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Article #9068Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon?
From: Michael Portuesi
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 17:12
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 17:12
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In article <HOWCOME.91Apr8165325@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, Hakon Lie writes: > there. I realize that Epsilon may run counter to rms' policies, but > I'm prepared to take the moral consequences of actually *buying* > something GNU-like. > >It's a waste of money, the GNU products are in most cases superior to >the commercial versions. If they aren't -- someone (maybe you) will >make them better.. I don't understand what you're talking about. Unless you have a 386 or better, you are never going to get GNU Emacs to run on your laptop. Other than that, Epsilon has far, far more features and far more extensibility than every public-domain editor available. The simple fact that memory + disk size is the only limit on the length of files it can edit should put it leagues ahead of Freemacs. Its only disadvantage compared to its competition is that it isn't free. __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child." -- Vice President Dan Quayle
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sgi!shinobu!odin!tweezers.esd.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon? Message-ID: <1991Apr9.171225.663@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 17:12:25 GMT References: <HOWCOME.91Apr8165325@media-lab.media.mit.edu> <7704@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA. Lines: 24