Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:35:04 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (OT) Emacs vs Xemacs Message-ID: <20041012033504.GA95520@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <44lled3q01.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20041011174632.GA88740@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <44lled3q01.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 05:26:54PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: : Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes: : : > I know this is not BSD specific, but I just wanted to get your opinions. I : > was wondering what might affect my decision which to use, other than : > licensing and (IIRC) the fancier font handling of Xemacs. : : Both are licensed under the GPL, and the font handling is not : significantly different these days. The "eXtended" features : that give Xemacs its name are only of interest to people who : program emacs heavily in LISP. : : In other words, it's unlikely to matter to you. Try them both : and pick whichever you like. No big difference in performance (the LISP engine) or memory usage? I'm running on an older, smaller laptop. Xemacs has been fine, but since I am starting over, I thought I'd check out my options. jm --
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