Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:44:52 +0200 From: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> To: george donnelly <list@zettai.net>, FreeBSD Q's <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: emacs - gnu, x ...? Message-ID: <20030731234527.77F4B43F3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BB4F00E0.3AA1F%list@zettai.net> References: <BB4F00E0.3AA1F%list@zettai.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 1. August 2003 00:22, george donnelly wrote: > I'd like to start getting into emacs, but there are so many versions and > variations that I'm not sure which one to install from ports, eg we have > gnu emacs and xemacs. > > which emacs should i install, use and learn? If you want a GUI, try GNU Emacs or XEmacs. I prefer GNU Emacs, but I suggest you try both (if you are looking for a GUI). If you don't want a GUI, and if you are not looking for Emacs' massive extensibility, there are several curses-based "lookalikes" of Emacs, that share Emacs' look and feel, but do not feature its lisp interpreter, and thus much of its extensibility; on the other hand, they tend be more... ressource-friendly than emacs. Among these smaller versions I know of zile (zile is lossy emacs) and µemacs (micro emacs), though I have tried neither. GNU Emacs comes with a tutorial (start emacs, then type "Ctrl-h t" to start the tutorial). A lot of what is said there applies to other versions as well. Kind regards, Benjamin - -- Benjamin Walkenhorst eMail: krylon@gmx.net homepage: http://www.krylon.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public Key available at http://www.krylon.de iD8DBQE/Kan7oYumWdMvhMQRAqOyAJ9AgAY0r42x0+5dLcADyjDOGlIYWgCcC47k yf86BfOwbc3DjIGi28BrPak= =uRVp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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