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    19-Aug-88 01:05:01
Sb: #6605-Emacs
Fm: David Masterson 73717,3301
To: john munsch 70007,2331
MicroEmacs (any of the variations) is a very big set of sources. Most people don't upload only the executable as most people prefer to make use of the sources as well as the executable (actually, I think the authors prefer the source code to be distributed with the executable). Thus the reason that it probably isn't here yet. I think I have an archive around here of the executable to MG2a plus a couple of docs. MG offers a much friendlier Amiga interface than MicroEmacs -including mouse and menu support. It also has a nice file browser for searching directories for the file to load. I would say that most people used to the Amiga could make direct use of MG with reading the documents (I haven't yet). I don't think that MG has much in the way of scripting, but I haven't sat down to look at it yet. I've made use of MG under AmigaOS, VAX/VMS, and SysV Unix. I've made use of MicroEmacs 3.x under AmigaOS (a little – didn't like the interface), Vax/VMS, SysV Unix, and Sun Unix (heavily). Truly a portable pair of programs! David Masterson