Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/05/08:02:09
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Leon wrote:
> > The real reason that emacs is so slow on startup is its absolute
> > size. It simply won't fit into 4MB RAM, without much squeezing, and as
> > soon as you start compilations from inside Emacs, it'll die.
>
> thanks! that is a very good info becuase it will allow me to make sort of
> educated decision - what RAM size would you consider to be OK for running
> EMCAS (while also running compilers of course ;-)
I don't agree with Hans-Bernhard's opinion: Emacs *will* work in 4MB,
with noi visible problems. And it won't die when you compile from
within it, it will just be paged out to disk by the DPMI server.
I suggest to try it before you decide whether it's good enough for
you.
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