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Subject: NOT A BUG. Lightweight EMACS?
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Date: 3 May 89 13:49:05 GMT
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>From badile!forman Wed May  3 15:46:06 MET 1989 remote from ethz

This is not a bug report, but I didn't have another network address
to use.

	Yes, I am impressed with EMACS.  What a lot of effort! and
somehow distributed free?!?  I don't understand the principle, but
it's probably just because I'm too capitalistic.  How does the 
Foundatation pay its costs? Hmmm...

	I disagree with some of the default key bindings, but have
no legitimate ground to complain since it's all re-bindable. (Do
consider that one must repeatedly hit ESC between "v" strokes to 
page up, but not to C-v down through a file, if you have time or
interest.)

	I commend EMACS for being rebindable, configurable, programmable,
flexible, ___ible, ...  very versatile, so much so that it will serve
as an OS interface someday as GNU.

	BUT the price for all that is that it is kinda heavy.


>>>>>	My question is:  is there such thing as a "lightweight EMACS"
which can be run on smaller machines, e.g. PC's running MINIX or such
UNIX-similar operating systems?    Is it possible to run EMACS either
without huge memory or (exclusive) without hard disk?

	Thanks, GHF