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From: baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Steven L. Baur)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU emacs apropos is NOT too slow (was Re: version 19 (was BOF summary))
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Date: 5 Feb 90 10:38:36 GMT
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Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <47290@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) writes:
>P.P.S.  One particular complaint about GNU Emacs 18.55 (and all previous
>    versions that I've used): the apropos command is nearly useless.  It
>    takes far to long to operate even on the fastest machines.  When I
>    use apropos in jove the first screen full of information is out almost
>    immediately after I type the return.  Grumble, grumble ...  (If you
>    decide to follow this point up you should probably change the subject
>    to something like ``GNU emacs apropos is too slow.'')



I disagree with this.  GNU emacs apropos is acceptible on my UNIXPC and
SUN 3/50.  It is slower than JOVE, but there are a lot more commands too.
I'll take the loss in speed for the gain in flexibility.



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steve	baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM
A computer which cannot run GNU emacs is not worth using.