Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (05/03/91)
>>>>> On 2 May 91 12:27:05 GMT, ken@hertz.njit.edu (ken ng cccc) said:
ken> CTAGS sounds like a specific program to solve a specific problem. The
ken> GNU Emacs solution sounds like a GENERAL PURPOSE way to solve the problem,
ken> which will always tend to be my preference.
ken> Now, I know GNU Emacs has online documentation, but I'd still like to
ken> purchase a hardcopy manual for it somewhere. Hopefully the money will
ken> go toward supporting the GNU effort. Anyone know where I can get one?
Another convert! Ken, here's what I found in etc/DISTRIB.
[You can also copy a friend's manual, etc.]
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Ken, by the way, emacs has all kinds of tags things too. Run "apropos"...ken@hertz.njit.edu (ken ng cccc) (05/04/91)
In article <DANJ1.91May2213247@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM writes:
:Another convert! Ken, here's what I found in etc/DISTRIB.
:[You can also copy a friend's manual, etc.]
Now wait just a cotton picking minute! I will support the GNU effort, but
that does not mean I'm switching to GNU Emacs as my primary editor! I am
always willing to try something out, even if I'm a bit suspicious of it.
I do believe that GNU Emacs is probably a very good editor. My main problem
in using it is figuring out enough so that I can use it comfortably.
The thought of programming in Lisp after REXX does make me a bit
queasy though. Maybe it won't be so bad after I get used to it.
Anyone got a REXX interpreter in Lisp? 1/2 :-)
Kenneth Ng
"No problem, this is how you make it" -- R. Barclay, ST: TNG