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Article #1281Stubborn Emacs-head needs Epoch enlightening
From: John Stracke
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 16:50
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 16:50
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>Could some kind soul out there please give me a list of reasons why I should >switch from emacs to epoch? What are some of the things that are easily done >in epoch but not in emacs? Thank you very much. I find epoch's basic ability, the multiple windows, to be the biggest improvement. I put each file I'm currently working with into a separate window, and then iconify most of them (I have Motif give me the tiny icons that just have the names); I can then bounce around through the units of my code much more easily than I could with Emacs. I also have icons I leave up permanently: my home directory, gnus, rmail, and a note-taking program I wrote. I have extended dired to let me press F instead of f to find the file in another window, and control-right-button for the same; I can scroll up or down with shift-left or -right button (an extension of my own); and copying by mouse is nice. But the quick access to many files is the biggest thing; it makes it much easier to perceive the structure of my code. /===========================================================================\ |John (Francis) Stracke |My opinions are my own. | |Natl. Science Center Foundation|===========================================| |Augusta, GA | Newt Nuggets! | |francis@dogwood.atl.ga.us | | \===========================================================================/ (Formerly francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc7ee,7907c3501a651a4b X-Google-Attributes: gidfc7ee,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-28 06:23:34 PST Newsgroups: gnu.epoch.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!dogwood.UUCP!francis From: francis@dogwood.UUCP (John Stracke) Subject: Stubborn Emacs-head needs Epoch enlightening Message-ID: <9206281650.AA09789@Galois.nscf.org> Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: <1992Jun26.205408.15835@chpc.org> Distribution: gnu Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 16:50:03 GMT Lines: 25