Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 05:31:32 -0500 From: Steve Brown <freebsd@prayforwind.com> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Xemacs editor Message-ID: <3C3C1C03.4090005@prayforwind.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEMPCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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Hi Joe, It's handy to keep a running log by saving the output of pkg_info just prior to adding something, so that you can completely eradicate it when you decide you don't really want that thing anymore (as you may decide to do with xemacs when you just wanted an editor). Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Both the ports and packages install a full blown x11 xemacs environment. > I did a pkg_delete xemacs and it only deleted xemacs and left all > the dependents it used. > Why did the delete not remove all of the dependents used by xemacs? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gary W. Swearingen > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:58 PM > To: Joe & Fhe Barbish > Cc: FBSD Questions > Subject: Re: Xemacs editor > > "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> writes: > > >>I pkg_add -r xemacs and installed 6300+ files for a total of 100meg. >>All I wanted was a mouse enabled editor that would launch from >>the command line. >> > > You got it, it seems. Except that I though you wanted one of those that > would run without X11. Have you found Xemacs outside X11 to be > mouse-enabled beyond mere cut & paste? > > >>It looks to me like I got the full blown xemacs package. >> > > I don't have packages handy, so I don't know how they're organized, but > there are several ports that make up a full-blown installation. > > >>Is there some way I can just get the editor? >> > > I doubt it, but at least with ports you can get a less-than-full-blown > setup. The Xemacs binary is "only" 3 MB, but most of what implements > the features is contained in *.elc and a few *.el elisp files. (The > *.elc files are a sort of "compiled" *.el elisp files.) It comes with > a lot of plain text README-type files and INFO files too. I don't know > what a minimum install is, but if you find you like the thing, you could > probably go through the directories and clean lots of it out. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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