From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 16 19:47:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA18408 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 19:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA18401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 1997 19:47:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA14052; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:16:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706170246.MAA14052@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: REQ: help from Emacs/XEmacs/Jove/Jed/... users In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "Jun 16, 97 10:15:45 pm" To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:16:15 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee, jkh@time.cdrom.com, token@wicx50.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > > > Booger. Is there lots of fluff in the library? I find it hard to swallow > > that a "simple" text editor bulks 160K... > > I thought about that, Mike. Yes, I could trim some stuff, like the file > selector functionality could be limited, but then I realized that it would > mean just about no chance, ever, of being able to fold in any updates from > newer pine releases. Would that be acceptable? I don't think so, no; it becomes another millstone that someone has to maintain. > What I mean by that is that there would be major differences between the > stock pico code and what I left in. If I really used a knife on it, I > could slim it down. It'd STILL be better than ee (from a newuser > standpoint), just about as portable as a lead anvil. Hmm, I meant more along the lines of "optional" functionality, eg. the ispell interface, etc. It sounds like the library is basically "this is what you get". *sigh* > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[