From: Paul Moore <gustav@morpheus.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: New frame position (FSF Emacs on Windows)
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 18:46:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <r8air4o5.fsf@morpheus.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: usmuzwct3.fsf@hotpop.com
Galen Boyer <galenboyer@hotpop.com> writes:
> On Fri, 07 Feb 2003, gustav@morpheus.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
>> I currently use XEmacs 21.5.10 on Windows (2000 and XP), mainly for
>> news/mail via Gnus and occasionally for general editing tasks. I'm
>> considering switching over to FSF Emacs 21.2.1, mainly because it
>> seems to start up enormously faster. (Is this generally true, or is it
>> just me? If it is true, what causes the difference?)
>
> I think most people don't consider start up time as a factor for their
> decision in using versions of Emacs. Most keep Emacs running for
> weeks/months.
Unfortunately, I tend to start & stop programs regularly. Maybe it's
not the most effective way to work with Emacs, but it's a *^!%" hard
habit to break :-)
[I suppose I'd better not mention that I often use Vim rather than any
form of Emacs, because it starts so much faster? :-)]
Paul.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-07 20:37 New frame position (FSF Emacs on Windows) Paul Moore
2003-02-07 21:25 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-08 17:42 ` Paul Moore
2003-02-07 22:04 ` Jesper Harder
2003-02-08 18:43 ` Paul Moore
2003-02-09 4:31 ` Jesper Harder
2003-02-09 11:52 ` Paul Moore
2003-02-08 2:30 ` Galen Boyer
2003-02-08 18:46 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2003-02-09 3:32 ` Galen Boyer
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