Re: Emacs
On 2009-08-31 06:46 (-0700), Steve Lamb wrote:
> Teemu Likonen wrote:
>> If I start the same Emacs and Vim executables in a text terminal mode
>> the numbers are 27 MB for Emacs and 30 MB for Vim. So it would seem
>> that Emacs is a bit lighter than full-featured Vim. Both editors can
>> be compiled with smaller set of features which may make them even
>> lighter.
>
> Uhhhh, I dunno what you have in your vim but that is not the
> standard text mode vim, I can assure you...
>
> grey 9287 0.8 0.2 5464 2560 pts/0 S+ 06:43 0:00 vim
>
> 2.5Mb. You're off by over a factor.
Memory usage can be measured different ways. What we see here is the
difference between usage of VSZ and RSS memory. Neither gives the
ultimate answer, only a certain point of view.
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