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From:	pmills AT capecod DOT net (Paul Mills)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: [Q] textEditor of choice
Date:	5 Mar 1996 19:51:03 GMT
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In article <4hgnfn$kr4 AT news DOT service DOT uci DOT edu>,
   beppu AT arcturus DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu (John Beppu) wrote:
>
>   I've been programming in dos for a little bit, and I had come to
>   the decision that Qedit was about as good as it gets when it comes
>   to DOS-based text-editors.  However, it seems that a lot of people
>   love Emacs, and I'm unfamiliar with it, so I was hoping someone
>   could tell me what is so wonderful about Emacs.

Emacs is powerful and extensible -- and hard to use.  Try Boxer 
(DOS-based,download from a Simtel* site), or PFE(windows, also from Simtel)

* e.g. oak.oakland.edu

Good luck,
Paul

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