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From: kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Fast emacs?
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 21:05:57 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gupu7k$odd$1@reader1.panix.com> (raw)




For ***years*** I've been looking for a solution to this problem,
and I'm truly amazed that I have yet to find it: how to get a
fast-starting version of emacs.  The problem is that I have a big
.emacs file and a big Emacs desktop, which means that my Emacs takes
forever to start.  This is fine most of the time, but occasionally
I want a fast-starting emacs session (e.g. when I run "sudo emacs"
to edit a superuser-owned config file), and it's infuriating to
wait for emacs to go through a lengthy and useless song-and-dance...

I just can't believe there is no way around this.  (Other than, of
course, using vi.)

Note that using the emacsclient is no solution, because this requires
that a version of Emacs be already running, which often defeats
the purpose (not only do I have to wait another eternity for this
new Emacs session to start, but then I have to start the server in
the new session).

Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated!

TIA!

Kynn
-- 
NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards;
and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.


             reply	other threads:[~2009-05-17 21:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-17 21:05 kj [this message]
2009-05-17 21:39 ` Fast emacs? Anselm Helbig
2009-05-18  1:13   ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-05-18 11:03   ` Bernardo
2009-05-18 11:29     ` ken
2009-05-17 22:12 ` Michael Ekstrand
2009-05-18  0:16 ` Jason Rumney
2009-05-18  2:51   ` kj
2009-05-18  3:38     ` B. T. Raven
2009-05-18 18:05     ` Drew Adams
2009-05-21 10:04 ` Christian Herenz
2009-08-02 15:28 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-02 20:34   ` Richard Riley
2009-10-13  8:50   ` Cecil Westerhof
2009-10-13 13:17     ` Teemu Likonen
2009-10-16 10:28       ` Cecil Westerhof
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-05-18  5:43 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
     [not found] <mailman.7364.1242625447.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-18  8:15 ` Tim X
2009-05-20 10:04 ` Jean Magnan de Bornier
2009-05-20 13:24   ` Jean Magnan de Bornier
2009-05-20 16:54     ` thierry.volpiatto
     [not found]     ` <mailman.7547.1242838889.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-21  6:20       ` Jean Magnan de Bornier
2009-05-21  9:49         ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-05-21 15:08         ` thierry.volpiatto
2009-05-21 10:13     ` Hugo Heden
2009-05-21 10:29       ` Lennart Borgman

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