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In article <C17nIv.2nB@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu> ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu writes:

> Trevor> It (demacs) insists that my current directory is the one where
> Trevor> I wish to store the file. I DONT WORK LIKE THIS. I keep my
> Trevor> working directory as C:\ and never move from there; this
> 
> Are you serious?  Do you REALLY keep your working directory in one
> place the whole time?  I never met anyone that did that :-)

In my wrath and ire over demacs I did not make myself very clear. I make
extensive use of sub-directory structures (some would say that my directory
trees are TOO bushy). Those sub-directories used regularly have either a
logical name (under VMS) or environment variables (Unix or MS-DOS)
``pointing'' at them. What I mean by "I keep my working directory as..." is
that (except in rare cases) I never use SET DEFAULT (on VMS) or cd (on Unix
or MS-DOS).  This means that I also never use the inverse of these
commands, namely SHOW DEFAULT or pwd, because I always know where I am.
Those rare cases are when using tools written by people who insists that I
follow their working practices rather than letting me retain mine---rather
like a toolsmith insisting that screws are put in with hammers, craving is
done with a screw driver and opening a door lock is done with a chisel.

> Trevor> It (demacspc.exe) insists that I use / as the directory
> 
> I suspect this is because many of the folks who use DEMACS come from a
> UNIX environment; therefore it made sence to keep the separator as
> '/'.  If it doesn't work for you, well, choose another editor...

> Sad to think that having problems with DEMACS on a peecee will cause
> you to give up the real thing (EMACS) on a unix machine in favor of
> vi.  Oh well.  Do what works best for you.

The PC is mine! I paid for it. I use Unix under sufferance---I'm paid too.
I prefer VMS because...I wont say any more as this is not a .flames group.

I would have liked to use emacs on ALL these platforms becuase of elisp.
Some people have suggested that I switch to vi but that doesn't have a
programming language available. At least TPU exists under VMS.

Oh yes, there is one other reason why demacs wont last long on MY PC it
does run under Microsoft Windows 3.1 in enchanced mode, again the use of
Windows is MY choice for which I have VERY good reasons.

Regards, Trevor.

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