Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:02:31 -0500 From: george donnelly <list@zettai.net> To: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net>, FreeBSD Q's <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: emacs - gnu, x ...? Message-ID: <BB4F1847.3AA64%list@zettai.net>
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[Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote (krylon@gmx.net) on 7/31/03 6:44 PM] > If you want a GUI, try GNU Emacs or XEmacs. I prefer GNU Emacs, but I sug= gest > you try both (if you are looking for a GUI). > If you don't want a GUI, and if you are not looking for Emacs' massive > extensibility, there are several curses-based "lookalikes" of Emacs, that > share Emacs' look and feel, but do not feature its lisp interpreter, and = thus > much of its extensibility; on the other hand, they tend be more... > ressource-friendly than emacs. Among these smaller versions I know of zil= e > (zile is lossy emacs) and =B5emacs (micro emacs), though I have tried neith= er. thanks for the feedback. gui is not important, i guess i'm just looking for the neat features that everyone talks about - and with a minimum of resourc= e usage as i would like to install it on a webserver as well so clients can use it over ssh. <--> george donnelly ~ http://www.zettai.net/ ~ "Quality Zope Hosting" Shared and Dedicated Zope Hosting ~ Zope Servers ~ Zope Websites Yahoo, AIM: zettainet ~ MSN: zettainet@hotmail.com ~ ICQ: 51907738
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