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- From: maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley)
- Subject: Re: thanks (Re: Macs for UNIX lovers)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.023804.17205@msc.cornell.edu>
- Sender: news@msc.cornell.edu
- Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
- References: <C01Eou.9M@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec31.090845.10415@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 02:38:04 GMT
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- >>Many folks did let me know about UUPC for the mac. Whew. There's hope
- >>yet. And it's a toss up between alpha and microemacs. One person
- >>suggested I get a 'real word processor'. Hmmm... Not the problem. I
- >>have a 'real word processor'. Three-ish actually -- pagemaker (well,
- >>ok...), claris works, and Microsoft Word (*gag* I HATE giving them my
- >>money). What I want is a text editor with EMACS compatible commands
- >>and a version of TeX. I hate using the mouse (*).
- >
- You really should get a real internet address so people can mail you
- personally.
- Anyway, if you get alpha and oztex, you will have exactly what you
- want---an emacs-compatible editor and tex. I use this all the time, and
- things behave the same whether I'm on my mac or a unix box (except that the
- tex on the mac I can hack to alternate configurations a lot more easily.)
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- Maynard Handley
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