Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:15:23 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising <niclas.zeising@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?B?UmFkaW8gbcWCb2R5Y2ggYmFuZHl0w7N3?= <radiomlodychbandytow@o2.pl> Subject: Re: Outdated stuff in Devs' Handbook Message-ID: <4E61476B.9060907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E60D46A.3050200@FreeBSD.org> References: <4E60BC31.5000206@o2.pl> <4E60D46A.3050200@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2011-09-02 15:04, Glen Barber wrote: > On 9/2/11 7:21 AM, Radio młodych bandytów wrote: >> First, >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/emacs.html >> >> It starts with "Unfortunately, UNIX® systems do not come with the kind >> of >> everything-you-ever-wanted-and-lots-more-you-did-not-in-one-gigantic-package >> integrated development environments that other systems have.", after >> which is a reference to a statement that notes its outdated, but >> nevertheless the line clearly deserves removal. >> > > Agreed. > >> Then "Also, you will need a fair amount of memory to run it--I would >> recommend 8MB in text mode and 16MB in X as the bare minimum to get >> reasonable performance." >> It's just funny. >> > > That's why it's called Emacs - Eight megabytes and constantly swapping. > :-) Nonetheless, this does need to be updated. Thanks for the report. > You mean emacs now needs 8GB of memory? ;) -- Niclas
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