Hi. In this course, we are recommending that you learn how to use the GNU Emacs editor. There is a rather steep learning curve for this editor, but it is a tool that is useful in many upper-level CS courses, as well as for other general editing needs.
One immediate confusion on the Andrew Unix machines is that typing "emacs" at the command line starts *XEmacs*, not *GNU Emacs*. XEmacs has a slightly nicer graphical user interface, but it lacks the full functionality of GNU Emacs. In particular, some of the support for Java coding and debugging is missing from XEmacs.
So, to use GNU Emacs in the Andrew environment, type the command "emacs-20" instead of "emacs". |