JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sun, 22 May 2005 23:14:11 +0200: > What are the difference between Emacs and XEmacs? Will they both run on > WinXP and is one better for something that the other?
Hey, you're not a troll, are you? No, thought not. So here's an answer: >From the point of view of a user, there are lots of minor niggly little differences between them. There are, I think, some facilities available on one, but not the other. But all these differences are _MUCH_ less than those between either and the rest of the world of editors. Try them both: you'll probably end up preferring the first one you tried. If you're a developer of an Emacs package, the differences are more and more significant. If you develop for both, you'll find yourself working round lots of PITAs. The philosophy and working style of the two Emacs projects could hardly be more different, given only that they're both free projects, and this has caused some friction between them. Either is better than any other editor. :-) -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a"). _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
