On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:29:56PM -0500, george donnelly wrote: > [LLeweLLyn Reese wrote ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 8/1/03 12:02 > PM] > > > What kind of bandwidth do your users have? e.g., right now I am using > > emacs over ssh to a friends box, where the limiting bandwidth is > > 128kbits/s (that's the upstream dsl on the remote end.), and I > > find it usable. However if your users will be comming in via > > modem, IMO, modern emacs is no longer usable over modem (though > > older emmacs were). > > bandwidth is good, 100Mbps etc. > > i guess i'm looking for something with decent features but that will not use > up a lot of RAM or processor. >
What do you consider a lot of RAM or processor? It amazes me how people used to berate emacs for it's use of resources yet it does one heck of a lot stuff especially considering the amount of resources a web browser takes. Granted hardware has gotten a lot faster but it still amazes me how much resources a web browser will take up. Marc -- Marc Wiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, that really is my last name. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"