From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnu vs. xemacs Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:25:47 +0100 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85lkkrojhw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <1167219981.424569.215160@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167338458 13304 80.91.229.10 (28 Dec 2006 20:40:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:40:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 28 21:40:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H023d-0002Jt-1S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:40:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H023c-0003aj-J9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:40:56 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:T/xuDAtqFPG7IUDUbBJ5PvvDV+c= Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Dec 2006 21:25:47 CET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 0acffef4.newsspool1.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=LfbUG]AOY=mOKO]LCQ@0g`ic==]BZ:afn4Fo<]lROoRa^YC2XCjHcbiPKnfS<\m1IfCV`H8_`hhQd^9QSCVg3dOflR6NaHb Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144388 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39990 Archived-At: insert name writes: > H. wrote: >> I was just curious why people in this community prefer gnu over >> xemacs, or if that is the case, and, whatever your preference is, >> why you feel that way. I'm neutral myself, being just a >> beginner. All opinions welcome. For instance, perhaps these >> difference forks are good for different things...? > > Emacs has much more documentation both on the web and in hard copy. Actually, given the amount of partly outdated, partly wrong junk you can find for anything on the web and in hard copy, this is not particularly persuasive. However, Emacs comes with _integrated_ documentation (which you can also print out if necessary) that is, in my opinion, more comprehensible, complete and up to date than the respective integrated documentation of XEmacs. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum