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			Emacs gets hypertext
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Unix and VMS programmers have a new reason to hang onto their Emacs
programming editors.  Uni-Press Software (Edison, N.J.), a major
supplier of Emacs, has combined hypertext technology with editing and
a programming environment to move Emacs beyond source-code word
processing.

Additionally, UniPress Emacs 2.20 can be used as a delivery vehicle
for on-line help systems.  

Programmers like Emacs because it can be extended-programmed to
eliminate excessive finger work and editing.  With Emacs 2.20, users
can extend or modify existing Emacs commands (or add their own) and
can assign key functions.  More than an editor, UniPress Emacs can be
configured to support the programming constructs of C, Ada and C ++.

With extended Emacs--C-macs, Ada-macs and C++-macs --programmers get a
language-sensitive editor that supplies templates for the particular
language constructs.  The extended editor also supports static checks
on the emerging code that let users find simple entry errors without
being forced to leave their editing environment and go to a compiler.

"Emacs is a powerful, embedded programmable editor," said UniPress
president Mark Kreiger.  "It gives programmers the ability to build
their own development environment.  Emacs speeds up code entry with
function checks.  Users can zoom in on a reference, picking a name and
seeing the actual code definition.  The language-sensitive editors
give them templates for code entry as well as an on-line programmer's
reference.

Emacs 2.20 supports full windowing; users can have multiple editing
windows on their bit-mapped screens.  The windows are not tiled; they
can be expanded or contracted to give room for the current editing
window.

The new Emacs supports the emerging X Window standard, as well as Sun
Microsystems, NeWS, the Postscript-based display and print graphics
system.  It also supports SunViews, as well as the older,
line-oriented terminals.

The new Emacs has been made easier to use:  It now handles multiple
Emacs sessions or "frames."  Emacs 2.20 has a session manager that
saves (on command or checkpointing) entire sessions, including the
windows, for later restoration from disk.  And users can edit all
information-code text, databases, binary data or even Emacs command
options-with the same set of editing commands.  They can build and
modify Hypertext information structures, incorporating both text and
graphics, to extend their editing environment.  

UniPress Emacs runs on the traditional Unix-systems, Sun, Pyramid, VAX
and Gould minis and workstations.  It also executes under DEC's VMS
operating system on the VAX platforms.  UniPress claims that its Emacs
runs on any machine that uses Unix (AT&T or Berkeley) or Xenix.

Both source and binaries are available.  With source code, programmers
can integrate Emacs into an organization's development or into
deliverable software products.  Additionally, Emacs can be used to
create end products, especially on-line lookup packages for service
industries.  Texas Instruments is developing such products using Emacs
as a hypertext lookup base.

The editor can be configured as a delivery package.  Royalty
agreements are available for run-time systems based on the editor.

Unix Emacs 2.20 binary prices start at $995 for workstations and
minis, $2,000 to $4,000 (depending on number of users) for superminis
and $7,000 for mainframes.  VMS binary prices start at $995 for the
MicroVAX and VAX 730, $2,500 for the VAX 750/780 and 83xx and $6,000
for the VAX 785 and larger.  Source code for any machine is $7,000.
Sit licenses are available as well.

Call 201-985-8000