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Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?
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kier |
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Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs? |
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Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:25:52 +0100 |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:14:05 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote:
> "Mike Cox" <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> "Tim McNamara" <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote in message
>> news:m2wtysbw01.fsf@Stella-Blue.local...
>>> mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com (Mike Cox) writes:
>>>
>>> > I recently switched to xemacs as my default word processor so I
>>> > could do formatting in TEX for a very long document. Most
>>> > recently I've been using Microsoft Word, the latest version. I
>>> > switched because I thought that emacs had perfect stability and
>>> > no crashes. My perception was formed due to the constant
>>> > FSF/GPL/Linux advocacy promoted on slashdot and all the comp
>>> > newsgroups.
>>>
>>> As a couple of minor quibbles:
>>>
>>> 1. XEmacs is not Emacs, and XEmacs is not GNU or FSF software.
>>> XEmacs and Emacs are not interchangeable.
>>
>> So which is better, XEmacs or GNU/Emacs?
>
> Both.
>
>>> 2. Nothing has perfect stability, everything else does not.
>>
>> I understand. So are you saying GNU/Emacs is more stable?
>
> No. I've never used XEmacs, so I cannot comment on it.
I have. It's never crashed on me.
>
>>> 3. As a result, saving frequently and backing up one's documents
>>> is
>>> always a good idea.
>>
>> So I could probably just use MS Word and get the features of VBA and
>> COM+ support, not to mention the robust default functionality? If
>> everyone crashes, why not just use the most feature rich program
>> that has the most users?
>
> Ummm, the feature set of Emacs and XEmacs blows Word out of the water,
> Mike. All Word can do is word processing. Emacs can read your
> e-mail, Usenet news (I'm using it now for this), run spreadsheets,
> browse the Web, and make coffee. Well, not directly. Yer just
> trolling with these questions.
Well, he *is* a troll. :-)
>
>>> 4. Emacs by default creates backup documents, you'll find them in
>>> the same directory as the file you were working on with a tilde
>>> after the filename. Hopefully XEmacs, which I've never used,
>>> does the same thing.
It does. Easily recoverable.
>>
>> I looked for it. I also did that ALT-M thing to try to recover.
>> Whatever happened must of been quite serious because it ate my
>> autosave document.
We believe you. Not.
>
> Hummm. Did you read the docs before using?
I doubt it.
>
>>> See:
>>>
>>> http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html
>>>
>>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
>>
>> WOW. Those OSS/GNU guys really are immature. I followed a link on
>> the xemacs.org site and they really duked it out over emacs. For
>> those of you who would really like to see RMS and the XEMACS team
>> battle from 15 years ago, visit this site:
>> http://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html
>>
>> Talk about a nasty exchange.
>
> Nothing like the venom of those who've spent thousands of dollars on
> Microsoft products that are barely functional.
--
Kier
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., (continued)
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Tim McNamara, 2004/09/17
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Craig Kelley, 2004/09/17
- Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?, Mike Cox, 2004/09/17
- Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?, Adrian Aichner, 2004/09/18
- Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?, Jesper Harder, 2004/09/18
- Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?, Tim McNamara, 2004/09/18
- Re: Which is better, xemacs or gnu emacs?,
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Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Brian Palmer, 2004/09/18
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., David Kastrup, 2004/09/18
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk, 2004/09/18
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., David Kastrup, 2004/09/18
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Stefan Monnier, 2004/09/20
- Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/09/21
Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., JEDIDIAH, 2004/09/17
Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., Aquila Deus, 2004/09/18
Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document., wlcna, 2004/09/20