pintado@cui.UUCP (PINTADO Xavier) (11/01/87)
Is there anybody on the network that could send me microemacs 3.9. I think that this version did not appear in the European network. Could someone send it to me or repost it in News. Tkanks in advance. my adress: UUCP ...mcvax!cernvax!cui!pintado BITNET PINTADO@CGEUGE51 Xavier Pintado Centre Universitaire d'Informatique 12, rue du Lac 1209 Geneve Switzerland
nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) (11/03/87)
In article <72@cui.UUCP> pintado@cui.UUCP (PINTADO Xavier) writes: >Is there anybody on the network that could send me microemacs 3.9. >I think that this version did not appear in the European network. >Could someone send it to me or repost it in News. > A common enough request, but I need to explain why and ask a question. On June 20th I sent a full MicroEMACS 3.9 distribution kit to the moderator of comp.unix.sources. He sat on it for three full months. When someone asked him why, he responded indicating that editors were simply not a high priority. I know that I have put a lot of work into this. Some people have complained at the frequency which I have posted this in the past. But the truth is that I have actually made a large amount of changes between postings. So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, mod.sources.unix won't post it). Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 UUCP: {ihnp4!pur-ee!}j.cc.purdue.edu!nwd ARPA: nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu FIDO: 201/2 The Programmer's Room (317) 742-5533
bobmon@iucs.UUCP (RAMontante [condition that I not be identified]) (11/04/87)
YES!!! Please post it! How about comp.sys.ibm.pc? Or comp.sources.misc? Does alt.sources get to Europe?
larry@jc3b21.UUCP (11/04/87)
in article <5745@j.cc.purdue.edu>, nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) says: > > So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost > ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, > mod.sources.unix won't post it). > > Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 Daniel, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE post it either to comp.sources.misc (or what- ever we call it this week) or to this news group (comp.emacs). As one who has at least a minor stake in uemacs, I would like to get the newest available. Since a number of our students utilize it and since it is one of the few editors that run virtually the same on UNIX, MSDOS, AmigaDOS, etc., I believe the cost of posting it is WELL worth it. Certainly as much as postscript (for those of us who can't utilize it!) -larry -- +--------------------------------------+-- St. Petersburg Junior College --+ | Lawrence F. Strickland | P.O. Box 13489 | | ...gatech!codas!usfvax2!jc3b21!larry | St. Petersburg, FL 33733 | +-(or) ...gatech!usfvax2!jc3b21!larry -+-- Phone: +1 813 341 4705 ---------+
stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) (11/05/87)
In article <5745@j.cc.purdue.edu>, Daniel Lawrence (nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP) writes: > . . . > So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost > ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, > mod.sources.unix won't post it). You might try comp.sources.misc. The moderator is Brandon Allbery. In a comp.sources.misc posting, he gives his address as ncoast.UUCP. By the way, when you have a fully-functioning Amiga version, please send a disk to Fred Fish at: Fred Fish 1346 W. 10th Place Tempe, Arizona 85281 USA Fred gives his email address, phone number, and work location as: Fred Fish hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf (602) 438-3614 Motorola Computer Division, 2900 S. Diablo Way, Tempe, Az 85282 USA When you send them to Fred, he will ensure they are redistributed in the Amiga community post haste. (Sorry to post this, but I have had little luck sending mail to Daniel in the past.) Steve Rice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- new: stever@videovax.tv.Tek.com old: {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!stever
egisin@orchid.UUCP (11/06/87)
In article <5745@j.cc.purdue.edu>, nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) writes: > A common enough request, but I need to explain why and ask a > question. On June 20th I sent a full MicroEMACS 3.9 distribution kit to > the moderator of comp.unix.sources. He sat on it for three full months. > When someone asked him why, he responded indicating that editors were > simply not a high priority. > > I know that I have put a lot of work into this. Some people have > complained at the frequency which I have posted this in the past. But > the truth is that I have actually made a large amount of changes between > postings. > > So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost > ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, > mod.sources.unix won't post it). > [I'm including this in comp.sources.d too]. Can't you post patches two or three times a year? Every one should be able to get 3.8b from the archives, and apply patches to it. 3.8i was 500K, how big are diffs between successive releases?
hart@cp1.BELL-ATL.COM (Rod Hart) (11/07/87)
I think any useful software is of higher priority than much of the idle chatter that is propagated via the net. We have microemacs running on everything from superminis' to pc and look forward to the enhancements. There has to be a legitimate reason for passing all of this stuff and if it isn't to collect the useful software and technical tidbits I don't know what it is. -- Signed by: Rod Hart (WA3MEZ) Minicomputer Technical Support District Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co. - A Bell Atlantic Company bellcore!cp1!hart - aplcen!cp1!hart - mimsy!cp1!hart - gamma!cp1!hart
rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley) (11/08/87)
In article <5745@j.cc.purdue.edu>, nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) writes: > In article <72@cui.UUCP> pintado@cui.UUCP (PINTADO Xavier) writes: > >Is there anybody on the network that could send me microemacs 3.9. > >I think that this version did not appear in the European network. > >Could someone send it to me or repost it in News. > > > A common enough request, but I need to explain why and ask a > question. On June 20th I sent a full MicroEMACS 3.9 distribution kit to > the moderator of comp.unix.sources. He sat on it for three full months. > When someone asked him why, he responded indicating that editors were > simply not a high priority. > > I know that I have put a lot of work into this. Some people have > So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost > ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, > mod.sources.unix won't post it). I learned long ago, from one of your earlier postings, that I could pull sources from your FIDO number. Some machine administrators might not like the long, slow transfer, however, so not everyone can do this. I see that CUG is distributing 3.9, but again, not all mainframes can easily read floppies. Why not try a four-pronged approach: (1) Privately convince one of the comp.sources archive sites to carry the latest Microemacs for anonymous ftp. If this is not possible, then how about purdue.edu? (2) Same as (1), but for uucp. (3) Your FIDO, as it is. (4) C Users' Group, as it is, but convince them to keep up-to-date (they are usually a major version behind). Comp.sources posting, even if the administrative decision is changed (and the moderator might not be responsible for the current policy), does not solve the distribution problem for those for whom (1) and (2) are not possible options. Also, one has the feeling that most of the requests in comp... are from people who do not read the comp.sources indices. So every so often a list of Microemacs archive sites should be posted, regardless of whether there is change in the comp.sources policy regarding Microemacs. Have you plans for adding any of the following options to Microemacs? column moves (vertical block moves) side-by-side windows search and replace across buffer/file boundaries an nroffable manual (a troff version had line count problems under nroff) Thanks for useful and beautifully written code! John Rupley uucp: ..{ihnp4 | hao!noao}!arizona!rupley telex: 9103508679(JARJAR) Dept. Biochemistry, Univ. Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 voice: (602)321-2929 (Office) or (602)325-4533 (Home)
karl@mumble.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (11/09/87)
rupley@arizona.edu writes:
Why not try a four-pronged approach:
(1) Privately convince one of the comp.sources archive sites
to carry the latest Microemacs for anonymous ftp. If this is not
possible, then how about purdue.edu?
(2) Same as (1), but for uucp.
Ohio State Computer Science will be happy to make MicroEmacs 3.9
available for public UUCP access.
(Gee, that was easy, wasn't it? :-)
-=-
Karlrbp@investor.UUCP (Bob Peirce) (11/17/87)
> In article <72@cui.UUCP> pintado@cui.UUCP (PINTADO Xavier) writes: > >Is there anybody on the network that could send me microemacs 3.9. > > So, my question is this. I have version 3.9e running and almost > ready for distribution. Do you want me to post this? Where? (remember, > mod.sources.unix won't post it). > > Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 > UUCP: {ihnp4!pur-ee!}j.cc.purdue.edu!nwd By all means, post it! I love uEmacs3.9. If comp.sources.unix won't carry it, how about comp.sources.misc? If Alberry won't accept it for posting you could always resort to thw method by which arbitron is posted. I'm sure this would raise many flames, but in a pinch there is always comp.emacs! -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 uucp: ...!{allegra, bellcore, cadre, idis, psuvax1}!pitt!investor!rbp NOTE: Mail must be < 30K bytes/message
tom@tsdiag.UUCP (11/19/87)
microEmacs was posted in comp.sources.misc, I have compiled it and it works fine *THANKS!!!!!* I hate to ask for too much (-:) but the latest manual i have if for 3.8i any chance we could get that posted (for completeness might be best in comp.sources.misc with the *great* code) 73 es enjoy! -- Thomas A. Moulton, W2VY Life is too short to be mad about things. Home: (201) 779-W2VY Packet: w2vy@kd6th Voice: 145.190 (r) Work: (201) 492-4880 x3226 FAX: (201) 493-9167 Concurrent Computer Corp. uucp: ...!ihnp4!hotps!ka2qhd!w2vy