On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Angus Lees wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:17:35AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Do GNU Emacs and XEmacs share any functionality at all? I know they're
> > different, and haven't been merged, but...
>
> elisp scripts ("packages") either work directly, or are "ported"
> reqularly. xemacs versions are said to be "synced up" with a certain
> emacs release.
>
> from a user's point of view, they're pretty much identical in
> functionality, keybindings, etc.
Cool, that is what I thought.
> (apparently it was jwz who led the initial xemacs fork, something i
> didn't know..)
For the all details have a look at: http://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html
>
> one of the most useful ways to learn emacs is to follow the tutorial
> (C-h t, as the splash screen says). once you get the hang of basic
> cursor movement, etc - C-h m ("describe-mode") is your friend.
>
> (there are conventions to the keybindings, so they actually make
> sense. its much easier if some{one,thing} explains them to you fairly
> early on.)
Thanks all for the info, I'll think I'll stick with GNU Emacs for the
moment (since I think I can do without the little image buttons, and I
already have evil things like jde install).
Cheers,
Benno
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