Re: useless files in Epoch distribution...

Article View: gnu.epoch.misc

Article #240

#240

From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 15:17

19 lines
1135 bytes

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Gallaher <mg@bds.bds.com> writes:

  Joe> * BABYL, CCADIFF, DIFF, GOSDIFF, ONEWS, OONEWS
  Joe>   These files are useful documentation.

Mike> Is anyone really using CCA Emacs anymore?  Or Gosling 264 Emacs
Mike> (or unipress 1.0)?  I don't think it's useful to describe how
Mike> Gnu emacs differs from ancient versions of Emacs that no one
Mike> even remembers anymore.

These files tell you a lot about the design decisions that were involved
in GNU Emacs.  I think it is very useful.  I learned a lot about Emacs by
reading them.

BTW, CCA Emacs is still being sold.  I'm not sure about Unipress.

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>
Member of the League for Programming Freedom --- send e-mail for details

Technical Details

Message-ID: <9208162317.AA26456@csd.bu.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.bu.edu!jbw

References: <CMM-RU.1.0.714006751.mg@bds>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: gnu.epoch.misc
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.bu.edu!jbw
From: jbw@cs.bu.edu (Joe Wells)
Subject: Re: useless files in Epoch distribution...
Message-ID: <9208162317.AA26456@csd.bu.edu>
Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
References: <CMM-RU.1.0.714006751.mg@bds>
Distribution: gnu
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 15:17:30 GMT
Lines: 19

Reply to Parent Message