From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ISO a fast-loading Emacs Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:31:01 +0200 Organization: Informatimago Message-ID: <87irvw9soa.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129556267 23705 80.91.229.2 (17 Oct 2005 13:37:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 17 15:37:46 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERV99-00084g-AS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:35:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERV98-0004Cq-GL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:35:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!colt.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!easynet-post2!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA oElEQVR4nK3OsRHCMAwF0O8YQufUNIQRGIAja9CxSA55AxZgFO4coMgYrEDDQZWPIlNAjwq9 033pbOBPtbXuB6PKNBn5gZkhGa86Z4x2wE67O+06WxGD/HCOGR0deY3f9Ijwwt7rNGNf6Oac l/GuZTF1wFGKiYYHKSFAkjIo1b6sCYS1sVmFhhhahKQssRjRT90ITWUk6vvK3RsPGs+M1RuR mV+hO/VvFAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Accept-Language: fr, es, en User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7Ir4Vv4OcsULImUCEmUvL1+7gec= Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.93.174.79 Original-X-Trace: DXC=_fYkj`efL_D<_^_@?0>kGNEW@M2bjd]fEbBd4DjF1d]A Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134698 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:30280 Archived-At: kj writes: > I have an Emacs session running all the time; each of these sessions > runs for days or weeks on end, so I'm not concerned about the fact > that Emacs takes a very long time to get started. > > But I also would like to have a fast-loading Emacs (or Emacs clone) > as the value of my EDITOR variable, so that whenever a program > requires me to edit text I don't have to wait a long time for the > auxiliary editor to come up. > > Any suggestions? Either use emacsclient export EDITOR=emacsclient export VISUAL=emacsclient export CVSEDITOR=emacsclient etc... or use: emacs -q -nw it takes less than 2 seconds to load on a Athlon 1200 MHz. If you want to use it in EDITOR: ( echo '#!/bin/bash' ; echo 'exec emacs -q -nw' ) > ~/bin/quick-emacs export EDITOR=$HOME/bin/quick-emacs ... -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ In deep sleep hear sound, Cat vomit hairball somewhere. Will find in morning.