Re: [SLUG] Your top-ten linux desktop apps

[Alan L Tyree <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 23:30:02 -0700
Angus Lees <gus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:33:29 +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
> > Aren't there any emacs users on this list?  my top ten are:
> > 
> > Xemacs (editing)
> > Xemacs (mail reading/writing)
> > Xemacs (web browsing)
> > Xemacs (compiling, with make, distcc and ccache underneath)
> > Xemacs (remote editing, with tramp)
> > Xemacs (teminal window for other command line apps)
> > Xemacs (games!)
> > Xemacs (picture previewing)
> > Xemacs (session multiplexing)
> > Oh, and Xemacs's web browser sucks, so Mozilla-firefox for that...
> 
> Amen!
> 
> .. and IRC client, scientific calculator, dictionary client, address
> book, wiki, appointment reminder, daily planner, music player, LDAP
> gui, etc
> 
> Oh, and it all works in either text or graphical interfaces and most
> of it runs just fine on win32 or mac OSX.

I've never tried Xemacs - are there any traps for young players when
installing both?

Thanks,
Alan


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