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In article <9103220309.AA17761@anywhere> aks%anywhere@HUB.UCSB.EDU (Alan Stebbens) writes:

   I ask these questions, not to inveigle a firm committment date, but
   to help me determine whether I should port Epoch 3.2 to my
   RS6000/AIX3.1 and use it for a while, or would I be better off
   waiting for the fabled Emacs 19.  I don't want to spend the effort
   doing the former if the latter will be ready within a time frame
   small enough to make me regret it.

I know exceedingly little about X and the inner workings of my Sun,
but I was able to bring up Epoch 3.2 in about 30 minutes.  It was no
more difficult than bringing up Emacs 18.55 (on which it is based).

You can just start using it without even knowing that you're using
Epoch instead of Emacs.  There are a few new .el files, and a few
changes have been made to some standard .el files, but if you're tight
on space, Emacs 18.55 and Epoch can share their "lisp" directory with
no problem.

It may not be perfect or have all the features that v19 will have, but
it's pretty darn good, and it's here now.  I think the FSF is doing an
admirable job maintaining their products, and when v19 is released,
I'm sure it'll be great.  Till then, I can use Epoch.

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