Paddy Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a particular interest in Emacs and have been trying to master it. > At the moment I am working on Bash. Now am I right in saying that Bash > is used on a console as opposed to a text editor such as Emacs or vi.The > two are distinctly different and serve distinct functions. Emacs is > only invoked by Bash when a file itself has to be created or modified. > Bash is concerned more with the manipulation of files.
Bash is a shell program, Emacs is primarily a text editor. That says, Emacs can also be used as a shell program (see eshell) that is to say, that you can do what you currently do in a console through Emacs. Emacs can also browse the web, listen to music, manage your personal photos, write articles, develop programs, ... It even can boot as a kernel even if system calls are not implemented totally. Emacs is the One :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
