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From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Making a partial version of GNU Emacs
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Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 23:52:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 10 23:52:21 1987
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Reply-To: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
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gore@nucsrl.UUCP (Jacob Gore) writes:

> I would like to use emacs (GNU 18.41 is the current version here) as the
> editor called from mail and news programs.  I don't wish to wait for emacs to
> start up every time, though.
> 
> So, I'm thinking of making a partial version, which would be smaller at the
> expense of all modes and libraries that don't deal with writing electronic
> messages.  Has anybody tried something like this?  Any caveats I should be
> aware of?
> 
> What can I leave out of GNU Emacs but still have it work?

Instead of starting from the top and working down, why not start from
the bottom and work up?  Get a copy of the sources for MicroGnuEmacs
1b.  You can get them from jade.berkeley.edu.  The executable is about
64K on a Vax and 120K on an RT.  It has about 90% of the functions you
use most often in Emacs (at least the ones you would use for typing a
mail message or bboard post) and it starts up almost immediately.

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Amiga hackers do it graphically, with lots of sound effects.
Amiga users do it with their gadgets and proportional sliders.
Aztec will do it, but only if you make it long.
Workbench users would do it, but they need .info first.
CLI users can't do it...they're stuck in their Shell.
Metacomco did it to us with AmigaDOS.

"Mac owners dream in black and white, Atari owners dream in color...
but Amigoids dream using Hold and Modify!"