lawdm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Dan Lawrence) (02/21/90)
In article <2472@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) writes: >I have been using micrognuemacs (MG2a) on my Atari. I use GNU emacs on >Unix. There is also microemacs 3.10. >Question: has anybody compared microemacs 3.10 with MG2a? I like an editor >on my Atari that is compatible with GNU emacs (i.e. the same keystroke >shouldn't do something different), but does not need the full >functionality. The GNU emacs port to the Atari is too big for me. Editors are indeed quite a religious subject. As such I won't bore anyone by attempting any such comparision. However it has occured to me that the reason MicroEMACS 3.10's default user interface is different from GNU emacs is simply my unfamiliarity with GNU (I have never owned a machine large enough to run it). Would there be any GNU users out there that would be interested in writting an alternative user interface for MicroEMACS 3.10 to make it work like GNU? I am fairly certain that the macro language is up to it, and if there is any place it is not, I can upgrade it. Daniel Lawrence voice: (317) 742-5153 arpa: dan@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu The Programmer's Room Fido: 1:201/10 - (317) 742-5533
jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (02/22/90)
In article <2472@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet* van Oostrum) writes: > Question: has anybody compared microemacs 3.10 with MG2a? I like an editor > on my Atari that is compatible with GNU emacs (i.e. the same keystroke > shouldn't do something different), but does not need the full > functionality. The GNU emacs port to the Atari is too big for me. MicroEmacs 3.10 (and all its predecessors) is not key compatible with GNU. Moreover, command and variable names are different also. Hard to mix with real GNU. We have once coocked up a version which was compatible with regard to keys and command/variable names. It also could handle ANSI function keys and 8-bit characters. I may still have the sources somewhere. We have repeatedly tried to contact Daniel Lawrence so we could combine efforts, but never got a reply. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------