From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 11:42:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A4AA37B476 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (freshaire.wiz.com [66.143.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C356D43FA3 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:42:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@wiz.com) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h71Igg7c045720 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:42:42 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from marc@freshaire.wiz.com) Received: (from marc@localhost) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h71IggXt045719 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:42:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 13:42:42 -0500 From: Marc Wiz To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20030801184242.GM44471@freshaire.wiz.com> References: <20030801175143.GH44471@freshaire.wiz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: emacs - gnu, x ...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 18:42:46 -0000 On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 01:28:40PM -0500, george donnelly wrote: > [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. I understand. It's just a small gripe of mine. This thread just gave me a chance to present the gripe :-) Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.