What is emacs? It looks like a text editor.

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What is emacs? It looks like a text editor.

#1 Post by mahaju »

And how do I get/use it if I am using:
1. Windows 7
2. Any linux (Puppy Linux and Lubuntu in particular)

I have reached here
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/
What do I do after this?
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#2 Post by Makoto »

For Windows binaries, just go one directory down:

http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/
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#3 Post by mahaju »

Thanks
I am trying this one out right now
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/pages/f ... emacs.html
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For Puppy you might try:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 82&t=61318
or (made in Lupu 5.2.5)
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 82&t=70693
As far as I remember it was not hard to build from source
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#5 Post by mahaju »

Ok it looks like I can use the gcc debugger directly from within it
But basically it looks like a text editor
but I already have Notepad++ for that
So what's the big deal? I mean, what is it's main specialty?
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#6 Post by Makoto »

As in the comic above, some people just swear by it, I guess. I've never really tried it, so I can't comment. But, if you work better with another text editor, don't feel you have to use a specific editor just for compiling. :)
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#7 Post by GustavoYz »

The big deal about emacs, in my opinion, is the possibility of use macros.
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#8 Post by mahaju »

Although I don't use it, I think that feature is in notepad++ as well
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#9 Post by mahaju »

OK I think I've found the answer :P
lets forget this discussion and please help me with another problem

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72784
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