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. <--> george donnelly ~ http://www.zettai.net/ ~ "Quality Zope Hosting" Shared and Dedicated Zope Hosting ~ Zope Servers ~ Zope Websites Yahoo, AIM: zettainet ~ MSN: zettainet@hotmail.com ~ ICQ: 51907738
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