From: mschulter AT  DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: EMACS
Date: 28 Jul 1997 22:25:39 GMT
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Majisun (username AT infowest DOT com) wrote:
: What is EMACS?  An IDE?

Hi, there.

Indeed DJGPP's implementation of GNU Emacs 19.3x for a 32-bit DOS
environment is an Integrated Development Environment -- with lots of
features for programming in C/C++, as well as other compiled or
interpreted languages such as PostScript and TeX.

Emacs actually has its own language, Emacs Lisp or Elisp, which permits
all kinds of intricate customization as well as providing a kind of
built-in calculator and various neat "applets." It's really, as one manual
puts it, a general "computing environment."

A very major advantage for DOS users is the ability to run a compiler or
interpreter from within Emacs; I use it to create PostScript illustrations
and preview them. The Shell Command feature can be used to run batch files
without leaving Emacs, or maybe shell scripts also if you install DJGPP
bash.

The name is short for Editor MACroS; Emacs was developed by the famous
Richard M. Stallman (RMS), who continues to play a central role in the
maintenance and further improvement of this legendary piece of
cooperatively evolving software.

While DJGPP Emacs is big and complex, it needn't be unfriendly; there's a
tutorial for beginners that I would say is one of the best for any
product, freeware or otherwise.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT met

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