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 23:04:22 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 1055891501 29034 80.91.224.249 (17 Jun 2003 23:11:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 18 01:11:38 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 19SPc1-0007XZ-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:11:37 +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 19SPb2-0002VF-CT for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:10:36 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 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 1055891062 144.132.167.28 (Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:04:22 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:04:22 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114538 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:11030 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11030 "David Kastrup" wrote in message news:x5d6hcjosm.fsf@lola.goethe.zz... > "Paul Edwards" writes: > > > 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. > > 20.7 is really old. And I'm the only emacs user at my site too. I believe the features I am after should be part of much earlier versions than that anyway, I just need to coax emacs into giving them to me. BFN. Paul.