Xref:	news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:1727
From:	davis AT space DOT mit DOT edu (John E. Davis)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: [Q] textEditor of choice
Date:	7 Mar 1996 18:16:12 GMT
Organization:	Center for Space Research
Lines:	24
Message-ID:	<slrn4ju9vc.37b.davis@wiwaxia.mit.edu>
References:	<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 960307152134 DOT 28552E AT is>
Reply-To:	davis AT space DOT mit DOT edu
NNTP-Posting-Host:	wiwaxia.mit.edu
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:24:52 GMT, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:
 : 
 : On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Orlando A. Andico wrote:
 : 
 : > What's the truth to the acronym, "Eight Megabytes And Continuously 
 : > Swapping" ? I understand that Emacs can do stuff like syntax 
 : > highlighting, spotting errors from your compiler and showing the line 
 : > where this occurred, etc. just like an IDE. Can the DOS port of Emacs do 
 : > this too with DJGPP? and how much memory does it *really* need?
 : 
 : DOS port of Emacs supports everything you've asked about.  It has no 
 : problems running on any reasonable machine; I think even 3 MB of free RAM 
 : will be enough to prevent it from swapping too fiercely.

If memory is a concern, try JED.  It has a very good emacs emulation,
performs syntax highlighting, compile and next error, etc....  It is
available from space.mit.edu in pub/davis/jed.  In fact, look at my home
page for a color picture of it editing my home page.
-- 
John E. Davis                   Center for Space Research/AXAF Science Center
617-258-8119                    MIT 37-662c, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://space.mit.edu/~davis

- Raw text -