Re: tlug: Emacs these days

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Peter Linsley wrote:

> Am I the only one who finds that GNU Emacs 20.3.1 is just
> too heavy for everyday usage on your standard 166MHz/32MB 
> AT compatible? 

Yes :-)

Seriously, though, I run Xemacs on a Pentium 100 with 48 meg and find
the performance quite acceptable.

> Any tips for improving on performance? I often find myself

Memory.  32 meg isn't raelly enough.  Going from 32 to 16 made a
noticeable difference on my machine.  64 makes an even greater one.  Of
course, my machine at work has 256 meg and doesn't even know the meaning
of "swap file" :-)

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