Article View: net.emacs
Article #2117Re: Why emacs?
From: Hans J. Albertsson
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1986 08:44
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1986 08:44
25 lines
1573 bytes
1573 bytes
[] 1) Emacs is multi-buffer + multi-window. Edit several texts in one single editor instance. 2) Modes are per buffer, so diverse editing related jobs can be handled in parallell. 3) Emacs runs subprocesses with I/O thru special mode edit buffers, which makes for nice program development support, or WYSIWIG simulation even for nroff/troff. At least one commercial Prolog uses emacs as a development environment, as does/did SUN Common Lisp. Comfortable, and travels well between terminal types. 4) Emacs-like editors exist for the most diverse systems, and has been around for a while, now. 5) On an ASCII terminal, there exists no better window-system emulator. However, even I, who really find vi unbearable with it's dual modes, know one or two things that vi does better. Such as the implicit macro in ".". However, try and ADD a word completion mode using current buffer as abbreviation data base to vi... So: 6) Emacs is easily user extensible.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<707@erisun.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!think!husc6!seismo!mcvax!enea!erix!erisun!hansReferences:
<21600007@uiucuxc>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!think!husc6!seismo!mcvax!enea!erix!erisun!hans From: hans@erisun.UUCP (Hans J. Albertsson) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Why emacs? Message-ID: <707@erisun.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Oct-86 04:44:34 EDT Article-I.D.: erisun.707 Posted: Sun Oct 12 04:44:34 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Oct-86 07:29:44 EDT References: <21600007@uiucuxc> Reply-To: hans@erisun.UUCP (Hans J. Albertsson) Organization: Ericsson Information Systems Sverige AB, Sundbyberg, Sweden Lines: 25