Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:26:21 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Message-ID: <199810242126.OAA01659@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Oct 1998 16:51:02 EDT." <3.0.5.32.19981024165102.0095ed30@mail.kersur.net>
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> At 01:40 PM 10/24/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > >> > >> Speaking of irritating installation issues: why do I have to install X > >> to use emacs? I seem to recall, back in my linux days, that there was > >> an emacs executable that didn't require X. The standard emacs binary > >> requires a bunch of non vty libraries that I don't really want to have > >> to install on stripped-down servers. > > > >If the machine is "stripped down", then you sure don't want Emacs on it. > >Try one of the lighter clones, and save yourself the worry. > > I'm not sure I understand your point. These are headless servers. They > run all kinds of server applications, but virtually no user stuff, and > certainly no X apps/libraries. Emacs is handy to have to edit configuration > files and such when one telnets to the machine to make a change. If all you're doing is editing a few configuration files, emacs is overkill. Look at the size of the package, for instance. Emacs is a full-featured editing and develpment system. You need a text editor. If you don't like vi (understandable) there are plenty of editors that look-and-feel like emacs but don't come with the enormous bulk and X dependancies. Use one of these instead; I recommend jove. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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