From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 2 21:15:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12BE106566C; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from niclas.zeising@gmail.com) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BB978FC0A; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 21:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC5D4000F; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:15:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id C44C24002E; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:15:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Received: from mx.daemonic.se (mx.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7EABA4000F; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:15:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.daemonic.se (mail.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::4]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC6FF119C04; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:15:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.32.0.4] (vivi.daemonic.se [10.32.0.4]) by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 620E812B0A0; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 23:15:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E61476B.9060907@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:15:23 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glen Barber References: <4E60BC31.5000206@o2.pl> <4E60D46A.3050200@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E60D46A.3050200@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?B?UmFkaW8gbcWCb2R5Y2ggYmFuZHl0w7N3?= Subject: Re: Outdated stuff in Devs' Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:15:50 -0000 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