Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/07/03:34:44
Paul Mills wrote:
>
> 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
Emacs is not exactly hard to use. It is only hard to get used to :-)
Once you have learned how to really use Emacs it is actually a very
comfortable and easy to use editor.
Greetings,
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