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New user questions

#1020
From: Bryan Cheung
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 16:28
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Hi,
   I have just begun experimenting with epoch, and I have several
newbie type questions. Any and all responses from all the epoch
fans out there are greatly appreciated, preferably via e-mail.
The questions:

     1) Is there an FAQ and where is it?
     
     2) How much value do the epoch GUI extenstions add to the
     	excellent development environment provided by emacs?
     	
     	From my perspective, one of the most important features
        of the GNU emacs system is that you can make incredible
        things happen by typing a few keystrokes. For those of us
        who like to hammer the keyboard like maniacs, anything which
        causes us to remove our hands from the keyboard (like 
        manipulating the mouse) SLOWS US DOWN.
        
     3) Is it possible to use arbitrary text colors for arbitrary
     	portions of a single epoch buffer? Such a feature would
     	be AWESOME if it could be used to modify C-mode such that
     	C language keywords, punctuation, constants, etc. could be
     	automagically assigned their own arbitrary colors. (Has 
     	this already been done?).
     	
     4) For all those of you who used emacs for many years and then
     	migrated to epoch what were your motivations and expectations,
     	how well were your expectations met, and what slick epoch
     	functionality made you stick with epoch?
     	

               Thanks in advance,
                        -- Bryan Cheung
                           cheung@eplrx7.es.dupont.com
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