mkr@philabs.Philips.Com (Michael K. Reed) (04/27/88)
Does anyone know of GNU Emacs for the Amiga. If so, is it a
(somewhat) complete implementation??
Thanx
Mike R. (mkr@philabs)
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rutgers /dsill@nswc-oas.arpa (Dave Sill) (04/28/88)
Mike Reed writes: > Does anyone know of GNU Emacs for the Amiga. If so, is it a > (somewhat) complete implementation?? There is no port of full GNU Emacs to Amiga. Such a port would be a major effort since the code is very UNIX-specific. In addition, it is something of a resource hog: it requires much disk space, processor time, and memory. ========= The opinions expressed above are mine. "We must remove the TV-induced stupor that lies like a fog across the land." -- Ted Nelson
mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (04/29/88)
Michael K. Reed poses the following dream: > Does anyone know of GNU Emacs for the Amiga. If so, is it a > (somewhat) complete implementation?? I wish. As long as I can wish for a GNU Emacs port for the Amiga, I might as well wish it could have full Intuition support too. If my Amiga had a hard disk and another meg or two of memory, I might think about trying to port it. But I'm not in that situation, so... In reality, I suspect that once MG gets customizable to the point where I can write a C mode, a Lisp mode and a Shell mode for it, I'll be happy. Has anyone else thought about porting GNU Emacs to the Amiga? Now that there are many Amigas out there with megs of memory to burn, running GNU Emacs doesn't seem like an impossiblity. --M
vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (05/01/88)
In article <sWRz6Uy00Xo=I3z3RG@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: > Michael K. Reed poses the following dream: > > > Does anyone know of GNU Emacs for the Amiga. If so, is it a > > (somewhat) complete implementation?? > > I wish. As long as I can wish for a GNU Emacs port for the Amiga, I > might as well wish it could have full Intuition support too. I have been using something called MicroGNUEmacs that I got out of a Fish disk (ask your local users group for this). I don't know how complete it is, but seems similar to the Emacs on{a pyramid.
elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) (05/02/88)
in article <sWRz6Uy00Xo=I3z3RG@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) says: > In reality, I suspect that once MG gets customizable to the point > where I can write a C mode, a Lisp mode and a Shell mode for it, I'll > be happy. > > Has anyone else thought about porting GNU Emacs to the Amiga? Now > that there are many Amigas out there with megs of memory to burn, > running GNU Emacs doesn't seem like an impossiblity. A better dream might be to port "jove". My (admittedly-hacked) Jove is almost indistinguishable from GNU Emacs, except for the lack of an "undo" command and true Lisp extensibility. It already runs on IBM PC's and Macs, so an Amiga port isn't too off-the-wall. Only big problem might be that Jonathon Payne hates to comment, so it's a real payne making mods to the code (of which I had to make several, just to make it run under Sys V.2 -- hopefuly fixed in the new version just posted). The lack of an "undo" means that I don't use it when I have GNU available, but, considering that GNU & all its support files takes up over 8 megs of disk space (Pyramid 90x), I think I'll pass on Amiga GNU... -- Eric Lee Green elg@usl.CSNET Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 ihnp4!killer!elg Lafayette, LA 70509 "Is a dream a lie that don't come true, or is it something worse?"
mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (05/03/88)
> *Excerpts from: 2-May-88 Re: GNU Emacs Eric Green@killer.UUCP (1353)* > A better dream might be to port "jove". My (admittedly-hacked) Jove is almost > indistinguishable from GNU Emacs, except for the lack of an "undo" command and > true Lisp extensibility. True Lisp extensibility is the one big feature missing from all Emacs-like editors that run on the Amiga. And it's really the only important feature. MG is just fine otherwise. > considering that GNU & all its support files takes up over 8 megs of disk > space (Pyramid 90x), I think I'll pass on Amiga GNU... if you don't keep all the Lisp and C source online and you get rid of the support files that your average Amiga user will have no need for (the terminal-specific support stuff, FTP, telnet, RMail, netnews, Fortran Mode, etc etc), I suspect that GNU Emacs on an Amiga would occupy only a fraction of the space it would require on a multi-user system, where the needs of all users must be accounted for. --M Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "Memories are uncertain friends, when recalled by messages" -- OMD, "Messages"
UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) (05/03/88)
In article <cWTCW=y00Xo1AFGV0F@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) says: >True Lisp extensibility is the one big feature missing from all Emacs-like >editors that run on the Amiga. And it's really the only important feature. MG >is just fine otherwise. > IF by ``true lisp extensibility'' you mean the ability to write very powerful macros, then I think Rokicki's addition of AREXX to MG probably achieves the same functionality more efficiently. The main inefficiency is that I (you, them) have to learn AREXX. Oh, well.
nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) (05/05/88)
In article <cWTCW=y00Xo1AFGV0F@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) says: >True Lisp extensibility is the one big feature missing from all Emacs-like >editors that run on the Amiga. And it's really the only important feature. MG >is just fine otherwise. > MicroEMACS 3.9e (distributed last September) provides an extensive and easy to learn macro language on the Amiga. Macroes are also VERY portable to other machines which can run MicroEMACS (Including IBM-PC, Atari ST, BSD 4.3, Unix V, and a lot of MSDOS boxes). The upcomming release (version 3.10) which is due early fall also will support the mouse on the AMIGA. Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 UUCP: {ihnp4!pur-ee!}j.cc.purdue.edu!nwd ARPA: nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (MicroEMACS 3.9 lives here ->) FIDO: 1:201/2 The Programmer's Room (317) 742-5533
page%swap@Sun.COM (Bob Page) (07/22/89)
FYI. ..bob ---- From: roeder@sbsvax.UUCP (Edgar Roeder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,gnu.emacs Subject: GNU-Emacs 18.51 for Atari ST (TOS) posted to comp.binaries.atari.st Keywords: emacs, atari st Message-ID: <799@sbsvax.UUCP> Date: 17 Jul 89 20:39:48 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, W-Germany Today i have submitted my port of GNU Emacs for Atari ST computers to the atari binaries group. The port has been done with gcc V1.30 . The only missing features are those related to multitasking/multiuser environments like asynchronous processes. 'call-process' is implemented through system()-calls. With the help of bert@sbsvax.uucp (Norbert Reithinger) we have also an implementation of dired written with emacs functions. The executable program runs on 1MB of memory but more is recommended. - Edgar
rex@otto.lvsun.com (Steve Slade) (08/06/89)
the following message was posted by rex@otto.lvsun.com (Steve Slade),
from my account (me being Rex Jolliff). I don't necessarily believe
in his views, but I feel he should be allowed to participate in this forum
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I am wondering if there is a port of gnuemacs and where I can
get a copy of it for my Amiga. And, what the difference between them
is. also how can I get arp 1.3 to reboot of the RAD: device?
Steve Sladeelessar@pawl.rpi.edu (Kenneth E. Lareau) (09/11/90)
I've heard quite a bit about it lately, so I'm curious...is this GNU Emacs everyone has been talking about a complete port for the Amiga? How does one obtain this? I'd be interested in seeing what it's like, whether it takes 3 minutes to boot up or not. Any info would be greatly appre- ciated. Ken Lareau elessar@pawl.rpi.edu
lhoward@esunix.UUCP (Larry Howard) (01/12/91)
Does anybody know where I can get the latest version of Gnu Emacs for
the Amiga via FTP? Also, what is the latest version?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Larry
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