emacs - gnu, x ...?

[Benjamin Walkenhorst]

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On Friday, 1. August 2003 00:22, george donnelly wrote:
> I'd like to start getting into emacs, but there are so many versions and
> variations that I'm not sure which one to install from ports, eg we have
> gnu emacs and xemacs.
>
> which emacs should i install, use and learn?

If you want a GUI, try GNU Emacs or XEmacs. I prefer GNU Emacs, but I suggest 
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 zile 
(zile is lossy emacs) and µemacs (micro emacs), though I have tried neither.

GNU Emacs comes with a tutorial (start emacs, then type "Ctrl-h t" to start 
the tutorial). A lot of what is said there applies to other versions as well. 

Kind regards, 

Benjamin

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Benjamin Walkenhorst
eMail: krylon at gmx.net
homepage: http://www.krylon.de
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