Date: 11 Oct 2004 17:26:54 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (OT) Emacs vs Xemacs Message-ID: <44lled3q01.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20041011174632.GA88740@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20041011174632.GA88740@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> writes: > I know this is not BSD specific, but I just wanted to get your opinions. I > was wondering what might affect my decision which to use, other than > licensing and (IIRC) the fancier font handling of Xemacs. Both are licensed under the GPL, and the font handling is not significantly different these days. The "eXtended" features that give Xemacs its name are only of interest to people who program emacs heavily in LISP. In other words, it's unlikely to matter to you. Try them both and pick whichever you like.
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