GNU Emacs is too big for my 8M computer.
I'm using the non-X version, but it's still large.
I'd like to use JOVE (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs),
or some other small editor.
Is there a way to run LISP inside JOVE?
I'd love to run LISP inside VIM, though I suppose that isn't possible.
I know there are several vi-emulators for emacs, but all 3 that I have
seen had obvious defects to the interface that made them no more comfortable
(to me) than emacs.
It would help if there is a way to eliminate things I'm not going to use
from the Emacs image, like doctor and the vi-emulator.
Phil ·····@cs.buffalo.edu
In article <··········@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu>, ·····@cs.buffalo.edu (Phil Goetz) writes:
>> GNU Emacs is too big for my 8M computer.
There is something called MicroEmacs which is very small and provides
basic emacs editing w/esc-x processing. I'm not sure where you can find
it, but you might check the Linux sites.
I used it on a 286 machine, and under Linux on a 386sx w/2mb.
It doesn't include a Lisp extension language.
If you want a small Lisp system, use clisp.
-Kelly Murray ···@franz.com http://www.franz.com
From: Joerg Hoehle
Subject: Re: EMACS too big! LISP with JOVE? VIM?
Date:
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Phil Goetz (·····@cs.buffalo.edu) wrote:
: GNU Emacs is too big for my 8M computer.
: I'm using the non-X version, but it's still large.
If you want to dump X, try to find the old Emacs-18.59 which is
certainly smaller because it has less X xupport.
BTW, I'm running Emacs-18.59 on a 68000-powered Amiga and it runs fine
in 1MB of memory (more of course when I have lots of buffers).
: It would help if there is a way to eliminate things I'm not going to use
: from the Emacs image, like doctor and the vi-emulator.
It won't help, as these are autoload'ed anyway. Memory is just needed
to hold a short list: (symbol-function 'doctor)
-> (autoload "doctor" 356465 t nil)
There are others that are indeed in the image, but it might be hard to
throw it away (rectangles, C-mode come to mind).
Regards,
Joerg Hoehle.
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