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2005/10/19, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:59:34AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > No mechanism even for multiple virtual CLI consoles. > > > > I'd like verification of that. I remember my first run in with unix > > back > > in my Netcom days. Even then screen was around. That was 10 years ago. > > > > If, and that's a big if, emacs were able to do the semi-virtual CLI > > thing > > prior to screen (specialized tools and all that) I'd think it wouldn't be > > more > > than a year's lead. > > > > > The world has changed since then. Ancient design decisions go obsolete. > > > I'm using emacs inside my mail reader, instead of the other way around. > > > > And yet we still, in today's day and age, have people pointing others to > > gnus as a viable mail client. Hate to say it but if gnus were so wonderful > > in > > today's day and age it would be split out so everyone could use it, not just > > emacs people. I understand that gnus takes a lot from emacs internals but > > that is certainly not insurmountable else we'd have a far smaller > > proliferation of clients. > > I *definitely* remember using emacs like this. I do not remember what > operating system it was on. It may well have been 15 years ago. > > -- hendrik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
