From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ISO a fast-loading Emacs Date: 22 Oct 2005 16:19:54 +1000 Message-ID: <87fyqunkdx.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129962174 428 80.91.229.2 (22 Oct 2005 06:22:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 22 08:22:45 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ETCmD-00073i-57 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:22:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ETCmC-0000lV-8h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:22:44 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1-92.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1129961994 59.167.1.92 (22 Oct 2005 15:49:54 +0950) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!news-south.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134875 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:30460 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? > Yes, use gnuserv. Just put (gnuserv-start) in your .emacs and set your shell EDITOR variable to EDITOR=gnuclient Then when a program references EDITOR, such as crontab -e, an emacs frame will be opened. Very fast - probably as fast as using vi and certainly faster than starting a whole new emacs. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!