Re: Format a text file?

roodwriter_at_core.com
Date: 08/10/03 

Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:00:30 -0700

Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 at 05:29 GMT, roodwriter@core.com wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for that.
>>
>> To answer your question about the mouse, GNU Emacs, which I use, will run
>> in X. Your mouse should work. Mine does, though I rarely use it with
>> Emacs.
>>
>> I'm assuming you have a windowing system because you said you tried
>> XEmacs.
>
> The "X" in "XEmacs" has nothing to do with the X window system;
> both can work in a console (or terminal window) and can open their
> own windows when run under X.
>

I was under the misimpression that XEmacs could only run in X. I stand
corrected.

--Rod 

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