Talk: What is Emacs?

Quoth dre...@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Kevin D. Sandal):
> Andrew Hendler <ahe...@netaxs.com> wrote:
> >What is emacs? I here so much about it yet I have know idea what it is.
> >also is there a version for mac, if so what ftp sites can I find it at.
> 
> EMACS is a text editor that is quite powerful and, to some, much 
> friendlier than vi. There are versions available on Mac, PC (DOS/OS2), 
> UNIX, and Next (I think). You should be able to find it almost anywhere. 
> I'd tell you if I could do an archie search, but this site doesn't 
> provide that...

I did an archie search, but didn't find anything offhand (for Mac).
But I don't think a Mac user would get much out of an editor like Emacs
anyway.  It's nice for ASCII art, I'll agree, but can't compare to your
average word processor--especially if the user is already used to a
particular word processor.  Emacs is a good terminal-based editor.
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