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Date:      Fri, 01 Aug 2003 13:28:40 -0500
From:      george donnelly <list@zettai.net>
To:        Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: emacs - gnu, x ...?
Message-ID:  <BB501B88.3AC7B%list@zettai.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030801175143.GH44471@freshaire.wiz.com>

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[Marc Wiz wrote (marc@wiz.com) on 8/1/03 12:51 PM]

>>> What kind of bandwidth do your users have? e.g., right now I am using
>>> emacs over ssh to a friends box, where the limiting bandwidth is
>>> 128kbits/s (that's the upstream dsl on the remote end.), and I
>>> find it usable. However if your users will be comming in via
>>> modem, IMO, modern emacs is no longer usable over modem (though
>>> older emmacs were).
>> 
>> bandwidth is good, 100Mbps etc.
>> 
>> i guess i'm looking for something with decent features but that will not use
>> up a lot of RAM or processor.
>> 
> 
> What do you consider a lot of RAM or processor?

more than a few MB per session.

> It amazes me how people used to berate emacs for it's use of resources
> yet it does one heck of a lot stuff especially considering the
> amount of resources a web browser takes.

i'm not berating it, just trying to make a decision.

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