EMACS rpm is 11 megabytes????

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 12:01 +0000, ded wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 09:50:44PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > What the hell could be in a text based system for 11 megs??
> 
> Bascially, another o/s. Text editor, web browser, chat client, news
> reader, mail client, games, etc. :)
> 
> I use emacs on one of my computers, mostly just for email though as
> I really do like gnus. I've tried using w3m, zen (think it's zen for
> chat) and they're ok...just not for me though.
> 
> > It would just be a small step to fire the Devil up, a seemingly
> > insignificant decision.
> 
> Much easier to start it than it is to configure .emacs and .gnus :)
> There is a lot of documentation on the web about emacs though, so
> it's not *so* bad...IMHO it is a lot of work to become good with it.
> I'd second the suggestion of nano. I use vim most of the time, but
> every now and then it's nice to see a pico clone.
> 
> > My question is would I start shooting Heroin next?
> 
> No. You'd probably try to install vrms (virtual richard m.
> stallman, a Debian program that tells you if you have any evil
> non-gpl'd programs on your system). :)

Will it enhance my sex life? <eg> Ric