Re: Re[2]: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

[Graeme Mathieson <graeme+usenet@mathie.cx>]

Hi,

Steve Lamb <morpheus@rpglink.com> writes:

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> Simply stated, anything which requires Emacs to run
> is instantly lower than something that requires Windows to run because at
> least it /IS/ an OS and not an editor that is a wannabe script interpreter
> and OS rolled into one.

Has anybody ever tried to graft emacs directly on top of oskit?  _Then_ you
would have your operating system. :)

To keep this post slightly on-topic, you'll notice that my X-Newsreader:
header says I'm using Gnus.  That and mailcrypt does covers all my mail
and news needs better than any other tool I've found so far.  Still it
has some niggles though.

-- 
Graeme.
graeme@mathie.cx

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