From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Paul Edwards" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: simple editor required Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:53:28 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055890983 26059 80.91.224.249 (17 Jun 2003 23:03:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:03:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 18 01:02:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19SPTd-0006lg-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:02:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19SPN2-0002Nc-B4 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:56:08 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.167.28 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1055890408 144.132.167.28 (Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:53:28 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:53:28 EST Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!news.brisbane.pipenetworks.com!duster.adelaide.on.net!vicpull2.telstra.net!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114535 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11029 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11029 "Kevin Dziulko" wrote in message news:mailman.8100.1055869193.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > First, Emacs with the tramp or ange-ftp packages, one can edit remote > files as if they were local. So you could use your favorite version of > emacs all the time. For some reason I can't ftp to my remote systems. I've already asked why not. sysadmin mentioned firewall, but it was presumably all too hard. I can ftp from the remote system to the local though. > Second, Emacs and XEmacs are separate entities. You might consider > fixing all your problems with just one of them first. Yes, I'm starting with emacs. 99+% of my work is done on local machines, and emacs 20.7.1 is available on all of them. I only found xemacs on the remote, but I don't need to do complex stuff there. > Then you can do something like: > (if (featurep 'xemacs) > (progn > ;; do Xemacs stuff > ) > ;; do Emacs stuff > ) Thanks! I will stick that in too. BFN. Paul.