Re: future of emacs20
>>>>> "JM" == Jim McCloskey <mcclosk@ucsc.edu> writes:
JM> |> While there are specific problem areas in emacs 21, mostly related to
JM> |> traffic over the X connection, I think most of those problems can be
JM> |> worked around by tweaking the configuration appropriately (e.g., toolbar
JM> |> too slow? turn off the toolbar!), and I'm not aware of any general
JM> |> slowdown.
JM> Hmm, well, general slowdown is certainly what we saw here. These were
JM> users who carried over their emacs20 configurations to emacs21, which is
JM> not an unreasonable thing to want to do in general, if you've spent a
JM> lot of time tweaking it for the tasks you regularly perform.
I use Emacs 21 on a cleaned (re-Debian-orthodoxized) knoppix on a
Hyunday laptop (PII 233, 64 Mb, dead slow disk) with the Emacs 20
configuration file I had under Windows (office box). I commented the
Windows specific stuff, removed the toolbar (ugly & useless) and I
feel NO slowdown.
O.K. if I open Emacs, then Mozilla and then OpenOffice (making
wmbubble duck drow :) ) _then_ there's some slowdown due slow
swapping.
And yes, JDE is faster on a PIII mobile @933MHz with 256 Mb :) :)
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