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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/emacs b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/emacs new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ccce884 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Wed/emacs @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +The venerable text editor GNU Emac released a significant update this morning (and when we say venerable we mean it -- how many programs have made it to version 22?). Emacs, is rather famously, the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor -- that would be a text editor to you and I. + +But given Emacs' seeming penchant for willfully eschewing the GUI enhancements that have developed in the thirty plus years since the advent of the program, many may be surprised to discover that [many of version 22's changes involve GUI elements][1]. + +The highlights in new version include the following improvements: + +* Support for the GTK+ graphical toolkit + +* Drag-and-drop support on X. + +* Support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 and x86-64 machines, and for Mac OS X, and for Windows using Cygwin. + +* Full support for images, toolbar, and tooltips on MS-Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X builds. + +* Many user interface tweaks, including the highlighting of the selected window's mode line and a distinct minibuffer prompt face. + +* Full graphical user interface to GDB. + + +Emacs, which has perhaps the steepest learning curve of any piece of software on the market, almost seems to be headed in a new user-friendly direction with graphical enhancements and drag-and-drop support on some platforms. + +Still, somehow I doubt this release is going to win any new converts. + +Emacs gurus can make the program do backflips without ever lifting their fingers from the keyboard, but the uninitiated, while generally impressed, often remain baffled. + +If you're an Emacs fan [head over to the official site][2] and grab the latest build. + +[1]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2007-06/msg00000.html "Emacs 22.1 released" +[2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ "GNU Emacs"
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