Editors Available
Xemacs is a windowed text editor that is menu driven and uses navigation
similar to Word. Xemacs has many advantages over other editors.
For example, for programming, modes can be enabled which highlight specific
code structures in color as well as easily maintain consistent indentation.
In conjuction with makefiles, Xemacs also allows easy compilation.
Coding errors found by the compiler are listed in a separate window and
cross referenced with the code for easy navigation. Parentheses are
also followed to help the programmer match the correct parenthese pair.
To invoke Xemacs type
Xemacs &
at the command line. The ampersand opens Xemacs in the background
so that other commands can be entered at the prompt. Note also that
on the Alphas, xemacs actually loads emacs. The capital X is important.
For reference, if you use Xemacs on machines outside of the department,
xemacs is the normal command to use.
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