mrs@netcom.COM (Morgan Schweers) (04/17/91)
Some time ago ab2r@quads.uchicago.edu (Marshall Abrams) happily mumbled: >C/Lisp--compiled/interpreted?: >Yeah, some of us prefer Lisp, but most people seem to like C. But for >the purpose of running on a slow machine, a compiled extension >language is essential. My guess is that what makes Brief and Freemacs >so slow is that they don't compile to binary code. This can be a big >liability when most of the editor is written in the extension >language. I suppose GNU would be at least as bad on an 8088, if it >could be run at all. Greetings, Freemacs is slow? Tell me where. (ObReason: I wanna optimize that code! ;-) ) Freemacs *IS* psuedo-compiled. I admit to having never seen Epsilon, however. I find Freemacs to be almost blazing fast. (My previous editor having been (cough-spit-mumble).) Can you give some details about the editor that compiles from C? (What sort of data objects does it have for handling buffers, what parts of the 'C' language does it grab?) (Ummm, followup to comp.emacs and comp.editors, please. I've edited the gnu.* out of the header and added in comp.emacs and comp.editors. I'd love to put it into the gnu.emacs.help group also, but I *am* requesting info from people using the commercial products.) Input is desired here. In one sentence paragraphs, please send your problems with Freemacs. I'm gettin' that "I wanna *HACK*" feeling again. *PLEASE* do not include the fact that Freemacs doesn't support >64K files. I'm aware of this, and am looking into ways around it already. So are, probably, many other folks. I've never "summarized" to the net before, but I can try if there is enough interest. I *will* try to summarize to the freemacs mailing group, in an effort to get people to write mods for it to fix the problems people have. In general, what prompted you to *NOT* use Freemacs, and instead spend <X> for commercial product <Y> or get other PD/Freeware/Shareware product <Z>? (Please give short descriptions of your problems, seperate paragraphs for each. This will simpify my later editing *MUCHLY*.) I've been *SWAMPED* with questions about the freemacs mailing list ever since I posted up a request for info on it. Because of that, I hereby introduce the info for the 'freemacs mailing list' so that (hopefully) my freemacs-user-group-information-requests will decrease, to give me time to deal with the people mailing in their problems with Freemacs. (I'm really asking for it, aren't I? ;-) ) To join the freemacs mailing list, send mail to listserve@sun.soe.clarkson.edu with the subject (or the body, I never remember which) 'add freemacs'. Alternatively, you could send mail to freemacs-request@sun.soe.clarkson.edu with a request to be added. I believe the first is a program, and the second is a person, *BUT* I can't guarantee that (obviously). Note, please, that the following are *NOT* things that I want to hear about. 1) 64K limit. 2) The programming language. (Suggested additions might be okay, but keep 'em short. If it looks useful, I'll request more info from you, and we'll see what can be done.) 3) Things involving mice or graphics. I don't do graphics, and I *DON'T* do mice. I believe it's mouse support is okay from what I've heard, and I don't think it does graphics, or will. Other than that, drop me (or the freemacs mailing list (which is freemacs@sun.soe.clarkson.edu)) any flat out *BUGS* you've found. Also drop me any problems with it which convinced you not to use it. OTBW, yes I *AM* crazy. However, it seems like this editor (IMHO) is getting a bad rep because of people making vague claims against it. I wanna know just *WHAT* is wrong. -- Morgan Schweers +---- Consider it my donation to GNU. What the heck, eh? They changed my life, I want to help out a bit where I can. -- mrs@netcom.com ----+