Re: xemacs and emacs

To: steveh@eecs.umich.edu (Steve Hsieh)
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: xemacs and emacs
From: joey@tapiola.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 20:21:10 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.970407132601.2453A-100000@ysam.eecs.umich.edu>; from Steve Hsieh on Apr 7, 1997 13:27:44 -0400
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.970407132601.2453A-100000@ysam.eecs.umich.edu>

Steve Hsieh writes:
> 
> Can someone explain why the xemacs and emacs packages can't coexist on the
> same Debian system?  (What would it take to make them coexist?) 

I was thinking of this lately.  I also was wondering whey they
don't use update-alternatives - like the three vi clones do.
Both provide similar functionality so imho they should use
this mechanism.

Regards

	Joey

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