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I don like using emacs. Can I just write my projects using a text editor on my home computer and copy it over?

April 26, 2017Computer copy editor Emacs Home Projects text write

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I don like using emacs. Can I just write my projects using a text editor on my home computer and copy it over?

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Theoretically, yes… BUT it is very unadvisable. Even when you save documents in WordPad or NotePad or MS Word as plain text, they may not actually be so. Programs like these leave special characters in files that the C compiler may not be able to understand causing your program to not compile. Even if you are running Linux at home, the C compilers are not the same and may cause you more headaches in the end than it’s worth. Emacs is something you will use over and over again through out many CS courses at UMBC. Take the 2 hours and learn it. You won’t regret it.