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Very nice, after your original article I started using Emacs more and more on my Linux Systems (I dabbled with it before). And in 99% of the time I prefer Emacs.

On OpenBSD there is one nit, and googling only suggested 1 fix. I am a heavy RCS user, but Emacs RCS package fails on OpenBSD due to its Base RCS. The only fix I can find is to install GNU RCS and disable OpenBSD Base RCS. I tried to find and fix the Lisp package, but it is way beyond my skill level.

OpenBSD people seems unconcerned about correcting their RCS to work with Emacs (maybe a security thing). I believe the same seems to be the case Emacs RCS people, I think they would prefer the use of GNU RCS (understandable).

I would prefer to use OpenBSD Base RCS but I am caught between two projects. So on OpenBSD I stick with vim until I can find a workable solution.



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