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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: cross-platform source code editor
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John Stoneham <captnjameskirk@moc.oohay> wrote:

: First of all, emacs (and xemacs too) is out. 

There is a certain precursory learning investment 
necessary before using any powerful IDE that goes
beyond colors, compiler buttons, and jumping to errors.

It's worth it, but if you want to start in a hurry,
without learning, Emacs/ada-mode will be frustrating,
like anything of its class.

- georg