nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (04/07/89)
Freemacs is a programmable editor. The .EXE file is only 20K because it only contains a language interpreter and text editor primitives. The bulk of the programming is done in MINT, which is a string-oriented language. Freemacs is yet another Emacs clone. Emacs was first written at MIT by Richard M. Stallman. There are a number of Emacs clones for the PC available. Freemacs has two distinguishing characteristics: o Freemacs is the only freely copyable programmable editor. Epsilon and Brief are examples of commercial programmable editors. (MicroEmacs has a macro language, but that doesn't make it programmable). o Freemacs is the only IBM-PC editor that tries to be like GNU Emacs. You may freely copy this software. I only ask that you send improvements back to me for incorporation into the package for the rest of us. The distribution is available from one or more of the following sources: EMACS15D ARC The executables and MINT code. EMACS100 ARC Zenith Z-100 version. Requires EMACS15D. EMACSPEL ARC Spelling checker. EMACSEGA ARC A collection of EGA utilities EMAC15DS ARC The .ASM source. WFM BBS: (315)265-8207 - 1200/2400 8N1, 24 hrs. File Area 4. No registration required to download Freemacs. CUHUG BBS: (315)268-6667 - 1200/2400 8N1, 24 hrs. File area 25. No registration required to download Freemacs. Internet: Anonymous ftp to simtel20.army.mil from PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS> Internet: anonymous FTP to grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196] from /e/files/freemacs Bitnet && UUCP: Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use archive-server%sun.soe.clarkson.edu@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or uunet!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help' if you want to learn how to use the archive server, or else if you just want to get Freemacs, then send the following lines: send freemacs emacs15d.aa send freemacs emacs15d.ab send freemacs emacs15d.ac send freemacs emacs15d.ad send freemacs emacs15d.ae The files that you will get back should be concatenated together, run through uudecode, and thence through an unARCer such as arc or pkxarc. I would like to see it on GEnie and Compu$erve, but they are a toll call for me. Or else send $15 (copying fee) to the author. This will assure you of the latest version. Please specify floppy format: 5.25", 1.2 Meg 5.25", 360K 3.50", 720K Russell Nelson 11 Grant St. Potsdam, NY 13676 -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) America -- Socialism for the rich people, Capitalism for the rest of us.