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[xemacs-hg @ 2001-04-20 11:31:53 by ben] about/news changes, already in 21.4
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8 @titlepage 8 @titlepage
9 @title XEmacs FAQ 9 @title XEmacs FAQ
10 @subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2001/04/13 09:11:32 $ 10 @subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2001/04/20 11:32:18 $
11 @sp 1 11 @sp 1
12 @author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu> 12 @author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu>
13 @author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org> 13 @author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org>
14 @author Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org> 14 @author Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org>
15 @author Steve Baur <steve@@xemacs.org> 15 @author Steve Baur <steve@@xemacs.org>
489 @node Q1.0.1, Q1.0.2, Introduction, Introduction 489 @node Q1.0.1, Q1.0.2, Introduction, Introduction
490 @unnumberedsec 1.0: Introduction 490 @unnumberedsec 1.0: Introduction
491 @unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.1: What is XEmacs? 491 @unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.1: What is XEmacs?
492 492
493 493
494 XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application 494 XEmacs is a powerful, highly customizable open source text editor and
495 development system. It is protected under the GNU Public License and 495 application development system, with full GUI support. It is protected
496 related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its 496 under the GNU Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in
497 emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open 497 particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user
498 software development model, similar to Linux. XEmacs has an active 498 interface support and an open software development model, similar to
499 development community numbering in the hundreds, and runs on Windows 95 499 Linux. XEmacs has an active development community numbering in the
500 and NT, Linux and nearly every other version of Unix in 500 hundreds (and thousands of active beta testers on top of this), and runs
501 existence. Support for XEmacs has been supplied by Sun Microsystems, 501 on all versions of MS Windows, on Linux, and on nearly every other
502 University of Illinois, Lucid, ETL/Electrotechnical Laboratory, Amdahl 502 version of Unix in existence. Support for XEmacs has been supplied by
503 Corporation, BeOpen, and others, as well as the unpaid time of a great 503 Sun Microsystems, University of Illinois, Lucid, ETL/Electrotechnical
504 number of individual developers. 504 Laboratory, Amdahl Corporation, BeOpen, and others, as well as the
505 unpaid time of a great number of individual developers.
505 506
506 @node Q1.0.2, Q1.0.3, Q1.0.1, Introduction 507 @node Q1.0.2, Q1.0.3, Q1.0.1, Introduction
507 @unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.2: What is the current version of XEmacs? 508 @unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.2: What is the current version of XEmacs?
508 509
509 XEmacs versions 21.1.* are releases made from the current stable 510 XEmacs versions 21.1.* are releases made from the current stable