From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs and osx Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:02:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87hdia1ow9.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <_D97e.1227972$35.44954684@news4.tin.it> <0qb7e.1228649$35.44974099@news4.tin.it> <87k6n6398w.fsf@xs4all.nl> <425D54AF.4000208@yahoo.com> <85y8bm8syu.fsf@gnu.org> <85u0ma8rn6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113419040 31670 80.91.229.2 (13 Apr 2005 19:04:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 13 21:03:53 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DLn8f-0001jF-1V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:03:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DLmjE-00065d-EB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:36:44 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!area.cu.mi.it!news.newsland.it!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!transit.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: (Bob Hunter's message of "Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:34:12 GMT") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ytNMWs54Fd0ygCtxF280rGRDJVw= Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.127.67.124 Original-X-Trace: 1113418938 news.xs4all.nl 151 [::ffff:80.127.67.124]:10327 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:88586 gnu.emacs.help:130091 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25657 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25657 Bob Hunter writes: > Yes, emacs-tetris is small, but emacs is still a huge text > editor. What about the other such (extra) objects who build up to > 120MB? One should be able to choose whether to have games, as well as > option x, y, or z, rather than being forced to have them. You're not forced to use them, it only uses disk space. (Things get loaded when you actually use them.) That seems like a small price to pay. The benefits are huge, IMO. You can do almost anything with Emacs. All your editing needs are covered. Lute. -- (spook) => "LLNL RSA ISEC" (insert-file-contents "~/.signature") => (error "`~/.signature' too rude")