On Wednesday 02 April 2003 10:23 pm, Tom Massey wrote: > * John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-03 13:09]: > > what I'm after is a recommendation from others who might have used > > something like this to write 5,000 word plus english language > > documents. > > I've written a couple of 50,000 word novels, a 10,000 word Honours > thesis, and numerous short stories using Emacs. I find Emacs more > comfortable to use than vi/vim for longer works. The switching > between command and edit modes in vi tends to break my concentration. > In Emacs, I find it easier to stay focused on the writing rather than > the commands needed to control the editer. But it's really a personal > thing, which one you prefer.
I've never looked at Emacs (actually I have, but the guide I was looking at was rather poor). Is it easy to re-program control keys? How about margins? Is there anything in Emacs like the ability to set (and easily change) paragraph margins? Can you recommend a good guide for someone who has never used Emacs, but does quite well with a wordprocessor with a GUI? Thanks! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
