Richard Owlett wrote: > In another thread I asked for text editor recommendations to address a > Later someone else suggested emacs. > My mental image of "emacs" was of something for a 'dumb terminal'. > I went to Synaptic searching for 'emacs'. > Got a hit for a metapaqckage - *NO* associated homepage. > Did a web search for 'emacs' which linked to > [https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/] which gave no relevant answers.
The "documentation" link at the top didn't give you any clues? https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/documentation.html Or directly to the manual itself: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html There is also a print manual (still undergoing volunteer proofreading, according to the "Purchase" link) -- you can get a free (as in beer) PDF version. It's 635 pages long. > *HOWEVER!!!!!* > The first line stated "Emacs 26.1 is out, download it here!" > Bu [https://packages.debian.org/stretch/emacs] refers to > "Package: emacs (46.1)". And goes onto say that it's a metapackage that depends on emacs24; so, in true Debian fashion, they're on what they consider to be "stable", even if it means it's a few versions behind. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281