From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Decent text editor, was Re: n
Date: 28 Feb 1997 13:10:07 GMT
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Nicola Gaggi (gaggi AT cs DOT unibo DOT it) wrote:
: Why don't you try Aurora? It is a very powerfull editor designed for DOS, it
: completly configurable but it better to say completly programmable, yes most
: of aurora code it is written in it own language!

So is Emacs. I don't know about Aurora, but Emacs-code (elisp) is at least
very portable.

: Well, it is not freeware, if you want a complete distribution you have to
: pay, but the copy distributed for evaluation purpose it is enough!

Emacs is free. Under the GNU GPL, I think.

: I found it in a Simtelnet mirror.

There you can find Emacs too.

Aurora may be much, Emacs is everything. Try (Emacs) before you buy (Aurora).
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