From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex =?utf-8?Q?Benn=C3=A9e?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: small emacs (94k in exe), why not java Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:40:45 +0000 Message-ID: <87ppljn61e.fsf@bennee.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395139254 19680 80.91.229.3 (18 Mar 2014 10:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 18 11:41:05 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrSC-0007uF-6K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:41:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34421 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrSB-0000ZI-Qr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:41:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrRu-0000Ha-SJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:40:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrRq-0002dO-Dz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:40:46 -0400 Original-Received: from static.88-198-71-155.clients.your-server.de ([88.198.71.155]:57040 helo=socrates.bennee.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrRp-0002cq-UD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:40:42 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=zen.linaro.local) by socrates.bennee.com with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WPrS1-0002Ak-3O; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:40:53 +0100 User-agent: mu4e 0.9.9.6pre2; emacs 24.3.50.13 In-reply-to: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: kernel-hacker@bennee.com X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on socrates.bennee.com); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 88.198.71.155 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96580 Archived-At: vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com writes: > I have a small 94K version of emacs for devices where the full install isn't > needed. It even works in msdos generic (ie using terminal instead of > monitor). QUestion is, why hasn't someone compiled a java version of this? I > have seen some stuff about an emacs in kava for the net.. but it doesn't seem > to work.. for most uses "on the road", the 94k version is fine I'm not sure I follow. Emacs is written in C so you can't just re-compile it for Java. OTOH if what you are looking for is a lightweight Emacs-a-like for embedded devices you could look at Zile (http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/) which I've installed on a number of embedded platforms as an adjunct to vi. -- Alex Bennée