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    Re: Email Editors —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) It is my opinion that nothing can possibly compare to Emacs in powerfulness. True, Emacs has a very steep learning curve, especially for novice users. But when you've properly learnt to use Emacs, you're never gonna switch to anything else. If (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Email Editors —Ron Kittle
   (...) Emacs is really just a lisp interpreter masquerading as an editor. :-) When I used to use unix with only a 24x80 ascii terminal, emacs was irreplaceable. With the advent of windowed interfaces, it doesn't have quite as big an advantage. Emacs (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Email Editors
     (...) (URL) - Sproat (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Email Editors —Terry Keller
     On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:35:53 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote: <snipped everything> Just commenting on the name. Sproaticus? Hope there isn't anything Freudian in that. :-) -- Terry K -- -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Email Editors —Jeremy Sproat
     (...) My wife hopes there isn't, also. ...Wasn't if Fraud^H^H^H^H^HFreud whose mother called him "my golden Ziggy"? Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Email Editors —Todd Lehman
     (...) Hmm, I don't think I want to find out the answer to that. :) But I think Sproaticus is pretty cool! --Todd ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Email Editors —Sproaticus
     (...) I like it, but it's giving me urges to put an enormous cleft into my chin... Posting this from the Web interface, Todd. Pretty nice! Cheers, - Sproat ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Email Editors —Tom McDonald
     (...) LOL How about glueing a big red paint brush to the top of a helmet? (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        The Virtues of Emacs (was Re: Email Editors) —Tim Rueger
   (...) My favorite Emacs widget is getris. That's right - play Tetris inside an Emacs window. I think that Jamie Zawinski wrote a Mandelbrot graphics generator for Emacs when colored text came along. But I disagree about Emacs not having as great an (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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