From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 16:45:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22CD37B401 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:45:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77F4B43F3F for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:45:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 23662 invoked by uid 65534); 31 Jul 2003 23:45:25 -0000 Received: from B5f52.pppool.de (HELO there) (213.7.95.82) by mail.gmx.net (mp026) with SMTP; 01 Aug 2003 01:45:25 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Benjamin Walkenhorst To: george donnelly , FreeBSD Q's Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:44:52 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20030731234527.77F4B43F3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: emacs - gnu, x ...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:45:29 -0000 -----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-----