[cl-faq] draft answer for Q. Do I really have to learn emacs?

[Larry Clapp]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 09:50:02PM -0800, josh giesbrecht wrote:
> Here's a retry for that paragraph:
> 
> "Of course, there are many advantages to having and learning a more
> powerful IDE.  Even so, there are other options to an emacs-based
> IDE.  There are commercial CL compiler / IDEs available, such as
> Lispworks and Allegro CL for Windows (the Linux ACL's IDE is in
> beta).  Both of these have downloadable trial versions.  There's
> also the Java-based Jabberwocky CL IDE which, while not being as
> stable or widely used, looks like a usable alternative."

That works for me.

> > Allegro uses Emacs as its editor.
> 
> Doesn't Allegro have its own editor, but allows you to optionally
> choose to use emacs?

I did not see such an option when I downloaded their trial edition
(for Linux) a few months ago.

-- Larry