ghs@purdue.UUCP (Gregory H. Smith) (01/03/86)
We have recently begun experimenting with GNU emacs release 17.36. We also
have Unipress emacs and a number of fairly deeply entrenched Unipress users.
I was wondering if anyone had done any sort of qualitative comparison of the
two (I haven't seen one on the net but may have missed it). It is difficult
to persuade people to switch on the basis of (admittedly) subjective feelings
about relative performance and functionality. Respond to me please and I
will summarize to the net.
Thanks,
Greg
Greg Smith
Computer Science Department
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
ghs@purdue.EDU ARPA
ghs.purdue@csnet-relay CSNET
{ucbvax,decvax,hplabs}!purdue!ghs usenetwombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (01/08/86)
There is a (limited) vi mode in old Gosling Emacs. If you have a copy, you can try running it through mlconvert. The worst problem with it is that there is no simulation of vi's . command. (I guess no one could agree on what "the last command" was.) As for the question the original poster asked, about converting UniPress people to GNU, you could mention rectangles, side-by-side windows, and the mark ring to them. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat