From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bkhl@elektrubadur.se (=?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Lindstr=C3=B6m?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ISO a fast-loading Emacs Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:05:33 +0200 Message-ID: <87zmp8qoo2.fsf@lucien.dreaming> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129554808 18680 80.91.229.2 (17 Oct 2005 13:13:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 17 15:13:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUlt-0000SZ-KG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:11:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUlt-0004sF-2C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUld-0004s5-L9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUlc-0004rp-OA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUlc-0004rj-Jk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1ERUlc-0006sK-FZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ERUj3-0007w0-BA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:08:25 +0200 Original-Received: from h215n9c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com ([81.230.32.215]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:08:25 +0200 Original-Received: from bkhl by h215n9c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:08:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h215n9c1o1124.bredband.skanova.com Mail-Copies-To: never X-Home-Page: http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:p5oPO0t4IWPilkVMeCPl1ZZqDmg= 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:30278 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? Others have already suggested emacsclient, which in most cases would be the best solution. On machines with no Emacs, you can often still use your local Emacs and Tramp. In the other cases, I like to use nano, with a few options to make it a bit more like Emacs, something like: nano -c -k -w