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changeset 56802:f306b2e60578
(Difference between Emacs and XEmacs):
Explain not to contrast XEmacs with GNU Emacs.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:40:09 +0000 |
| parents | e423df082f94 |
| children | 1b92d5cd6d1b |
| files | man/faq.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/faq.texi Fri Aug 27 00:25:59 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/faq.texi Fri Aug 27 04:40:09 2004 +0000 @@ -3592,19 +3592,22 @@ Emacs and XEmacs each come with Lisp packages that are lacking in the other. The two versions have some significant differences at the Lisp -programming level. - -Many XEmacs features have found their way into recent versions of Emacs, -and more features can be expected in the future, but there are still many -differences between the two. - -The FSF has used some of the code in XEmacs, and would like to use -other parts, but the earlier XEmacs maintainers did not always keep -track of the authors of contributed code, which makes it impossible -for the FSF to get copyright papers signed for that code. (The FSF -requires these papers for all the code included in Emacs, aside from -generic C support packages that are not integrated into the code of -Emacs proper.) +programming level. Many XEmacs features have found their way into +recent versions of Emacs, and more features can be expected in the +future, but there are still many differences between the two. + +We have used some of the code in XEmacs, and would like to use other +parts, but the earlier XEmacs maintainers did not always keep track of +the authors of contributed code, which makes it impossible for the FSF +to get copyright papers signed for that code. (The FSF requires these +papers for all the code included in the Emacs release, aside from +generic C support packages that retain their separate identity and are +not integrated into the code of Emacs proper.) + +If you want to talk about these two versions and distinguish them, +please call them ``Emacs'' and ``XEmacs.'' To contrast ``XEmacs'' +with ``GNU Emacs'' would be misleading, since XEmacs too has its +origin in the GNU Project. @node Emacs for MS-DOS, Emacs for Windows, Difference between Emacs and XEmacs, Finding Emacs and related packages @section Where can I get Emacs for my PC running MS-DOS?