.msu.su> <4mp2d4$4m0@complete.org> <4n0314$167@dhp.com> <4n1ukg$rjj@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In article <4n1ukg$rjj@uriah.heep.sax.de>, j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: >been using it correctly. Why? Since Emacs is a ``permanent object'', >you start it once when logging in, and exit it before logging out. But I already have a great operating system (It's freebsd) so why would I want emacs anyway? (for those who have not figured it out, this is a joke, not a flame) >(The size argument is almost moot. When comparing against a text-mode >editor, you have to compare an Emacs running text-mode, Hmmm... lets see, I fire up mg and its around 400k. I fire up emacs -nw and, gee, about 3400k. Almost no difference at all! Sorry, I just don't by the "emacs isn't that big" argument. Granted, other editors are catching up fast so size becomes less of a deciding factor, but small it is not. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================