johnm@trsvax.UUCP (07/07/88)
Another solution to the problem (although only a partial one) is to grab the source to MicroEmacs/GnuEmacs/Jove/or whatever next time that it appears in one of the sources groups and compile it on your Unix system. That's what I did and so I can now use MicroEmacs on the Vax and Tandy machines at work, my Amiga at home (and even my Atari ST when I owned it had uEmacs). Admittedly, it doesn't solve the problem of system load when several people want to edit files on the mainframe, but it is a lot faster than downloading a large file and then re-uploading it later. All of the above mentioned editors should compile in a Unix environment very easily (and with uEmacs it was just a matter of editing the configuration file to set the appropriate options and then running "make"). John Munsch Tandy Research and Development "I married your mother to have children so you can imagine my disappointment when you came along." -- Groucho