The free software movement is something I care deeply about. The idea is that users of software should have rights as well, the right to use software how they wish, the right to adapt the software to their needs and to share improvements for the benefit of the user community. Big, proprietary, monopolistic companies like Microsoft are making this difficult in today's world, but there are alternatives.

A GNU emacs 'matlab-mode' is available via anonymous ftp from csi.jpl.nasa.gov as pub/matlab/util/matlab-mode.el

The Debian system builds on the ideals of free software first championed by the Free Software Foundation and in particular by Richard Stallman. FSF's powerful system development tools, utilities, and applications are also a key part of the Debian system. The Debian Project is a separate entity from the FSF, however we communicate regularly and cooperate on various projects.

Yes! It uses the X11 ('http://cygwin.com/xfree/') Windows interface. From a remote login shell, this "emacs -nw" works fine. There is also a non-X11 version which just provides the text-only terminal interface. Use Cygwin Setup to install either one (or both).

ILISP is a powerful GNU-Emacs interface to many dialects of Lisp, including Lucid, Allegro, {A}KCL, IBCL, and CMU. Written by Chris McConnell <ccm+@cs.cmu.edu> and now maintained by Marco Antoniotti <marcoxa@cs.nyu.edu> and Rick Busdiecker <rfb@lehman.com>. It is available by anonymous ftp from h.gp.cs.cmu.edu:/usr/rfb/ilisp/ [128.2.254.156] as the file ilisp-5.6.tar.gz. It is also available in the CMU AI Repository in ftp.cs.cmu.

GNU Emacs and XEmacs are related open-source text editors. Both derive from GNU Emacs version 18; the split between the two happened in 1991 (for comparison, the oldest versions of GNU Emacs date from 1984). For information on GNU Emacs, see http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html.

No not at the moment. The GNU Emacs bindings would be added as a compatibility file (gnu.emf) in much the same way that the me3.8 bindings are added, see me3_8.emf.

Yes - it is free software both as in "free beer" and as in "free speech". Even more, it is actually available under the terms of the GNU GPL. This means you can link GPL'ed software to it, and you can take code from Qt and put it into other GPL'ed software. If the Free Edition was licensed purely under the GNU GPL, there would be problems.

RTFM. Really, it's a great manual. Here's a list of commands that should allow you to use Emacs. The notation is pretty obvious, but it's explained in the manual anyway. M-w :Copy text between point and mark (point is the cursor. The selection is copied to the "kill ring"). M-y :cycle back through previous selection (try it after copying a few bits of text to see what I mean). C-h i :Go to Info mode (in Info mode, type m followed by a manual name, such as emacs to see that manual).

You should be using frames and abbrevs. Also check out the "desktop" feature. You should be answering mail with Emacs, probably with Gnus. Maybe registers as well, but I haven't started using them yet. Your .emacs should probably be 50 lines or more and should include a few simple functions attached to mode hooks etc.

the major GNU applications for software development, file manipulation, and text processing, including gcc, g++, make, texinfo, Emacs, the Bash shell and numerous upgraded Unix utilities, the X Window System, which provides a networked graphical user interface for Linux, and countless X applications including GNOME and KDE as well as the GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program, a full suite of networking applications, including servers for Internet protocols such as HTTP (WWW), FTP, NNTP (news), SMT.

When Richard Stallman started to design GNU, the main system in use was Unix, which is proprietary. Because GNU is similar in function to (and compatible with) Unix, but is free software, he coined the term GNU which stands for GNU's Not Unix. It's a recursive acronym. (if you enjoy that kind of humour check out what GNU Hurd means).

Yes - it is free software both as in "no cost" and as in "free speech". Even more, it is actually available under the terms of the GNU GPL. This means you can link GPL'ed software to it, and you can take code from Qt and put it into other GPL'ed software. If the Open Source Edition was licensed purely under the GNU GPL, there would be problems.

With the source.tar.gz archive in the /usr/src/ directory, or wherever you maintain your source files, untar and decompress the package with the command: Run the ./configure script in the untarred source archive's top-level directory with whatever command line arguments you need. The options that configure recognizes are usually contained in a file called INSTALL or README. Run make.

GNU EPrints is a free software developed by the University of Southampton in England. For further information visit eprints.org and software.eprints.org

The archives contain no less than three verilog modes for emacs: ftp.siliconlogic.com:/pub/comp.lang.verilog/verilog.el.Z Rick Eversole at Cadence maintains a verilog mode and occasionally posts it to comp.lang.verilog. At this time it supports only FSF 18.xx and Epoch. FSF 19.xx and Lucid Emacs (lemacs) are not supported. It is available at the archive site, or send email to eversole@cadence.com to request a copy if you have missed the posting and can not get it from the archive of comp.lang.

Gnu Emacs 18.55 (with Leonard N. Zubkoff's patches for SR10.2) seems to have a problem with shell subprocesses. At times the 0x0 character (displayed as ^@ by Emacs) appears in buffers running a shell. While this is only a nuisance running an inferior shell, it is a problem when running the M-x compile command: The C-x ' (next-error) function is unable to process the compiler output.

There are currently irreconcilable differences in the views about technical, programming, design and organizational matters between RMS and the XEmacs development team which provide little hope for a merge to take place in the short-term future. If you have a comment to add regarding the merge, it is a good idea to avoid posting to the newsgroups, because of the very heated flamewars that often result. Mail your questions to xemacs-beta@xemacs.org and bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu.

For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the User-Visible Editing Features XEmacs in general tries hard to conform to exist user-interface standards, and to work "out-of-the-box" without the need for obscure customization changes. GNU Emacs, particularly version 21, has gotten better about this (in many cases by copying the XEmacs behavior!), but still has some weirdnesses.

Unfortunately even the naming of these two applications has become politicized. Much of this stems from RMS, who has a history of politicizing similar issues. (Compare the controversy over "Lignux" and "GNU/Linux".) We would prefer that the terms "XEmacs" and "GNU Emacs" be used, which are neutral and acceptable to most people. RMS, however, is not willing to accept these terms.

Yes. The Free World Licence contains a clause (Clause 5.10) that explicitly allows the software to be converted to a GNU GPL even if the software has been substantially modified by third parties since its original release. This means that if you are uncertain about whether you need the platform restriction, you can try it and still reserve the right to convert to the GNU GPL at some later date.

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You don't need to pay for Sharif Linux. You can get a copy of the CDs from a friend or a collegue, if he will give it to you for no money. The two meanings of the English word "free" should not be confused. When someone says that GNU/Linux is free, it means thay you have some level of freedom in copying and modifying it. It doesn't mean that FarsiWeb may not sell the operating system, or that FarsiWeb may not charge for the services it provides to its customers.

No. There are many more available, including the UNIX derivatives FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSolaris, the BeOS clone Haiku OS, the Windows NT clone ReactOS, the DOS clone FreeDOS, Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Syllable, just to name a few. GNU/Linux is probably the most widely used free system however. top

When you speak of free software, you are referring to freedom, not price. The General Public License is designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish) and that you receive source code althought it has a price.

Other than glQuake, Quake2 and games based on the Quake engine, no. Sorry. Look for more @ Comdex.