cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jon Sweedler) (07/06/88)
I recently asked if Emacs can do "block" or "rectangle" operations. The
reply I got was "yes... but only in GNU emacs." Well, we don't have the GNU
version here but maybe it would be worth my while to get. But before I do
this, I have a few questions.
1) Will I be giving up functionality? Or is GNU emacs a superset of Unipress?
2) How well debugged is GNU emacs?
3) What are the differences between GNU and other versions? (In general,
I don't want to know every extra command in detail) Or are different
emacs versions, BASICALLY the same?
4) Is there a "better" version of emacs available? Or is GNU the
"best." (this is probably a bad question, but I thought I'd try anyway)
5) How do I get GNU emacs?
Thanks in advance.
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Domain: cjosta@taux01.nsc.comnwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) (07/06/88)
In article <810@taux01.UUCP> cjosta@taux01.UUCP (Jon Sweedler) writes: >I recently asked if Emacs can do "block" or "rectangle" operations. The >reply I got was "yes... but only in GNU emacs." Well, we don't have the GNU >version here but maybe it would be worth my while to get. But before I do >this, I have a few questions. MicroEMACS 3.9n can also do block cuts, copies and pastes. These functions are driven off the 'B'lock page using the function keys, and also include a set of commands to draw and manipulate boxes on machines with line drawing character sets. Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 UUCP: {ihnp4!pur-ee!}j.cc.purdue.edu!nwd ARPA: nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu FIDO: 1:201/2 The Programmer's Room (317) 742-5533