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Kenneth Wolcott wrote:> > RH 5 doesn't have Xemacs? > > Why not?Because Linux is a perfectly good operating system already without layering Emacs on top of it.
On Feb 1, 2008 8:11 PM, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:> CentOS 5 (Final): where is Xemacs? > > RH 5 doesn't have Xemacs? > > Why not? >RH-5 does not have Xemacs because a choice had to me made on using Emacs or Xemacs. Trying to support both was resource intensive and I think fewer people were installing Xemacs versus Emacs according to RHN stats.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"
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