Re: NEW PILOT PORTS AVAILABLE: Pilot-Emacs with mini-e-lisp and more!

[John Simmons <John.Simmons@Eng>]

Well if you had been able to view the website, I gave what I believe was an 
adequate excuse!  The essential part was visible by scrolling to the bottom:

"The reality:
				      
April Fools!
April Fools!
April Fools!
                                          
(Sorry, I couldn't wait until April first - I'll be gone next week ;-)  Y'all 
can decide what my punishment should be when I get back ;-) ;-))

John"


On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, H. Todd Chapman spilled beans:
> 
> 
> Wow! And April 1 so far away!
> 
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, John Simmons wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Gang,
> > 
> > Some developer friends of mine have been hard at work on some pilot stuff, 
with 
> > almost no one knowing what they have been up to.  The results are now being 
made 
> > available to the public next week, but I am able to give you all at Sun a 
> > special preview on some serious pilot goodies!  See the website referenced 
below 
> > for details.
> > 
> > PILOT-EMACS with PILOT MINI-E-LISP!
> > 
> > At last full functionality of EMACS and XEMACS is available for the Pilot!
> > User settings allow the pilot to load only the lisp functions and modules 
that 
> > are needed, but a new method of lisp module compression allows for most of 
the 
> > commonly used functions to be loaded!  Modules are interchangable with other 
> > versions of EMACS.  The most commonly used fuctions have special pilot 
> > short-cuts.
> > 
> > PILOT-RENDER with PILOT PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN SUPPORT!
> > 
> > A serious step above the drawing / graphics programs currently available for 
the 
> > Pilot, this package allows for multi-layer 4 bit grayscale graphics, using 
some 
> > of the better Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins.  You can now create crisp multilayer 
> > graphics, and use powerful plug-ins, such as Kai's power tools, and 3D 
object 
> > render.  There is also a conduit to allow syncing with standard photoshop 
for 
> > windows.
> > 
> > Both of these programs have a suprisingly small footprint on pilot memory!
> > 
> > PILOT-EMACS, PILOT MINI-E-LISP, and PILOT-RENDER are available in beta for 
> > download at:
> > 
> > http://strannik.eng/pilot-emacs/
> > 
> > Have fun!
> > 
> > John
> > 
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