From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Moore Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New frame position (FSF Emacs on Windows) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 18:46:50 +0000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044748488 9234 80.91.224.249 (8 Feb 2003 23:54:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18heny-0002On-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 00:54:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18heol-00021X-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 18:55:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: morpheus.demon.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1044748431 10103 158.152.8.30 (8 Feb 2003 23:53:51 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:UGD0Hdvh/y2FxiNSvCUZknaIyB8= User-Agent: Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) XEmacs/21.5 (burdock, i586-pc-win32) Hamster/2.0.0.0 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109963 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6468 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6468 Galen Boyer 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. -- This signature intentionally left blank