%% marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You can run Emacs in X mode and it's basically text but with useful >> windows stuff (you can select articles with the mouse, popup menus >> for odd things, etc.)
m> GUI !=> mouse use m> a lot of folk imply that, but I don't understand why. Well, you never defined what you meant by GUI, so I used the definition most folks assume. Based on what you've said here I'm pretty confident Emacs is "GUI enough" for you. >> It's got more features than you can imagine, but you don't need to use >> them to get started. m> I have tried with Emacs before, but it's like learning Japanese, m> where every word and piece of grammar is different - at least you m> can have a guess at a French word. Well, you can move with the arrow keys, page up/down keys, home/end keys, use the menu bars until you learn the shortcuts, cut/paste with the mouse, resize frames and buffers with the mouse, etc. I don't really understand what people mean when they say things like the above: you don't HAVE to learn ESC-META-ALT-CTL-SPC to use Emacs as an editor. Maybe they mean Elisp... but you don't need to know any Lisp anymore to use Emacs: there's even a point-clickety mouse-based customization mode that lets you do customization without setq (etc.). Anyway, my $0.02. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions--Nortel takes no responsibility for them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]