Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:10:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39144 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools Message-ID: <201206280910.q5S9AbMl064213@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: issyl0 Date: Thu Jun 28 09:10:37 2012 New Revision: 39144 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39144 Log: Remove outdated information from the Emacs section of the developer's handbook. PR: docs/160447 Submitted by: radiomlodychbandytow [at] o2 [dot] pl (on the mailing list; PRed by gjb) Reviewed by: gjb Approved by: gabor (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml Thu Jun 28 08:53:51 2012 (r39143) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.sgml Thu Jun 28 09:10:37 2012 (r39144) @@ -1674,29 +1674,7 @@ else if (pid == 0) { /* child */ <sect2> <title>Emacs</title> - <para>Unfortunately, &unix; systems do not come with the kind of - everything-you-ever-wanted-and-lots-more-you-did-not-in-one-gigantic-package - integrated development environments that other systems - have. - - <footnote> - <para>Some powerful, free IDEs now exist, such as KDevelop - in the Ports Collection.</para> - </footnote> - - However, it is possible to set up your own environment. It - may not be as pretty, and it may not be quite as integrated, - but you can set it up the way you want it. And it is free. - And you have the source to it.</para> - - <para>The key to it all is Emacs. Now there are some people who - loathe it, but many who love it. If you are one of the former, - I am afraid this section will hold little of interest to you. - Also, you will need a fair amount of memory to run it—I would - recommend 8MB in text mode and 16MB in X as the bare minimum - to get reasonable performance.</para> - - <para>Emacs is basically a highly customizable + <para>Emacs is a highly customizable editor—indeed, it has been customized to the point where it is more like an operating system than an editor! Many developers and sysadmins do in fact spend practically all @@ -1748,14 +1726,9 @@ else if (pid == 0) { /* child */ you to look at the source code as you step through your program.</para> </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>You can read Usenet news and mail while your program - is compiling.</para> - </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>And doubtless many more that I have overlooked.</para> + <para>And doubtless many more that have been overlooked.</para> <para>Emacs can be installed on &os; using the <filename role="package">editors/emacs</filename>
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