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- From: achow@cad093.scdt.intel.com (Abel Chow ~)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: GNU Emacs vs. the world . . . (was Re: C Programmer's Editor of Choice?)
- Message-ID: <ACHOW.92Jul24154151@cad093.scdt.intel.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:41:51 GMT
- References: <ACHOW.92Jul23183544@cad093.scdt.intel.com>
- <1992Jul24.141245.18706@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
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- In-reply-to: mpue2@syma.sussex.ac.uk's message of 24 Jul 92 14:12:45 GMT
-
- In article <1992Jul24.141245.18706@syma.sussex.ac.uk> mpue2@syma.sussex.ac.uk (James E. Talbut) writes:
-
- > From article <ACHOW.92Jul23183544@cad093.scdt.intel.com>, by achow@cad093.scdt.intel.com (Abel Chow ~):
- > > Oh, boy. An GNU Emacs vs. the world thread . . .
-
- > I cut all the rest out 'cos it's not relevant.
-
- Not relevant?!?!? <grin>
-
- > This was mailed but it didn't get through, maybe ACHOW or someone
- > else here can answer my questions:
-
- My email address is in my signature (achow@scdt.intel.com).
-
- > O.K. then, since you seem to kow what you're talking about here's
- > some question for you about the one TRUE editor:
-
- > 1) How do I dump it?
-
- Since I'm at work and my Amiga is at home, I can't check this one out.
- Make sure that you have the latest version of Emacs (18.58, Amiga
- version 1.25G or something like that). The earlier versions were
- somewhat unstable but I've been using this version for a couple months
- and it's pretty stable. Check the README file that comes with archive
- (which is pretty big--~1.5 MB--but it comes with all the info docs).
-
- > 2) How do I get it to not EVER do backups?
- > 3) How do I get it to NEVER do autosave?
-
- Put the following two lines into your ~/.emacs file (on the Amiga, ~ = S:):
-
- (setq make-backup-files nil)
- (setq auto-save-default nil)
-
- These variables are all documented in the online help ("^H i m Emacs"
- and browse to your heart's content).
-
- > Please help me as I really like what emacs can do but I get severely
- > annoyed at any program that makes files without telling me about it!
-
- GNU Emacs DOES tell you when it's auto-saving (y'know, the annoying
- pause while you're in the middle of the editing session). I find the
- backups to be a lifesaving feature, but you can turn it off if you
- wish.
-
- > Another question: When I exit emacs it tries to write something to
- > my SYS: what? and why?
-
- I wouldn't know. Use SnoopDos to find out the filename of the file.
-
- > Thanks for any help.
-
- Sure, no problem. Feel free (you or anyone else . . .) to email me
- if you have any problems, questions, etc.
-
- > J.T.
-
- > --
- > Fine beer may be judged with just one sip,
- but it's better to be thoroughly sure. - Czech proverb
-
- > James Talbut mpue2@syma.susx.ac.uk
-
- Abel
- I'm inside Intel, but my (er, home) computer doesn't have "Intel
- Inside." 8) (* 2^32 if you work for Intel.)
- --
- =E=D---Abel Chow (achow@scdt.intel.com)
- Intel - Santa Clara, CA (408)76543-95
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