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aks@HUB.UCSB.EDU (Alan Stebbens) writes:

>> So here is my question:  To Buy or Not ... that is, if we want
>> EDT emulation, should we buy an emacs package such as Uniworks CCA
>> EMACS or UniPress Emacs?

We have both Unipress and Gnu Emacs on our SGI 4D/240s. For ease of use and
power I would recommend GNU. The only problem is that Gnu emacs uses a huge
amount of memory. (typically 1MB for a small file.) If you only have a few
users this may no be a problem, we usually have about 50 - 70 users at
one time and with 64MB of memory and most people using the editor it is
a real problem. 

We are looking at using micro emacs for most users who don't need or want
sophisticated features and using Gnu for the few users who can use the 
features. (Micro emacs is free as well.)

One of the features I like in Gnu emacs is the Info package and I would like
to convert all our local documentation in LaTeXinfo but I am not certain we
can afford the Memory to run it.

Russell.

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Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
<rj_fulton@aukuni.ac.nz>